Coral snow is like a magnet for detritus, creating larger particles, and everything will go nuts eating it.@ReefGeezer I mixed up 5 teaspoons of 97% calcium Carbonate with 230 ml RO Water. I turned my return pump, skimmer on to feed cycle, and left the 4 gyres and 2 MP40s running when I dosed 30 ml into my 340 gallon display.
I let it sit for 20 minutes (feed timer setting on the apex) and WOW! Stuff came out of the wood work... well, water work... The weirdest thing is my gyres had some much slime and crap come off them it was crazy. strings of stuff were shooting from them. My Chalice SLIMED Up so bad! It had dozens and dozens strings of slime released and they congregated at my over flow boxes when the return pump turned back on.
So many particles were released from everywhere it was amazing. So, much pink slime surfaced. It was unbelievable how much pink (bacterial) slime was released from everywhere and how much pure white slime released from the rocks. Strings were extending from most of the rocks to the surface....
What does calcium carbonate do that releases all this crap literally from the rock work?
P.s. After a 50% water change last week, and reduced vodka dosing from 73ml per day down to 60 ml per day, I'm sitting at nitrates of 14 and phosphates at .05. I've got my ICP test kit today as well. I'm going to wait until the calcium carbonate is out of the water column before I take a water sample. I probably should have taken the water sample before dosing the calcium carbonate. Oh well, I can do it tomorrow.
Any thoughts on why so much weird crap came out of the rock work or why my massive 3 tiered chalice flooded the water column with slime?