Can somebody tell me what this is ?
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liddojunior
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Is This the Dinoflagellate Treatment We’ve all been Hoping for? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
Being a reef aquarists, means dealing with nuisance algae, parasites, and other pests… Cyanobacteria, AEFW, Red Bugs, and who here remembers that pink cotton candy algae (Callithamnion)?
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It looks like dino or cyano
Gribbles
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Can you post some pictures in white light? It looks like bubble algae or dinos at first glance.
Tell us a little about your system. Volume, hiw long you've had it, what your test parameters are (nitrate, phosphate)
Tell us a little about your system. Volume, hiw long you've had it, what your test parameters are (nitrate, phosphate)
KasperS1979
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Reefer 300L
Started in August last year
All my values are 0 (I know it's not the best, but I am adding fish, but it still stays at 0)
I have UV running 6 hours every night
I can clean it, but after a couple of days it's back.
Every day I use a net to clean the water surface.
Pictures attached in white light. It looks terrible
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Started in August last year
All my values are 0 (I know it's not the best, but I am adding fish, but it still stays at 0)
I have UV running 6 hours every night
I can clean it, but after a couple of days it's back.
Every day I use a net to clean the water surface.
Pictures attached in white light. It looks terrible
(((
Razorbacks
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Looks like cyano to me. Blast water over it with a turkey baster. If it comes up in strips/layers it's cyano.
xunhe
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Or add 75% alcohol 5/1
White vinegar 5/3
Saturate sugar with water 5/1
brew a can
100L plus 10cc
You can see the results within one week
Just add a little lactobacilli/yakult/yoghurt before starting
It is recommended that protein or pumped water can also increase the amount of dissolved oxygen.
I've tried nasal mucus, red mud algae, filamentous algae, and green algae, and they all work.
White vinegar 5/3
Saturate sugar with water 5/1
brew a can
100L plus 10cc
You can see the results within one week
Just add a little lactobacilli/yakult/yoghurt before starting
It is recommended that protein or pumped water can also increase the amount of dissolved oxygen.
I've tried nasal mucus, red mud algae, filamentous algae, and green algae, and they all work.
KasperS1979
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According to liveaquaria the max temperatur for my fishes are 78 fahrenheit.Is This the Dinoflagellate Treatment We’ve all been Hoping for? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
Being a reef aquarists, means dealing with nuisance algae, parasites, and other pests… Cyanobacteria, AEFW, Red Bugs, and who here remembers that pink cotton candy algae (Callithamnion)?reefbuilders.com
It looks like dino or cyano
Should I really try to go up to 82 ?
Will that be okay ?
Gribbles
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Before you go down the rabbit hole that is the treatment of dinos... you'll save yourself tons of time if you get a microscope and identify the dino species. They respond better to different treatments depending on species
I personally wouldn't raise temp until I identify first
I personally wouldn't raise temp until I identify first
Mwatts12
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That is Dino’s. Do not dose anything to the tank or raise the heat.
Just leave it alone. The fastest way for it to go away is leave it alone and wait probably 6-8 months.
The more you tinker / mess with it the more it prolongs it.
Here is an 8 year old thread with 12,000 posts and no cure besides time
www.reef2reef.com
Just leave it alone. The fastest way for it to go away is leave it alone and wait probably 6-8 months.
The more you tinker / mess with it the more it prolongs it.
Here is an 8 year old thread with 12,000 posts and no cure besides time
Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?
I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...
www.reef2reef.com
Ok so don’t go adding random stuff to your tank.
This didn’t happen over night.
Take a breath don’t panic.
What test kits do you use?
do you use a skimmer?
Filter socks?
How often are you feeding your tank?
Do you have corals?
Can you buy a microscope to identify exactly what you have?
Otherwise it’s all a shot it the dark?
What is the flow rate through your UV light?
So these socks are 5 micron to help drastically reduce whatever that is you can suck it up and filter the water through the sock - but add your water back to the tank.
Are you on Facebook? If you are check this group out. There are a few write ups in the files that helped me. I actually pushed back my Dino’s with the filter linked above to a point that the beneficial algae is doing its job
This didn’t happen over night.
Take a breath don’t panic.
What test kits do you use?
do you use a skimmer?
Filter socks?
How often are you feeding your tank?
Do you have corals?
Can you buy a microscope to identify exactly what you have?
Otherwise it’s all a shot it the dark?
What is the flow rate through your UV light?
So these socks are 5 micron to help drastically reduce whatever that is you can suck it up and filter the water through the sock - but add your water back to the tank.
Are you on Facebook? If you are check this group out. There are a few write ups in the files that helped me. I actually pushed back my Dino’s with the filter linked above to a point that the beneficial algae is doing its job
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