Dealing with Dino?

HexaReef · Jun 10, 2018

I thought it was diatoms but now it turns out its worse that that. I have dino, and its affecting my corals. I.E. gsp
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Phos 0
Ph 8
Salinity 1.026

I use the api master test kit and rodi water.

All test results match my LFS.

Anyone have suggestions on treating this. In my research it doesn't seem there is a sure fire way to get rid of it

DiZASTiX · Jun 11, 2018

What are you doing currently?

Did you happen to see what kit LFS was using? It was probably API. If so, are you willing to purchase a RedSea nitrate pro kit, and either the Red Sea phosphate pro or Hanna Phosphate kit (HI713)? The reason is you'll want more resolution on the most germane tests, which would be ones pertaining to nutrients. You'll want to take a look at my example from my own tank:

Left is RedSea, and you're already familiar with the API Master Test Kit's nitrate test. As you can see, a test result of 0 ppm from API might not be 0; it can reasonably be anywhere between 0 and 2.5 ppm, depending on your vision. It could even really be between 0 and 5 ppm. For my test, I obtained a result of 1 ppm using RedSea Nitrate Pro. However, that 1 ppm shows up as a 0 ppm API.