dinoflagettes alage
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Hi
I just finished getting my tank rid of dinos after 9 month battle. The first mistake I did was to think they were diatoms and went about doing everything to treat them...changed RODI Unit, changed bulbs, changed salt, changed everything...nothing helped.
All my inverts eating the dinos died, my tang picking on rocks covered with dinos died..
They would go away when I turn my lights off for 3-5 days and then come right back a week later with lights on. I finally got tired and got rid of all my sand. Yes, removed all the rock, fish and coral...sucked all the sand out..Brushed my live rock clean...washed it in fresh salt water....got new sand from store and cycled my tank...now they are gone......and it has been 4 months since I last saw them....good luck...the one thing you need to do is to make sure its dinoflagellates and not diatoms.
Hope that helps
Vishnu
I just finished getting my tank rid of dinos after 9 month battle. The first mistake I did was to think they were diatoms and went about doing everything to treat them...changed RODI Unit, changed bulbs, changed salt, changed everything...nothing helped.
All my inverts eating the dinos died, my tang picking on rocks covered with dinos died..
They would go away when I turn my lights off for 3-5 days and then come right back a week later with lights on. I finally got tired and got rid of all my sand. Yes, removed all the rock, fish and coral...sucked all the sand out..Brushed my live rock clean...washed it in fresh salt water....got new sand from store and cycled my tank...now they are gone......and it has been 4 months since I last saw them....good luck...the one thing you need to do is to make sure its dinoflagellates and not diatoms.
Hope that helps
Vishnu
No worries Xenia. Check out this artricle: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php
As the author concludes, the best way to reduce dinos is by reducing nutrients (by decreasing feeding and/or more aggressive skimming and nutrient export) and by increasing ph and thereby starving the organism of CO2.
What are your current pH levels. Do you add kalkwasser? If not you may want to consider starting. It's a great way to maintain higher levels of pH especially if added during the daytime.
As the author concludes, the best way to reduce dinos is by reducing nutrients (by decreasing feeding and/or more aggressive skimming and nutrient export) and by increasing ph and thereby starving the organism of CO2.
What are your current pH levels. Do you add kalkwasser? If not you may want to consider starting. It's a great way to maintain higher levels of pH especially if added during the daytime.
louren neves
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what are dinoflagettes I think I have it.is it like a red color and grows over macro algea and live rock
