Brown algae on sand!

[badams.one]

A lot of good info in this thread if it is infact amphidinium dinos. I waited a long time to test for dinos thinking it was just some sort of brown algae. Before it really get's out of control it's probably best to get a cheap microscope to know for sure since dino treatment is not fun.

To combat I'm currently raising NO3 and PO4, added a ton of copepods / amphipods and siphoning my entire sand bed daily through a 10 micron sock, and slowly removing it at the same time. There are many other potential treatment options discussed in this thread, however.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...treatment-methods.365850/page-16#post-5169677

Hey bud, been a while since you posted, but wanted to check in to see if you were successful. I've been dealing with this for about a year with no success. For a second there I thought I had it defeated then I mistakenly dosed reef roids thinking my corals needed a good feeding after being deprived for months and here we are again. My issue is phosphates are decent at .05-.07 but my nitrates are MIA. Any time I dose nitrates everything seems to get worse..

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey bud, been a while since you posted, but wanted to check in to see if you were successful. I've been dealing with this for about a year with no success. For a second there I thought I had it defeated then I mistakenly dosed reef roids thinking my corals needed a good feeding after being deprived for months and here we are again. My issue is phosphates are decent at .05-.07 but my nitrates are MIA. Any time I dose nitrates everything seems to get worse..

Reef roids will quickly boost your phosphates.