Brown algae

Connor · Nov 23, 2015

Oh alright. what about the sand? should I just mix it up

Luka · Nov 23, 2015

No don't do that just try pipetting it you don't want to kick up sand thats bad.

Luka · Nov 23, 2015

Just start with 3 days no light and tell us how it goes still not 100% sure if its dino. If you have a microscope you could identify it pretty easily.

SouL_Shaker · Nov 23, 2015

This is dino

jsker · Nov 23, 2015

The sensable questions is what is your permeters? Then we can help you. All you really have to do is adjust your chemistry of your water and you will be fine. This takes time and Ligjts out is just a temporary fix. What is your ph, mg, ca, po4,no3, alk.

Connor · Nov 23, 2015

Lights are powered off, cardboard is on, ultra thick blankets on, the reef tank is officially dark for 3 days

SouL_Shaker · Nov 23, 2015

I had dino 5 times in 5 months. When it's been over , it started all again in a week. I found the solution that No3 and Po4 was 0 ppm all times. When I balanced pellet reactor , it didn't happen again.

Connor · Nov 23, 2015

SouL_Shaker said:
I had dino 5 times in 5 months. When it's been over , it started all again in a week. I found the solution that No3 and Po4 was 0 ppm all times. When I balanced pellet reactor , it didn't happen again.

wait what? your saying the cause was that your no3 and po4 was zero? that doesn't make any sense to me

SouL_Shaker · Nov 23, 2015

Connor said:
wait what? your saying the cause was that your no3 and po4 was zero? that doesn't make any sense to me

You need to have 4 ppm NO3 and 0.03 ppm po4 in your tank. It is required. If you didn't have , you have a low nutrient system and your tank will be dino again.

And you don't need to make your tank dark. Just drop fauna marin ultra algea x for your aquarium capacity. I have never made my tank dark. And everytime they died with fauna marin ultra algea x.

SouL_Shaker · Nov 23, 2015

Also turn the lights off.

SouL_Shaker · Nov 23, 2015

Dino....

After 6 days ultra algea x scheadule ...

Connor · Nov 24, 2015

okay I'll look into the algae x but when I'm blacking out my aquarium do I need to turn off the refugium light too

SouL_Shaker · Nov 24, 2015

Connor said:
okay I'll look into the algae x but when I'm blacking out my aquarium do I need to turn off the refugium light too

yes. turn the refugium lights off also. Unless you found out why it happened , you would see dino afterwards. Maybe in 1-2 months. But you will not see any dino after 6 days of treatment.

And take the box pieces off. You don't need them with ultra algea x. I have never used them. Just you don't need any light. Room light is ok.

Connor · Dec 8, 2015

Hey guys well that didn't work but it was only for 1 1/2 days, so I'm covering it for a full 3 days getting a tooth brush scrubbing off as much as possible. I'm using kalkwasser now so my ph is 8.4 where before it was 7.9 -8.0. and maybe dosing hydrogen peroxide but not sure. I'm changing out my gfo and putting in a lot of carbon. good plan?

Ronald Brown · Feb 24, 2017

I am having the the same issue now myself.

SouL_Shaker · Feb 24, 2017

Ronald Brown said:
I am having the the same issue now myself.

I shut the pellet reactor down permanently. I have never had any dino after that decision. I used to have them every 2 months after they died. Some nutrients are really required. ULNS is bad.

Ronald Brown · Feb 24, 2017

I don't use a pellet reactor, I just have a BRS dual reactor ( gfo, carbon ) not sure what you mean by ulns

SouL_Shaker · Feb 24, 2017

Ronald Brown said:
I don't use a pellet reactor, I just have a BRS dual reactor ( gfo, carbon ) not sure what you mean by ulns

GFO , Carbon also breeds the dino algeas as my local aquarium shop said.

I never had problems since november-december 2015 with dino. Bring everything out that make your tank ulns.

cracker · Feb 24, 2017

I had the same stuff after running biopellets for some months. The tank since been torn down and replaced. Just saying the 2 could be related. Iv'e heard of (sluff ?) build up can be caused by overuse of the pellets.
Any OP's ?

SouL_Shaker · Feb 24, 2017

cracker said:
I had the same stuff after running biopellets for some months. The tank since been torn down and replaced. Just saying the 2 could be related. Iv'e heard of (sluff ?) build up can be caused by overuse of the pellets.
Any OP's ?

None balanced pellet reactor causes dinos. That's known by everyone.