Hey all, I am curious how you all would deal with these 2 toxic invaders at the same time. It feels like a fix for one, ends up feeding the other and I am not sure how to deal with it.
The tank is 300 gallons
Nitrates: 20ppm
Phosphate: .1
Calc: 410
Alk: 9.0
Mag: 1315
57W UV sterilizer running in the display 24/7
Carbon running 24/7
GFO hooked up but not running
Skimmer running dry 24/7
Light period is 6 hours, actinic only right now
ALOT of rockwork
1" sand bed
Inhabitants:
5 Springeri Damsels
5 Chromis
1 Royal Gramma
2 Clown fish
1 Blue hippo tang
1 Gem tang
1 Cleaner shrimp
8 Anemone's and a bunch of coral
I have flatworm exit, but I'm afraid to use it because the infestation of red planaria is massive. I am afraid of killing in the inhabitants. I managed to knock the dinos back by doing a 2 day blackout. I ended up with massive amounts of GHA, which was expected. However, now the dinos is coming back. If I dose good bacteria or add pods, it fuels the red planaria flatworms so I feel like I can't fully attack the dinos.
I setup a 100 gallon holding tank and I was planning on removing a lot of the rock and treating it with flatworm exit in the holding tank. Or, just removing a lot of the rock work and go for a minimal look(getting flow everywhere has been tough with this much rock). I can't decide what to do and have no idea what the best approach would be here. In the 10+ years of reef keeping, this is the closest I've been to wanting to restart or just quit, but I'm stubborn so here I am hoping you'd help me.
The tank is 300 gallons
Nitrates: 20ppm
Phosphate: .1
Calc: 410
Alk: 9.0
Mag: 1315
57W UV sterilizer running in the display 24/7
Carbon running 24/7
GFO hooked up but not running
Skimmer running dry 24/7
Light period is 6 hours, actinic only right now
ALOT of rockwork
1" sand bed
Inhabitants:
5 Springeri Damsels
5 Chromis
1 Royal Gramma
2 Clown fish
1 Blue hippo tang
1 Gem tang
1 Cleaner shrimp
8 Anemone's and a bunch of coral
I have flatworm exit, but I'm afraid to use it because the infestation of red planaria is massive. I am afraid of killing in the inhabitants. I managed to knock the dinos back by doing a 2 day blackout. I ended up with massive amounts of GHA, which was expected. However, now the dinos is coming back. If I dose good bacteria or add pods, it fuels the red planaria flatworms so I feel like I can't fully attack the dinos.
I setup a 100 gallon holding tank and I was planning on removing a lot of the rock and treating it with flatworm exit in the holding tank. Or, just removing a lot of the rock work and go for a minimal look(getting flow everywhere has been tough with this much rock). I can't decide what to do and have no idea what the best approach would be here. In the 10+ years of reef keeping, this is the closest I've been to wanting to restart or just quit, but I'm stubborn so here I am hoping you'd help me.