karimwassef
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Get a bigger tank 
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Dinoflagellates.
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Quiet_Ivy
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You could also put dry sand in. That will kick of a diatom bloom.
Are you in Canada? I can send you some potassium nitrate to raise nitrates. Perhaps we can go halfs on a bottle of Dino X. They've really raised the price on that stuff, it was $20 6 months ago.
Dosing nitrate's actually working for me. I can tell when NO3 hits about 0.2; the dinos start up on the glass, displacing the green algae. Raising potassium is a bit concerning but I've only had to dose to 2 or 3ppm nitrate to see the switch from dinos to green algae.
The rescue corals are hanging in there. Montis look awful, but that is probably half my terrible lights. Amazingly the snails, cowrie and conch are all fine. It's only been a week but I *really* hope this high nitrate trick will keep them alive.
Under the microscope Ostreopsis is becoming far more scarce, but the tiny near-bacterial sucker is present in all samples. I can't see anything but goo off my glass, still.
Here's the little suspicious guy. This is at 1000X. Doesn't look like a cell here, but it moves around so it's not debris.
Suspicious microbe is suspicious. This is the outside of the above thing. Possibly a spore?
Posting may be random this week, more house sitting.
ivy
Quiet_Ivy
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Saw your video in the other thread, that's incredibly cool! Where did you get the shrimp, and do you know which species they are?
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karimwassef
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Reefs2go calls them glass feeder shrimp. They're marine.
Billybatz9
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I am In US, Florida.... way far from you lol
emerald crab
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Dino X worked for me, it took about 5-6 doses(that's 10-12 days).
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I've used Dino X too, actually, Algae X but FM has basically said it's the same thing but rebranded. It worked, but there were some cons for me. A few sps frags died, those that lived lost color. I went through the highest dose too though. If I could do it again I'd culture and dose benthic copepods until I felt they needed phyto.
emerald crab
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I vent through the trouble of measuring my tank and sump, calculated the real volume of water and dosed as per product manual. I had no loses or significant discoloration. Only on one of the corals I had some minimal discoloration, the rest not affected. The urchins on the other hand, did not die, but were quite a bit affected.
I actually got my zoas to open after being closed for 4 months day after I started dosing. They haven't closed since. All of my sps showed much better PE. Non of my love stock were affected. Lost my urchin but I suspect it wasn't the dinox. He hadn't had much to eat in 4 months. I think a diet of dinos killed him.
Billybatz9
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Does anyone live in the US that's battling this algae that might want to go half and half on the fauna marin dino x?
garygonzales
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its not really that expensive like about 30.00 dollars..thats not bad if it works
Billybatz9
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And if it doesn't?? It's very expensive. lol
Billy, have you tried nitrates above 3 and pods and phyto yet? I strongly recommend that first? It took me a while to try myself, as I was a bit skeptical. I honestly couldn't believe how quick it worked. Also I remember you said you cut back on feedings.... Do the opposite. Feed more. Where are your nitrates at?
Billybatz9
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Day 12 or 13 of h202 dosing. Very little to no dino growth so far during photo period, my rock and sand look amazing. I have a shipment of chaeto/pods arriving on Thursday. I'm wondering if I should make tonight or tomorrow night my last dose of h202 for a bit... its kind of scary stopping but I don't want it to affect the copepods. It's also been 3 weeks with no water change... should I do one soon?
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Not til you have to. I haven't done one in months. Too risky and I don't see the need. Not til my levels get too high anyways
