Dino ID needed please:
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I had trouble identifying most of the pictures because I couldn’t see much details.
However, I can clearly see large cell amphidinium in a few of the photos:
However, I can clearly see large cell amphidinium in a few of the photos:
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This picture was the most helpful out of the bunch for me:
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Do you see anything else? I’m pretty sure there are other types of Dinos in the mix as well.
Do you see anything else? I’m pretty sure there are other types of Dinos in the mix as well.
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I see diatoms and procentrum based on the little indents. These can spread rapidly and often when biological deficiencies arise, they cause the dino structure. As they need light to thrive, stopping the presence of light is first key followed by the addition of bacteria to overcome the bad bacteria allowing them to thrive
Prepare by starting by blowing this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles. Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10% IF you have light dependant corals such as SPS) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights which works as an oxidizer. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off. During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as micro bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons. Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED AMINO OR ADD NOPOX which is food for dinos, however you can feed coral, food which will help no3 and po4 to increase. If increasing nutrients, try to keep no3 to about 5 until you are done battling these cells.
Doing a daily siphoning will help greatly But . . . . . Siphoning will reduce nutrients , so siphon the water into/through a filter sock and save the water and return it back to tank. Obviously clean the filter sock each time.
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