I have a fluval evo 13 gallon and recently have been struggling to keep my sand clear. Does this look like dinoflagellates to you? I’ve scooped it out a few times and syphon it up during my water changes, but it keeps coming back. I do a 20% weekly water change and have phosgaude. It’s only on the sand bed in this one area, not the rock. Additionally, I have what looks like cyano in my bottom right corner. I just bought a wave maker because I was told the variable current can help decrease cyano growth. Any tips???
Dinoflagellate and cyano?
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More frequent water changes, turkey baster blasting of the sand and turn up powerheads to run full blast for awhile, change filter socks. Consider adding a CUC to address just the sand: sand sifting goby, sea cucumber, etc.
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I have a fluval evo 13 gallon and recently have been struggling to keep my sand clear. Does this look like dinoflagellates to you? I’ve scooped it out a few times and syphon it up during my water changes, but it keeps coming back. I do a 20% weekly water change and have phosgaude. It’s only on the sand bed in this one area, not the rock. Additionally, I have what looks like cyano in my bottom right corner. I just bought a wave maker because I was told the variable current can help decrease cyano growth. Any tips???
Get some copepods. They love diatoms. I have a bunch of pods. I raise them. I place my pod tanks in sunlight to increase diatoms and ise tap water to mix their water to increase growth even more. That’s a natural food for them, amongst many other things, but that’s a favorite. Just buy a bunch of copepods and start using Reverse osmosis/de-ionized water to mix your salt, not tap.
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