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Originally Posted by Frogger
Unfortunately it is not working. From what I have read water changes and trying to attain a clean tank doesn't work for dinos.
Water changes and blowing off the rocks having low phosphates and low nitrates appears to be not working for you.
Adding more fish, as you have seen is a problem in itself. You need to quarantine for at least a month assuming everything goes well. I have been trying to add more fish for over 6 months to my tank unsuccessfully can't get them past the quarantine stage/ type of fish I want not available when I want it.
Over feeding can help dirty up your water, stop blowing off the rocks if you are not exporting the dinos as you are just moving them around and spreading them.
Like I said before what worked for me is a micron filter helps remove smaller suspended particles and a UV sterilizer on a low flow rate to kill any dinos after I have blown off the rocks.
INNOVATIVE MARINE AUQASHIELD UV STERILIZER (9 WATT) is around 60 bucks.
I have some KNO3 and Potassium Phosphate you can have for free if you wants some. You know where I live.
You need to have measurable amounts of phosphate and nitrate.
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It's difficult because depending on what you read some say yes do lots of water changes other say stop. For right now I have stopped the water changes in an attempt to raise my nitrate and phosphates.
I have a filter sock that I change everyday an hour or so after blowing off the rocks and stirring the top layer of sand.
I might take you up on the free KNO3 and Potassium Phosphate. Do you use the seachem stuff for planted tanks?
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Originally Posted by Scythanith
I've only just come into this at the tail end but it seems to me like your tank is still fairly new. You need a small amount of nitrates (~5ppm) and phosphates (~0.5ppm) as you and Frogger mentioned. Does the tank get any natural sunlight throughout the day? Is the water you're using for water changes RO/DI? Have you tested TDS on the water you're using for SW changes?
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Tank doesn't get any sunlight or if it does very little and not direct. Water I am using is RO/DI, filter are about 6 months old. I have not tested TDS. I guess I should pick up a TDS meter and see what it says.