Seems to be a gap in the awesome wealth of knowledge I found here in the community, or maybe I am misreading/misunderstanding....I've read so much the last week, I feel like I should have a degree in microbiology by now.
Young 40g breeder frag/QT/grow tank with snails, no fish, started with 2 year old live rock and water from a very good DT. Identified my dinos as Ostreopsis with a microscope and the guides here. Installed 15W HOB UV by Aqua Ultraviolet (highly recommended) with Sicce 1.0 a few days ago. Overnight, water became crystal clear and dino population vastly receeded, moreso after a couple of days of basting. Corals are struggling but not emergency. Not feeding corals since I saw and understood dinos. No snails deaths observed.
Nutrients are very low. Instructions here are "get nutrients, especially phosphate up from zero", but also "add Microbacter7, and more live rock, because you need good bacteria to outcompete dinos". As I understand it, these statements are conflicting, no? Good bacteria/live rock would consume the nutrients?Should I dose nutrients first, or add bacteria first? Or both at the same time?
Young 40g breeder frag/QT/grow tank with snails, no fish, started with 2 year old live rock and water from a very good DT. Identified my dinos as Ostreopsis with a microscope and the guides here. Installed 15W HOB UV by Aqua Ultraviolet (highly recommended) with Sicce 1.0 a few days ago. Overnight, water became crystal clear and dino population vastly receeded, moreso after a couple of days of basting. Corals are struggling but not emergency. Not feeding corals since I saw and understood dinos. No snails deaths observed.
Nutrients are very low. Instructions here are "get nutrients, especially phosphate up from zero", but also "add Microbacter7, and more live rock, because you need good bacteria to outcompete dinos". As I understand it, these statements are conflicting, no? Good bacteria/live rock would consume the nutrients?Should I dose nutrients first, or add bacteria first? Or both at the same time?