I just want to cry.

Discussion in 'Algae' started by brew0688, Apr 30, 2010.

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  1. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    You can either just pour off the water from the defrosting cup or soak it up with a paper towel, but the defrosted water is often loaded with nitrates and phosphates.
     
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  3. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    I use a mesh strainer. I defrost in a small container of tank water then pour into the strainer. Then stick that into the tank to release the food.
     
  4. MoJoe

    MoJoe Dragon Wrasse

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    I use a tea strainer (like below) with all my frozen cubes, defrost in RO water and then put in a small cup of tank water, then feed. I had cyano and beat it by cutting back on feeding, light cycle, running reactor to lower PO4 + a bunch of other methods of eliminating nutrient build-up.
     

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  5. brew0688

    brew0688 Fire Shrimp

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    Thanks for hijacking my thread..... :p
     
  6. Reef2Keep

    Reef2Keep Purple Spiny Lobster

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    This is actually very helpful...I'm on the tail end of a slime algae battle, and this was one of the first things I started doing to decrease nitrates/phosphates entering the system. I have no proof but I swear it has helped IMO. That and persistent manually cleaning and the addition of mangroves. Basically everything I could do to decrease excess nutrients:)
     
  7. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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    Simmer down champ and answer the questions that people who are trying to help you asked.

    1. What kind of fish do you have?
    2. Dry or frozen food
    3. Tap or RO/DI?
    4. What are your phosphate and nitrate levels?

    It wasn't a thread hijack when someone asked how to strain frozen food of phosphates that could be causing yours or someone else's cyano outbreak
     
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  9. brew0688

    brew0688 Fire Shrimp

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    I'm not simmering up at all buddy. It was a total joke. I'm as chill as my clowns. ;D

    1. 2 clowns, 1 yellow tail damsel, 1 pajama cardinal
    2. Dry food.
    3. Distilled water
    4. Phosphate and Nitrate levels are barely readable with my API test kit. That's how low they are. The kits are very new.

    No recently added plastic, other than the skimmer about 2 weeks ago.

    4-5 hermits, lots and lots of little snails.

    Hang on filter has everything in it - I'm guessing I'll have to make some changes to that based on what I've read.
     
  10. Dobrzemetal

    Dobrzemetal Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    WOW, time for some red legged hermit crabs
     
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    brew0688 Fire Shrimp

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    Really man? I have 2 red hermits in the mix, but they don't seem to be touching it at all.
     
  12. Dobrzemetal

    Dobrzemetal Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    yeah mine used to munch on cyano when i had an issue with it