No corals bleached or died before the outbreak. Lighting is a kessil A360we. ran 40% on peak intensity on the light schedule.Did any corals bleach or die before the Dino outbreak? What’s your lighting?
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No corals bleached or died before the outbreak. Lighting is a kessil A360we. ran 40% on peak intensity on the light schedule.Did any corals bleach or die before the Dino outbreak? What’s your lighting?
I started my current tank with the same method I ran my past aquariums. Dry rock, caribsea sand, about a 6 week cycle (ammonia and bacteria dosing) and then started stocking with fish and coral slowly. Like every new tank there was a ugly stage that eventually passes. This time around about 5-6 months in, microscope confirm porocentrum dinoflagellates.
My routine is feed fish every other day, feed corals twice a week (broadcast or target feeding), bi weekly 10% water changes. just like I've always done it in the pass with success.
Water testing done weekly. Parameters were in check nothing out of range I would say. pretty consistent nitrates of 5ppm, alk 9dkh, calcium 430, Ph 7.8, phosphates 0.05-0.03.
Not sure what is causing the Dinos.
tank was fairly new, one had a few pieces of coral. Water changes alone were maintaining parameters.Just out of curiosity what brand 2 part or what method are you using to keep water parameters stable?
for sure.hi guys,
Would you mind helping me with the positive ID? Is it ostreo?
Just thought I would give a quick update, and my story, thanks to this fellow reefer hoping im on the right track.Looks like large cell amphidinium to me. The small one is probably ostreo but too small to see. Dose silicates. Make sure you do not have elevated iron. Elevate nitrate and po4. Do not disturb the sand bed. Be prepared to continue like that for months until you see no more LCA on the scope. Good luck brother.
What type of dinos did you have?Just thought I would give a quick update, and my story, thanks to this fellow reefer hoping im on the right track.
So i purchased a new trigon 350 about a year ago, i decided to have my first saltwater aquarium but do it on a less technical approach.
Im not using any skimmers etc, all im using is the internal filter that the aquarium came with, plus a couple of power heads, crushed coral and rock scape.
Anyway I always stuck to a stricked 10% weekly water change and 2 part dosed.
Nitrates always stayed at 2.5, and phosphates at 0.05 even with heavy feeding.
No one could believe i could keep these parameters at these levels with no extra help.
I currently have
2 clowns
Regal tang
Sailfin tang
Powder blue
Royal gramma
4 Cardinals
3 green chroma
So corals have always seemed to be slowly dieing after around 3 months, i also started getting this horrible brown stringy stuff everywhere, also having to clean glass every day as was getting covered in brown dust.
Anyway thanks to this reefer for identifying my dinoflagellates, I dosed my nitrates to 15 and phosphates to around 0.15 as suggested, after only a day I thought I started noticing some dinos decreasing. I decided to do the suggested black out, only did a 2 day black out with no feeding as i chickened out. After turning my lights on Wednesday, i was shocked to see 90% all brown had gone, by the evening my torch corals that looked like they was on there death bed are extending 50% more than they had been and more every day now.
Still now on day 3 and no more dinos and I haven't touched my glass as its crystal clear!!
Who would've thought you need a dirtier tank to have a cleaner tank! And to feed your corals!
Only wish I asked sooner before I lost my new york knicks torch's . ...
I did alot of research before I started and nearly all sites recommended all the levels i had. Inc
Salinity 35
calc 450
mag 1350
ph 8.1
alk 8.6
Anyway I hope this progress continues and may assist another struggling newbe like me. thanks again @Moe K
I posted a video on the previpage, it was suggested i had LCA but obviously this may not be accurate, all I know is the advice given worked.What type of dinos did you have?
This is a cryptomonas / rhodomonas. Not actually dino. Big population though!They look like small cell Amphidinium to me, but maybe that is wishful thinking. What do you all think?
These are not a dino. They are another random harmless flagellate. Something like a cryptomonas / rhodomonas.
Here they are in a couple of vids from my system, shape and movement a lot like yours:
(Close-up):
Well thats a huge relief. Now how do I cancel that $300 ebay offer on a 57w aqua UV…This is a cryptomonas / rhodomonas. Not actually dino. Big population though!
Heh, or watch this thread for potential people to re-sell to.Well thats a huge relief. Now how do I cancel that $300 ebay offer on a 57w aqua UV…![]()
That's really cool if they are actively growing in your tank.I suppose this, which I’m also culturing inches away from my fuge, is likely the source of such a large population. Guess I can stop dosing it…![]()
Ya, I don’t know how it happened but I have to say I’m quite proud now haha. I think I’m going to leave that glass un-scraped and just make it a permanent phyto supply for the tank. I wish I knew how it happened because I’m sure a lot of folks would like to have a never-ending supply of coral food growing in their tank…That's really cool if they are actively growing in your tank.
After a very long and hard fought battle with high phosphates in my 9 year old system, I over-shot my target and they bottomed out. I have quickly raised them back up to 0.1 ppm (actually overshot that too and currently at 0.5 ppm PO4). Nitrate is at 10 ppm and stable. I have dinos on a single side of my tank that I don't scrape as often as the other sides because it is against a wall (partially against an exterior window). They look like small cell Amphidinium to me, but maybe that is wishful thinking. What do you all think?
Sorry the microscope images are not the best, but I think the video shows how fast they move which led me to think they are the small cell amphidinium.
Tank wall appearance:
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