Diatoms everyday

[Jekyl]

Here is what I started with. Now I culture my own.

OceanMagik

OceanMagik is a nutritious mixture of four Live Phytoplankton strains (Nano, Iso, Tet, and Thal) that is great for feeding copepods, corals, clams, and other filter-feeding inverts. OceanMagik is a hand-selected blend of the most nutritious Live Phytoplankton strains available.

www.algaebarn.com

 

[LiquidSpace]

OceanMagik did wonders for my tank too!

 

[eqbal9947]

I got rid of diatoms by buying culture of copepods, trochus and astrea snails and cutting back light schedule and my problem was far worse than yours

 

[vetteguy53081]

here is a better pic

Diatoms for sure

 

[vetteguy53081]

I got rid of diatoms by buying culture of copepods, trochus and astrea snails and cutting back light schedule and my problem was far worse than yours

he cant do snails which I suggested due to presence of Copper.

 

[vetteguy53081]

here is a better pic

Reducing white intensity, or hours of white light will help even a 3 day blackout

 

[SamsReef]

Lots of good advise. This is what I did and my Dino was gone in a month.

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Whether it is Dino or Cyano, either way you need to help your good bacteria, pods, sponges…to repopulate. Here is what I would recommend:

1) stop all carbon dosing

2) elevate nitrate to around 5-10 ppm while Maintaining phosphate at around .03-.08. This is the new go to for a mixed tank with no algae/cyano issues IF the ecosystem is balanced. This alone will not help.

3) vacuum/blow the surfaces to release the surface or the Dino/cyano and at the same time use combination of coral snow and MB7 or any other bacteria mix(not nitrifying bacteria). What you are doing here is putting a layer of good bacteria to get hold of the surfaces. 1ml MB7 per 10 gallon of water and 1 ml coral snow per 25 gallon of water. It’s good to blow the surface right before light is going down and to dose MB7/coral snow right after the goes out. Last thing on this. Dose the combo one of twice a week. MB7 should be added daily during this period. It’s possible that you might have to dose nitrate and phosphate to not negatively impact your corals. Follow number 2.

4) Use A good UV to kill any floating bacteria in the water column

5) for first few days use a 10 micron filter sock, especially while blowing the rocks/vacuuming the sand, you can vacuum directly in the sock…

6) feed some photo/zoo plankton combo to increase the pod population

7) patience. Nothing happens fast in this hobby

i have used to this to tame even the worst Dino/cyano in 7 days. It takes a month to fully go away.

let me know if you have any questions. Seems like a lot of steps but some of them are just good practice for healthy corals.

Sam

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

I would stop adding new rock, and let the diatoms run their course. It may take a few weeks to a month.

 

[LowBucks]

Reducing white intensity, or hours of white light will help even a 3 day blackout

I would love to do a blackout but I'm afraid of my radiant wrasse will stress out he or she only comes out in the light. I will have to reduce the hours. I have a 4- t5 bulb housing currently only run 2 or one half of the fixture. I just want this ugly stage to disappear. It's driving me nuts.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I would love to do a blackout but I'm afraid of my radiant wrasse will stress out he or she only comes out in the light. I will have to reduce the hours. I have a 4- t5 bulb housing currently only run 2 or one half of the fixture. I just want this ugly stage to disappear. It's driving me nuts.

You can run low blues for wrasse and everything else off