I could really use some help.... Long story short my 75 gallon mixed reef aquarium has been running for a little over two years.About a month ago I notice green Cyanobacteria.I follow the instruction and dosed chemi clean. wow it worked amazing. roughly about a week and a half to two weeks later I notice I had dinoflagellates, but very little. I wanted to catch it early before it got out of hand.So I started to wonder did it strip phosphates and nitrates out of my water.But I do run a HOB skimmer that was installed about a month and a half ago.And I always have been running chemi pure elite. salinity-1.025. Ph-8.1 cal-450 alk-8.2 mag-1600 pho’s 0.01 nitra-0.5 ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 I was thinking between running the new skimmer and chemi pure I was running the system to clean. Please help.
Dinoflagellates.
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Raise your phosphate and nitrate. Brightwell makes neonitro and neophos which is what I used for my dinos (mainly phosphate was the issue). I raised phosphate up and then dosed a variety of non nitrifying bacterias.
In the future, you can always feed the fish more to maintain >0ish. I am sure your fishies will like it
In the future, you can always feed the fish more to maintain >0ish. I am sure your fishies will like it
C. Eymann
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Approach depends on species of dinoflagellates, what will work for prorocentrum sp. may not work for ostreopsis sp. vice versa
Correct ID is the first step to successful treatment.
Correct ID is the first step to successful treatment.
It’s not bad at all. I wanted to catch it way ahead of that point. I seen a little in the tank and I grabbed a turkey baster and siphoned out as much as I could see. I never had Dino’s until I used chemi clean.Now I’m feeding more to bring up phosphate and nitrate.
JustinMN18
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Do you use a high flow rate or a low flow rate for dinos? And what types of nitrate / phosphate are good for that? Thanks.
attiland
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Get one. It will come handy later. You only need a used one cost about £30. For Dinos the key is the ID.
Even UV not working for all types simply because some don’t swim and go to the sand instead. It
Dose nitrate and phosphate. Feeding rarely efficient.
clhardy5
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I would agree with other posters....borrow or by a microscope. The type of dinos you have will decide what treatment to use. I currently have Prorocentrum dinos...and I can tell you from experience that UV did NOTHING to them. It was a waste of money to buy the UV - just for the dinos. Then, I would read through the Dino thread at the top of the forum....Lots of good information and people who will help you during your fight.
I'm still fighting - two months later - so its a marathon, not a sprint.
I'm still fighting - two months later - so its a marathon, not a sprint.
