Wish you luck they don't return! based on my situation I am sure the UV will work if they do return. I am about 98% cleared of them with just the UV and no blackouts! I noticed a little left within my WAV pumps so I took them out and cleaned them ands like a few strands left on sand. Just so weird how this stuff loves the high flow!!!
Brown / Red stringy algae... dinos?
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darkrabbit
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Ok well it looks like I have a few small brown strings in my birds nest so they’re not gone yet. But they’re significantly damaged! I ordered the UV sterilizer to put the final nail in their coffin. Should be here tomorrow!
I’ll keep updating!
darkrabbit
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I got the UV sterilizer in Tuesday, wow. What a difference, I can't believe I haven't done this before. 2 days and the dinos are gone. I could actually watch my return pump flow meter start climbing up as it got de-gunked (probably algae, not so much dinos).
I have one goni which isn't looking good though, since I put in the UV. I don't know why, I'll check parameters tonight to see if anything is up but.... unreal the difference it makes.
I'll leave it in for a few weeks and go from there.
I have one goni which isn't looking good though, since I put in the UV. I don't know why, I'll check parameters tonight to see if anything is up but.... unreal the difference it makes.
I'll leave it in for a few weeks and go from there.
Regarding the Goni. Didn’t you mention the nitrate spike a day or two ago. Probably that’s it. I notice corals don’t IMMEDIATELY react to a change and may show the implications a few days after a change. I am sure it will bounce back if things are in check now
darkrabbit
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Ah that's a good point. Just odd he's the only one. I'll see how it goes once nitrates go down but I really want to keep them at ~10ppm and not back to zero where they were. My new hammer is LOVING the nitrates
So the day I went to buy the sterilizer this popped up in my YT videos:
One of the things they mentioned is hobby grade vs commercial or something... spend the money now and it will be better long term.
This might be true however for me this is a medication for an issue, and the GKM works. I don't need another pump, don't need to size it, plumb it in, etc. I just drop it in and things get fixed.
If I ever plan to run a UV sterilizer 24x7 then I MIGHT go higher end, plumb it in, etc. but this was an urgent situation and I needed to deal with it ASAP. I also don't have time right now for another 'project' since we're moving and I already have to plan for a complete tank move.
This was 100% the right move. Thanks a ton for the tip on this! The blackout took them down to 20% of their former population and this thing finished the job. When I think of all the time and money I've wasted medicating and water changing for other things like cyano issues, other algaes, etc... when I could have just dropped this in. Christ...
Knock on wood, this wasn't much of a dino 'battle' at all lol.
-J
darkrabbit
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Quick update. The dinos are gone as far as I can tell. The water is crystal clear. CRYSTAL. My green Goni is coming back, happy. Even my bleached birds nest is de-bleaching. Everything is happy!
Water parameters are still a bit off. Need to make some adjustments but I see no reason to rush it.
I am a UV sterilizer believer now. Testify!
-J
Water parameters are still a bit off. Need to make some adjustments but I see no reason to rush it.
I am a UV sterilizer believer now. Testify!
-J
