Dinoflagellates.
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bo0sted2g
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Thank you! What would you advise the stump remover to water ratio be to start with?
will be dosing a 30G tank.
I did 2 tablesppons in 2 cups of RO/DI, based on a post on another forum.
drummerboyevil
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Yea I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make to be honest. I mean, my sump turnover is more like 600-700gph and this UV is drawing water pretty darn near the overflow. If it's a dino that goes into the water column at night then I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make.
So far dosing hasnt impacted my dino problem, going to do 3 days lights out and start up peroxide dosing again and see if that combo helps. Already have a UV running at this point.
Almost a week since the dinos started to die off in my tank. Still havent done any water changes. Once I noticed the die off in the tank I did another period of lights off to hit it while it seemed to be down. But so far so good. :fun4:
Fishboy2017
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Is this Dino Flagellates??????
Is this Dino Flagellates??????
Hi guys,
Im brand new to this forum and just wanted to know if any of you could possibly identify the long hair algae strain that is in my tank.
I have been fighting this for about 10 months now. My Phosphates and Nitrates are zero and my lighting is on 7 hours a day.
My local aquarium store said it may be Dino Flagellates and to do a full 48 hour black out and treat with Peroxide.
Can anyone shed some light on this algae? I also have micro bubbles forming at the very top of the tank substrate.
Cheers!
Is this Dino Flagellates??????
Hi guys,
Im brand new to this forum and just wanted to know if any of you could possibly identify the long hair algae strain that is in my tank.
I have been fighting this for about 10 months now. My Phosphates and Nitrates are zero and my lighting is on 7 hours a day.
My local aquarium store said it may be Dino Flagellates and to do a full 48 hour black out and treat with Peroxide.
Can anyone shed some light on this algae? I also have micro bubbles forming at the very top of the tank substrate.
Cheers!
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karimwassef
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Looks like regular hair algae
Fishboy2017
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I agree... thats what I always thought however it keeps growing back despite I have Zero Phosph and Zero Nitrate.. Im also treating with NO PO to keeping Nitrate at bay. The hair has always been there even after pulling it out. Keeps coming back!
If algae is using the phosphates at a high rate u could still show 0 po4.
I would try vibrant on that green algae. Really good on that kind of stuff.
As others have said, definitely doesn't look like dinos.
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Fishboy2017
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Thanks Thor2j -- would a 72 hour black out with Peroxide help be a good solution too? Or does Vibrate have a proven track record?
karimwassef
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you need an export mechanism. add an algae scrubber
Fishboy2017
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Any recommendations of where to get a good one? So your saying the black out technique is a no no?
karimwassef
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black out is temporary. the inorganics have to go somewhere. There's whole threads on RC on DIY and purchased algae scrubbers...
jason2459
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If your goal is to knock back some photosynthetic pest a bit temporarily with a black out then a black out may help do that. However, most photosynthetic pests will bounce right back.
In the case of dinos most that would not like the blackout would just form a cyst and come right back when they feel like it. In fact this one type that I captured last night seemed perfectly fine with out light. And in fact was much more active then when I've seen them in my display tank under the microscope.
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http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25175350#post25175350
For an ATS you can cheaply make your own.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1977420&page=382
I personally don't put as much weight into them in defeating dinos but I do believe in harvesting algae of some type in some way as a very good way to help control nutrients and unwanted elements like heavy metals that they uptake.
I currently run an ATS built by Turbo's aquatics and if you want to buy one I highly recommend his.
Mine setup over my sump.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1673282&page=79
There's a very long thread on vibrant . I would try that and keep an eye on your po4 as u use it.
Vdubin00
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Hey everyone, I'm new, my tank is just getting passed it's cycle and I'm getting this weird snot looking stuff on my rocks and this weird looking stuff on the surface of my sump
Here is the pictures of my tank rocks
I'm sorry I don't know more this is an extremely long thread with a lot of information so could someone help me out ? Am I doomed or is it not Dino's
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Here is the pictures of my tank rocks
I'm sorry I don't know more this is an extremely long thread with a lot of information so could someone help me out ? Am I doomed or is it not Dino's
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karimwassef
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Looks like sponges on the rocks?
