Will it truly ever go away? Dinoflagellates vs. Metronidazole

[jason2459]

Nitrates still ~2.5 (side view # / 10)

Phosphorous 4ppb
Phosphates 0.0122ppm ([# in ppb * 3.066)/1000

 

[jason2459]

Used the Aquazole tonight. I scooped up some tank water and placed in 10 250mg pills. Stirred with a spoon and it was fully dissolved in about a minute or two and poured that into the tank.

Day 3 2.5 grams done...

Well, then I got curious and plopped 10 more pills directly in the sump. They sank right to the bottom and started disolving instantly. Seems like a very easy way to dose it.

Now day 3 5 grams done...

I'm going to get a sample tonight to put under the microscope and see what's there and in what shape.

Tomorrow I won't dose anything.

I'll clean out the skimmer as the body is caked and bring it back up to normal operations and place a filter sock on the siphon line going into the sump. Then start blowing off the rocks.


I'll still leave the automatic water change off and carbon dosing cut in half.

 

[jason2459]

The biodiversity of life is still very abundant. Still found some very active dinos but not near as many. At least not in this sample but the amount of life is very much alive and well so far.

Will have to do the pics and vids tomorrow

 

[jason2459]

And I keep telling myself to stop but I there's just to much to explore. Like I just captured a pregnant pod! So cool!

 

[jason2459]

Ok uploading vids and pics now. So, these would be about 5 hours after the 3rd and final dose of metronidazole.

Also keep in mind my dosage above is double what twilliard is doing which is at 125mg/10gal per day for 3 days.

 

[jason2459]

Photo bomb

 

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I'll get the vids posted soon

 

[twilliard]

Are you using achromatic or plane objectives?
Some high definition shots!
(Mine are achromatic and I don't like them)

 

[jason2459]

Are you using achromatic or plane objectives?
Some high definition shots!
(Mine are achromatic and I don't like them)

They are achromatic but I can do a lot with the digital cam software.

It's a 5MP top mounted camera. Probably next year I'll upgrade it to 18MP.

 

[jason2459]

What I'm not sure of is what this may be. It looks like a totally mutated dino or just detritus.

 

[jason2459]

Vid BOMB!

LET THERE BE LIFE!!!




Still see a couple dino here and there but not as condensed as before.

 

[jason2459]

Hello Predator

 

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Another thing I noticed is the cyano is not as intertwined as much as before if that makes sense. There were some dense groupings.

 

[jason2459]

Here's that mysterious object. Teenage Mutant Ninja Dino or Detritus...