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PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
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I assume I have and will always have dinos and cyano in my tank. But only time I get to see the dinos is after I see cyano. I only get cyano when I do something stupid. Normally I do nothing more then I normally do and it all eventually vanishes on its own. Usually over a couple months. I have the patience for it. Many don't.
I posted up what I have but it's not visible in the tank as a whole. I have to find tiny patches of cyano to find it which I usually get right at the tip of my return line which is where I found that cyano and dinos for that picture and video.
Here's what I have and previously posted
Peridinium
http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/state-of-peridinium.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/our-tanks-biology-up-close.239838/page-10#post-2924126
So, my tank is one long running experiment to me much like how PaulB sees his tank. Periodically I do something crazy (see diy Shapelock DIY N/P reducing Pellets or Nuking the tank... or my most recent with the How much Aluminum will it leach? Let's guess thread).
Since I feel I know how to control how to spark a large cyano and dino explosion I got a spark up my you know where to try this thanks to @twilliard.
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/253917/
Cliffs of that thread:
Metronidazole is supposed to mess with the dinos' DNA to the point they no longer reproduce or able to very effectively hold on to the rock or substrate.
Dosages:
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/3005509
And so far its shown to be safe.
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/3006768
I have just basically done a typical OPPS! I just dumped in an automatic feeder full of pellet food into the tank. Something Ive accidentally done before while programming that automatic feeder while distracted by kids... I have also cut my carbon dosing in half to give it that final nail in the coffin to spur a tank wide infestation of cyano and dinos. It shouldn't take more then a few days to have my tank covered.
PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
I am doing this as I have faith in my tanks abilities, not mine, to fully recover on its own over the next couple months if this metronidazole doesn't work.
I have some Seachem Metro on its way and will treat as described above. I should have it here by Tuesday and so should be the dinos. I'll add some filter socks after day 3 to my siphon return.
This should be fun!
[emoji14]
I assume I have and will always have dinos and cyano in my tank. But only time I get to see the dinos is after I see cyano. I only get cyano when I do something stupid. Normally I do nothing more then I normally do and it all eventually vanishes on its own. Usually over a couple months. I have the patience for it. Many don't.
I posted up what I have but it's not visible in the tank as a whole. I have to find tiny patches of cyano to find it which I usually get right at the tip of my return line which is where I found that cyano and dinos for that picture and video.
Here's what I have and previously posted
Peridinium
http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/state-of-peridinium.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/our-tanks-biology-up-close.239838/page-10#post-2924126
So, my tank is one long running experiment to me much like how PaulB sees his tank. Periodically I do something crazy (see diy Shapelock DIY N/P reducing Pellets or Nuking the tank... or my most recent with the How much Aluminum will it leach? Let's guess thread).
Since I feel I know how to control how to spark a large cyano and dino explosion I got a spark up my you know where to try this thanks to @twilliard.
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/253917/
Cliffs of that thread:
Metronidazole is supposed to mess with the dinos' DNA to the point they no longer reproduce or able to very effectively hold on to the rock or substrate.
Dosages:
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/3005509
So, correct me if i'm wrong, but the treatment goes something like:
Day 1: 1 - 2 spoons per 10g.
Day 2: 1 - 2 spoons per 10g.
Day 3: 1 - 2 spoons per 10g.
Days 4 - 14: Wait and change mechanical filtration frequently.
...
You dosed 125mg of 100% metronidazole?
Since I am using MetroPlex(70% metronidazole) I dosed 250mg. Instructions also say it's safe to do 2 spoons(125mg x 2) per 10 gallon or 250mg per 10 gallon.
And so far its shown to be safe.
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/3006768
"Increase MTZ's effectiveness" at what specifically? Inhibiting the things it targets? Or at overall disappearance of target organisms from system?
More hints, pls.
Also, ran across paper looking at MTZ toxicity on a few aquatic species.
Good news, they dosed massive amounts (30x the amount recommended here) and couldn't kill copepods.
Which means at least one important class of dino grazers is unaffected by the drug.
I have just basically done a typical OPPS! I just dumped in an automatic feeder full of pellet food into the tank. Something Ive accidentally done before while programming that automatic feeder while distracted by kids... I have also cut my carbon dosing in half to give it that final nail in the coffin to spur a tank wide infestation of cyano and dinos. It shouldn't take more then a few days to have my tank covered.
PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
I am doing this as I have faith in my tanks abilities, not mine, to fully recover on its own over the next couple months if this metronidazole doesn't work.
I have some Seachem Metro on its way and will treat as described above. I should have it here by Tuesday and so should be the dinos. I'll add some filter socks after day 3 to my siphon return.
This should be fun!
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