Reef Tank Bacteria Bloom - WHAT THE FO HAPPENED GUYS?
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Күн бұрынBacteria Blooms crop up every once and a while. Why? Sometimes at the start up of your tank, sometimes for no reason apparent reason you can think of. In this video, Tom explains what bacteria blooms are, autotrophic, heterotrophic, how they are caused, and a few possible cures. Performed on his 10 gallon nano reef.
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@brokereefman45 2 жыл бұрын
All very informative with this one Tom!
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul! Yes, I did a little home work! I’ve never had a bacterial bloom before! Can you believe it? Thanks for the comment! 😊👍🏻
@fishpony1211 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Tom! 👊
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks FP! 😊👊🏻
@TheNichols1981 2 жыл бұрын
love you video dude as always keep em comeing my nuvo 40 pro is doing great got me a bi color hammer and it alsome only ? i have is why is my no3 at near 0 and po4 0.5ppm
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Kaylon, thanks, that’s possible. My 20 gallon mixed always had high phosphate. It could be how much you ate feeding. Water change schedule, do you vacuum your sand bed? What test do you use? N03 gets consumed more readily then p04, that’s why it could be lower 👍🏻
@paularamos5648 2 жыл бұрын
Luv the video T ,here's o ne for you could u maybe do a vid on dosing phosphate and nitrate ! I am at 0 and gonna dose. my fuge. Has brought to 0 and need a lil for my anomone. Like to get to Like 5 and .03 were I was before my refuge.thx joh ny
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Johnny, thanks, my only issue with dosing Phosphate and Nitrate is, I’ve never done it before. I’ve never needed to. Make sure you have the quality tests for nitrate and phosphate. And don’t forget just because your showing zero on tests doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re zero. Corals, existing algae, and everything in your tank is using up both nitrate and phosphate. My 75 gallon is testing zero on both nitrate and phosphate and I have hair and bubble algae issues in the tank.
@jibe4781 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom. Perfect one. I was a boom from 1 month ago. I just let my tanks absorbe the bacteria. That’s during 3 day. At the beginning I was very confuse but in fact it is nothing. Thank for the sharing.
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Jean! Thanks! And Yes, I have had 3 blooms since the 75 gallon. Not much live rock in my 10g. But I will try UV sterilizer this week and present a video next week😊👍🏻
@jibe4781 2 жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer perfect. I used uv ster for my fresh water tank. But not yet for salt water
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
From what I’ve read, it helps remove it quick? Some say no? But I will try it. Super cheap 5 watt drop in UV on Amazon $49 USD 🤪
@jibe4781 2 жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer I wait the result 😀
@ibewbro5614 2 жыл бұрын
Informative vid as usual Tom love it... are you going to reefapalooza this month?
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks IBEW, I was planning to! Haven’t been before. I’d like to check it out. It’s only 40 minutes from me👍🏻😊
@ibewbro5614 2 жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer yea I just got tickets yesterday for my brother and I we never been before either I've always wanted to go but been busy every time but we are probably going to go Sunday afternoon
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
@@ibewbro5614 how do you get tickets?can you purchase when you get there?
@jackpt1981 2 жыл бұрын
Very good video! Just one mistake made - oxygen level doesn't affect pH at all. It's the CO2 produced by heterotrophic bacteria lowers the pH while absorbing O2 leaves it less available for other animals and can lead to suffocation in extreme situations.
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jack, Oops😃 I believe I was trying to say what you said, but said it the wrong way. Haha. I had to do a bit of home work on this vid. I’ve never experienced a bacterial bloom in the 27 years I’ve been keeping reefs. I may have when I first started, but that was when just waiting it out was normal, and not researching it. 👍🏻😊 thanks for the correction.
@tmac1072 2 жыл бұрын
Love my tuxedo urchin, it just cruises all over the place scouring the rock, with very little algae left untouched.
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, great to hear that! 👍🏻my plan is to move it into my 75 gallon after I’m sure a quick visit in the 10. How is it with knocking over corals?
@tmac1072 2 жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer I haven't had any trouble with it knocking over corals. They pick up little bits of shell or rock to camouflage themselves. Well this week I had a smalll piece of one of my zoanthid colonies come loose for some reason. It has like 4 polyps, and the urchin picked it up and is wearing it lol
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, ok, good to hear. I have a red one coming from Live Aquaria this week👍🏻thanks for the feedback Tim 😊
@bencarr9955 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video Tom I've never experienced briopsis weird lol,so tanks back in action turns out my chemi pure packet was polluting my tank it was probably 6 months old lol I've got it on the calendar to change every 2 months that's why I lost all those clowns lol,I'm trying to slowly work my way into dosing but I can't at the moment I've been testing and my calcium is at 530 all softies doing fabulous ,my fish stores salt water I tested this morning at 552 so its the stores high calcium levels not my error since I don't dose,I wanted to pick your brain...so can I switch back to mixing my own instant ocean reef crystals eith there rodi and do a 50-100% water change or would that be to big of a drop in calcium ,I could bring it down with 2 little fishies part b alkalinity but ide like to start from a better position dosing both alkalinity is fine for now around 10.2.
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, Instant Ocean reef Crystals is around 420-450, so a 50% might bring it down a bit. You could do 2 - 50% changes over 4 days. I wouldn’t do 100% change. 😊👍🏻sounds like the tank is doing well👍🏻
@bencarr9955 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom yea man it's doing fabulous ever since I changed out that chemi pure the fish and corals are doing great 2 blue green cromis 1 frogspawn, designer zoas ,eagles eye zoas ,and green and brown palythoas ,I noticed also the less I disturb the sand bed the better the tank does, lol and the xenias that died are coming back 🤣👍
@travyslayyy6333 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, how do you keep stable water parameters if you buy your water from your LFS ? I feel that’s why I have so much trouble with my 32.5 gallon tank. My tank will be a year old this September and I have literally 3 different zoas, a hammer coral, a wall hammer, a huge Kenya tree and a shrinking flowerr anemone , and I feel like I can’t keep anything else alive because I buy my water from my LFS. I also have a redsea 4 head auto doser but idk if I’m Hurting the tank dosing as well, dosing NoPox, Alkalinity, & calcium.other peoples tanks I see that are same age or younger have ridiculous corals and are way more established seeming than mine
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Travy, you would have to test your water every time you buy from your LFS. Why can’t you mix your own? If your dosing, you should test calcium, alkalinity, ph weekly until you continue to get the same measurement for a few weeks in a row. Then just keep the same maintenance practices each week. If you watch my videos from the beginning, 2 years ago, I give you all the beginners requirements to get a tank going and stabilized. 😊👍🏻
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
I will put Thai up 👍🏻😊
@Scott-cy6zv Жыл бұрын
JUST SUBBED 😊What is a way to conquer my Cyano outbreak? I’ve been doing 25% water changes weekly the past 1.5 months (used to do 10%). My tank is a 38 gallon FOWLR tank. My water parameters are 1.023 salinity, 0 Ammonia, 7.8 PH, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrates. The tank has been set up since beginning of Feb. the Cyano has most the rock covered and areas on sand bed. The past week I’ve been using a 1/2” wide clear tubing to suck off chunks on the rock but it grows back. The fish store told me to Chemiclean it like most people do. I’ve only been hesitant to do so because someone said doing that will also kill all your beneficial bacteria.
@TOMReefer Жыл бұрын
Hi Scott, sometimes cyano can crop up for reasons we have no clue. Sometimes it can be low flow. Water change won’t get rid of it. Test your phosphate and see what that reads. ChemiClean has always been my go to for cyano. It won’t kill your beneficial bacteria. Just follow the directions. It works really well. 👍🏻thanks for the Sub! 😊
@Scott-cy6zv Жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer oh that’s great bud! Thank you so much for your help. Love your video. I have a powerhead on each side of the tanks across from each other. One pointing a bit down and the other pointing a bit up. There 528gph powerheads. I tried putting a third one in about 4” off the bottom and all the fish hid in the rocks. So I took it out of the tank and running the 2 again and all fish are out swimming around again.
@Botzz28 2 жыл бұрын
Got rid of my Dino’s but now my nutrients are sky high and I can’t get rid of these dam diatoms on the sand. Go phosband running right now. I hope to god it helps. This is the worst tank I ever had in my life. Although my zoas are starting to look happy for the first time since I started it over a year ago
@paularamos5752 2 жыл бұрын
Just add nitrified. Act. They should go away by themselves. That is my exp. Sounds like you know what ur doing anyways👌
@Botzz28 2 жыл бұрын
@@paularamos5752 been in the hobby for over 7 years. Never had a tank like this it’s crazy. I will never ever ever ever start with dry rock again. All my other tanks were live rock. These diatoms are really getting worse on my sandbed. I need a silicate test but idk where it would be coming from. I’m hoping to jus run them out and they burn out. I see my corals doing well and coraline getting a nice foothold which is a great sign it’s just this diatom bloom that’s left.
@jonathancapen2310 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been battling cyano and diatoms because I have my tank next to a window only spot my wife would let me put it . Large medium flow Uv sterilizer seems to be helping quite a bit but I’m anticipating consistent light issue problems
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jonathan, you may find that the diatoms and cyano go away over time. Keep up good maintenance practices👍🏻😊
@paularamos5752 2 жыл бұрын
Just lost my post ..but green hair algea is making me get ready to give it up ! Four month battle .I don’t even have any coral yet ,just one anemone who is not doing good cause I am at o nitrate and o phos. Hav been using peroxide helps and comes rite back . I have the Rodi buddy so water is good I am at a fn loss Tom can’t handle this any longer , I need a remedy or another one bites the dust …..I live some of the vids online how easy this is but knowone has an answer. Hoping my expert Tom reefer! Does!! Ps HEEEEELP!! Started tank Jan 1 2021 so about 1.5 years old andph is8 to 8.1 kh about9 calcium420 salt 24.5 also two clowns kinda small six line wrasse 3 blu chromas 1 flame hawk luv him and six line is a year and half started when tank was cycled so not that many fish 30 gallon display but I run 50 gallons of water with sump being tem gal and refuge being 13.5…
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Have you thought of taking all your live rock out and scrubbing the hair off in salt water? Then load up with hermit crabs once they go back in?
@paularamos5752 2 жыл бұрын
@@TOMReefer Tom ,I did and used some peroxide to but only 2 hermits in my tank . How many should I get ? Also gonna get a tuxedo urchan My tank is to small for a tang maybe a start over doesn’t make sense ,my tds is 1 from my rodi, I think the problem started when I added life rock and did not cycle it about 5 months ago. I am going nuts I want to start some coral but not with the green hair…I am lost in space !!! Lol
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
@@paularamos5752 sooty I missed this! Sometimes when hair algae takes a hold it will always be there. Then grows back in the same place it was before. If it’s really bad, and it’s a small tank, it’s got to be hermits. 2, even 3 per gallon, and manually removing along the way. Once it’s gone, keep up on the hermits. But most likely, over time it will come back. Sometimes it’s a constant battle with certain tanks. 😏
@Botzz28 2 жыл бұрын
I’ll never start with Marco rock EVER AGAIN! all my tanks were started with live rock and have been extremely successful. This 15g was started with dry Marco rock and it’s been a nightmare. NEVER AGAIN!
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hang in there😊
@adamkwek5888 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, I don't think sea urchin don't eat tat ... sea hare is better for tat type of algae .😄
@TOMReefer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, you might be right. But I’m actually getting it ready to go into my 75 gallon where I have quite a bit of hidden hair algae that I’d like to get rid of. I wanted to see what it will do in the 10G first. I know the tuxedo urchin will eat hair. Somewhat of a experiment 👍🏻😃
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