Can get this gone!

Sajacobs · Feb 28, 2021

Hi all,

My tank is now 6 months and was running perfectly, my numbers
Alk 8.6
Calcium 490
Mag 1400
Ammonia 0
No2 0
No3 7
Ph 8.1
Salinity 35
Phosphate 0.07
So I'm happy with the stability.....
All was well but then this appeared and I dont know why and I don't know what and I don't know how to get it gone!

Please help me???

Sajacobs · Feb 28, 2021

Ok this header should read

"I can't get this gone!"

Dreams92 · Feb 28, 2021

Not an expert, but I think it looks like dino. Have you tried looking under a microscope to get pictures as well?

speedstar · Feb 28, 2021

Just curious if you have used anything that could have bottomed out your numbers, chemiclean, vibrant, gfo or anything similar.

Sajacobs · Feb 28, 2021

speedstar said:
Just curious if you have used anything that could have bottomed out your numbers, chemiclean, vibrant, gfo or anything similar.

We have carbon and phosphate stuff in reactor used bacteria 7 but only since this jumped up! Why what are you thinking?

speedstar · Feb 28, 2021

Sajacobs said:
We have carbon and phosphate stuff in reactor used bacteria 7 but only since this jumped up! Why what are you thinking?

To get the correct info you need to look at it under a microscope to determine if it is cyno, diatoms or dinos. The treatment would depend on that. One thing though I believe your po4 to nitrate ratio is very off, i think it should be 1:16 double check me as i am pulling from memory. The GFO i assume you drove down PO4 but not nitrate. I have found having the correct ratio really helps avoid these odd nuisances. Your mileage may vary, but that is my 2 cents. See what others have to say, but i would take the GFO offline myself.

Sajacobs · Mar 1, 2021

speedstar said:
To get the correct info you need to look at it under a microscope to determine if it is cyno, diatoms or dinos. The treatment would depend on that. One thing though I believe your po4 to nitrate ratio is very off, i think it should be 1:16 double check me as i am pulling from memory. The GFO i assume you drove down PO4 but not nitrate. I have found having the correct ratio really helps avoid these odd nuisances. Your mileage may vary, but that is my 2 cents. See what others have to say, but i would take the GFO offline myself.

Right ok ...... I gotta admit I'm lost with that could you break it down a bit? As a dyslexic I need stuff a bit more simplified? So how do I figure out what the numbers need to be? Then what do I have to do to get those numbers? Sorry to be a pain!

Tamberav · Mar 1, 2021

Do you ever clean your sandbed? Might be filthy by now if you haven’t touched it in 6 months.

MasonK24 · Mar 1, 2021

looks a lot like dinos. does it dissappear at at lights off and come back when lights come back on? i have dealt with amphidinium dinos for 2 years and this looks identical.

Sajacobs · Mar 1, 2021

Tamberav said:
Do you ever clean your sandbed? Might be filthy by now if you haven’t touched it in 6 months.

Gravel vax 1st weekend every month!

Sajacobs · Mar 1, 2021

MasonK24 said:
looks a lot like dinos. does it dissappear at at lights off and come back when lights come back on? i have dealt with amphidinium dinos for 2 years and this looks identical.

I'm not sure on the lights thing got over the ugly stage then had a phosphate spike so had dino? But then got the phosphates down and they went away and then about 5 days ago this started!

MasonK24 · Mar 1, 2021

Sajacobs said:
I'm not sure on the lights thing got over the ugly stage then had a phosphate spike so had dino? But then got the phosphates down and they went away and then about 5 days ago this started!

best thing you can do is look at a sample of it under a microscope (even a cheap one would do) and post a pic so it can be identified and follow steps on a thread corresponding to your particular kind of dinos, if it does end up being dinos. lets hope not, cause they are a real pain. fingers crossed for you!

Sajacobs · Mar 2, 2021

MasonK24 said:
best thing you can do is look at a sample of it under a microscope (even a cheap one would do) and post a pic so it can be identified and follow steps on a thread corresponding to your particular kind of dinos, if it does end up being dinos. lets hope not, cause they are a real pain. fingers crossed for you!

Have ordered a microscope! As soon as I can I will pop some pics up (if I still have the problem I won't lol)