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Originally Posted by StrangeDejavu
I plan on starting my 3 day blackout this weekend, but I have a few questions before I do so:
-Should I do a water change first, vacuuming out as much as I can and then doing the blackout? Or will this be counterproductive?
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Yes, yes. actual export of dinos somehow is pretty important. siphoning as much as possible means you have fewer toxins and a less dramatic swing as the dinos fade.
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Originally Posted by StrangeDejavu
-Do I blackout the sides and the top or just the sides? I can leave the back chamber of my BioCube open for oxygen exchange if need be.
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assume whatever level of light helps your coral also helps dinos, so if you're going to black out, then black out.
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Originally Posted by StrangeDejavu
Starting last night, I am dosing 5mL of Microbacter7 every day for the next 2 weeks. The plan is to only run actinics on the first day back, with 1 hour of regular light added back each additional day there after.
Does this sound like a good plan? Am I missing anything?
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What do you intend to replace the dino growth with? leaving your system a biodiversity desert will probably not last very long. I don't know that people have had good results with just bacterial replacement.
Those would be my concerns.
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Just read your later post with the phyto, pods info. that is a replacement some poeple have had success with. Good luck.