This video is about diatoms in a reef tank. I recently did a video about the diatom outbreak in my 75 gallon reef tank and in my waterbox 20 gallon cube nano reef tank. I show what I'm doing in both tanks and documenting the results.
Beautiful aquariums. I have an established 54 corner bow aquarium and have a diabloom issue now... running phosguard for a couple of weeks and no change. I've since done water changes and still nothing. Have a pretty robust cleaning crew as well. Also have UV light and skimmer. And always use RODI water. I'm really at a loss...
Is that yellow torch a 24 kt banana or a holy grail? It beautiful. I used to use phosguard and it worked but last batch I bought did nothing to lower po4! I guess I got a bad batch! have you tried gfo?I heard that works too! Thats what I ended up buying after the phosguard didnt work and been using it for 4 years!
👀👀👀 I used to run Phosguard all the time, but haven’t in either of my current tanks. 🤔 Might need to try it again, since I have been noticing lots of brown slime in the filter cup pads (I think it’s getting picked up by bubble scrubbing) and there has been the odd patch here and there on the sand.
I run Phosguard also , and just had to stop for abit because It works so efficiently at removing phosphates , and I guess my nitrates were to low , so I ended up with Dinos in all 3 of my tanks , I actually had to remove the phosguard and zeomix , then feed the heck out of my tank for two weeks straight , and dose reefroids every night to get my nurtrients up off zero. lol I didn't realize the zeomix and phosguard work so efficiently together ad it totally stripped my water . now I run abit less and feed abit more trying to find a good balance , but yes I also think silicates are overlooked and probably the cause of a lot of problems people have keeping their tanks clean , theres not as many products that advertise removing silicates. I will be watching for the next video to see how things are going between your two tanks. it helps when you have multiple tanks like that so you can kinda experiment like you said and narrow down whats causing the problem easier. Happy reefing bud!
Great video . I’m struggling with the same issue did you follow the instructions on the back of the instructions? Also did you use a media bag or reactor. P.s love your tanks!
On a nano tank I would remove it unless you have high phosphates. Then just replace it every 30 days. It works fast and it's strong so just watch your parameters closely when using it
How is your kid doing? I remember at one point you said you were going to have to sell all your tanks because your kid was sick and set up a go fund me. I'm assuming your kid is all better now?
I am fighting that battle right now. I am going to have to give that a shot. I do a water change every weekend trying to fix it. Looks good for a day and it’s right back. Thanks man
Hey brother, I'm going through the same in my tank. I'm been doing sand stirring before light go out and cleaning the filter socks daily in the morning with bubble scrubbing for 1 1/2 hour during the night with heavier water flow and is a lot better. But I will need to check out the RODI to see the filter even if still pulling 0 TDS. But it was my fault that I neglected the tank for a while since I wasn't home to often, traveling a lot with the band. I also reconnect the UV_LIGHT with a new light bulb and adding waist away, every other day. During that period I lose few corals, but it's getting there, slowly but I think that it's going on the right direction. Let's see what happens in a week or so. If came back I think that I will give it the try to the Phosgard. Probably mixing it with the carbon in my reactor. Any thought? Well buddy keep up and keep us updated I want to see which one works best for you. Take care 🤟😎🤟 and be safe as well the family.
Hello Billy, it might be cheaper and prove your theory by also using phosguard in the 75. lot's of water changes will most likely cost more to do. Just a thought😊
thank you for making videos for us, I notice you have MP60's anyway you can share your mobius settings with us, thank you, my mp60s blowing to much, your's look like very nice and come,
I run my tank all natural I don't dose any phosphate removers all nitrate removers my tank is 13 months old and its basic setup my phosphate is 0.01 nitrate is 5ppm all I'm running is cheato rector
PHOSGUARD IS EXPENSIVE AND IT DOESNT LAST LONG AT ALL. IF YOU JUST LEAVE YOUR TANK ALONE AND DO SMALL WATER CHANGES ONLY AS NECESSARY IF PARAMETERS SAY SO, THE DIATOMS WILL GO AWAY ONCE THE TANK IS FULLY CYCLED.
