Day 13 - Monday 10th - Around 7:00pm
A lot of changes in the tank appearance since yesterday night! But, overall, that's not so pleasant to see:
- Brown diatoms are gaining ground, covering the sand in some places.
- Slimy hairy brown algea in many places, trapping air bubbles.
- Green longer hairy algeas
- In one spot, some tree-like red algae, but very very small...
As you can see on the picture below:
This second picture shows the rocks on top of all others, almost completely covered with "air trapping" algae:
Could someone explain this? In fresh water, these bubbles usually announce a major outbreak of slimy algae.
I tested again for nitrites and they are still way in the red. I tested my tap water to make sure that the reagents were not corrupted in some way and the tap water tests at zero NO2. I emptied what was left of the bottle of NitroBac into the tank and that makes up for the recommended dose of the product. Maybe I should have put the everything since the very beginning? I am always cautious about pouring heavy doses of chemicals and stuff in a tank. I prefer to proceed by small steps.
As predicted by ReefMack, the skimmer is back in business.
I could not find any pods tonight. Are they all dead because of the high nitrites?
And still, no replacement timer in the mail.
All in all, not a great day for my tank... I need to be patient, I know...