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12-07-2018, 05:31 PM
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  seachem is my go to the best but they were sold out so I used the Big Al, I am wet skimming as well.The pods are a live mix of the differnt ones sold at most marine stores rotifers as well my son is using them for his clown breading and got the culture from another Breader Last edited by Razor Ramon; 12-07-2018 at 05:42 PM. Reason: Tap talk cut off message 
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12-07-2018, 09:33 PM
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It is part of the balance in a reef for sure . Yes it helped in my battle agents the Dino.
Please don’t think it will be cure bottle ,it’s not it’s just part of the key to a stable system it’s always a can help to out compete other non disiaribles in your system as well it’s boosting the right types of bacteria that aids in cycling . Many reefers add beneficial bacteria on a on going base trough liquids or salt mixes . Stick to the method that you have been doing only thing I would stress is to try to filter as much out of the system every day .
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12-10-2018, 10:03 PM
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I understand, but if it could at least help I would be interested in it. I have a feeling dinos probably killed off any pods I had in the tank. I don't see any of them around at night when the lights are off. Most of my cleanup crew died so I assume the same thing happened to the pods. I have added them a few times so I would expect to see some of them. I think I have to start building things up from the ground up.
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12-11-2018, 12:52 AM
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I have read your whole build thread as well a this one in full .
You have to hang in there , it’s going to take some time. The tank is not stable. It’s a new system and the cycling can take some time for sure. Some serious reef tanks don’t see corals for 6months. I would like to help in any way I can. The other guys that are here for you please chime in as well. Boosting Your cycling bacteria is usually safe ,combined with wet skimming will aid in removing the dino that you dislodge with turkey baster and paint brushe. There are so many types of Dino’s a uv light will kill any free swimming stage Dino’s. Maybe syphon as much of the sand out of the system and treat the sand in a bucket to kill Dino’s . Just a little brain storming can go along way.
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12-07-2018, 09:14 PM
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Not to sure that rotifers (planktonic) are going to help with bio-diversity in your tank. For the most part they are a salt lake organism (like brine shrimp), that only survives for a very short period inside out tanks before they are either eaten, sucked over the overflow or die because of lack of phytoplankton in the water. If your interested I have a culture of these.
Benthic tropical copepods (ALGAGEN PODS TISBE) available at J&L would be your best choice if you were interested in adding pods for biodiversity as they can survive and reproduce in our tanks living off of detritus and algae.
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12-13-2018, 02:49 AM
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12-13-2018, 02:52 AM
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In nature they are not caused from clean waters and do not thrive there .
It may be differnt in closed systems , food for thought . Last edited by Razor Ramon; 12-13-2018 at 02:55 AM. Reason: Fat fingers
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12-14-2018, 03:53 PM
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It might be different in a closed system. Honestly I am not sure. I am just going off of the information found on the huge dino thread on reef2reef. People seem to have the best results when they stop doing water changes and raise the nitrate and phosphate levels. People on the thread have also reported that dinos got worse after a water change.
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