Erin, First I appreciate all the help you've provided. I do have another question. Since you advocate physical removal of the dinos how do you feel about cleaning the tank glass. There seems to be a substantial percentage who discourage cleaning the glass to the point one can't see inside. Do you understand the rational behind this and do you advocate it? Thanks again.For example, if you have a patch like this, then try to scoop it out all at once...
For this situation - Daily
Thanks, I'll begin daily additions and will be thrilled to be able to clean my glass. You previously suggested decreased lighting. This is a topic I've seen conflicting opinions on. Some say it doesn't help and blackouts can actually lead to dinos encapsulating and coming back when lights go back on. Of course I understand it is fuel for photosynthetic dinos. For now I've turned my overall intensity down to 10%,(normally 50-60%), and white and red to 10% of that. You didn't mention red so I'm curious about that? Another choice I needed to make was H2O2 or silicates, which again each seem to have their proponents. I'm starting with silicates although I'm not thrilled with now encouraging the diatoms I was hating just a month ago, ugh!
Light is a food source as these are flagellates.
Do you think I'm doing enough with my lighting? What about the red spectrum, is it as important as white to restrict? I worry about my fish with a blackout, just recently made my final additions of fish with a Biota Yellow and a ravenous White Tail Tang. Seems it would be a major stressor for them and not sure how you feed the fish during a blackout?
Fish can endure a blackout very wll as they often do in shipment. They will have ambient light in your room to utilize and eat as they see food very well with no direct light. Red same as whie as it promotes algae
Thats torture
