[Butchhe]

Originally Posted by cal_stir

Update, checked a sample of water squeezed out of my sock a few days ago, was able to find 2 live ostreopsis cells on the slide and some live bacteria cells and some algae cells that appear to dead or at least not active.
Right after I took that sample I started dosing my freshly harvested phytoplankton, 1/4 cup in the morning and 1/4 cup at night, just took a sample from my sock and could not find a single ostreopsis cell, just hundreds of phyto cells swimming around and possibly a couple remnants of ostreopsis cells the the phyto seemed to be feeding on and by remnants I mean all broken up but with the characteristic color and internal organs or structure that make up the dino. Tank is looking awesome and my love for the hobby has been reignited.
I am going to stay the course for now and keep sampling and observing, I am looking forward to putting the sand bed back in if all continues this way.
Will keep posting my results.

Do you run your skimmer during and after dosing or do you shut it off for a while?