Dinos And Algae

Ashley1987 · Jul 3, 2022

Hi everyone,
As im new here i am not sure if i'm posting in the right forum,so please forgive me if this is the wrong place. I would like to know if it is a normal process after tank has cycled then you get the dinos, which i have had with my other tank, but is it normal for the dinos to die off and then turn into green algae?
If any one could advise it would be a big help.
Thanks guys,
Ashley.

wtdenk · Jul 3, 2022

Ashley1987 said:
Hi everyone,
As im new here i am not sure if i'm posting in the right forum,so please forgive me if this is the wrong place. I would like to know if it is a normal process after tank has cycled then you get the dinos, which i have had with my other tank, but is it normal for the dinos to die off and then turn into green algae?
If any one could advise it would be a big help.
Thanks guys,
Ashley.

It would be normal for what you described to be a diatom bloom, not necessarily dinos. What makes you believe it's dinos?

Ashley1987 · Jul 4, 2022

Thank you for your reply,
well the cycle had finished and about a week or so after i started to get a dusting of brown all over rocks , it got alot worse , but with water changes every week 80 litres a week, and i was always blowing the dinos off the rocks with feeder and cleaning sand, they went away. But know in place it seems that green algae has taken its place . I am removing by hand, using a toothbrush and using eheim vacuum after each time.Also i have a uv But for some reason it seems like its here to stay ?
My Ammonia is 0ppm, Nitrite is 0ppm,Nitrate is between 0.01 and 0.03 ppm but my phosphate for some reason is stuck at 0.25, which i am not such at that low number would cause such a green algae issue?
any thoughts would help
Thank you for taking time to reply
Ashley.