Dinos

[Mick51]

I have 3 reef tanks running but for some reason I’ve got a huge outbreak of dinos No3 is zero, no surprise but po4 is .16 ? Thought both would be 0 but no, tank is 6 years old so this has me scratching me head, I know water changes don’t help they seem to have escalated it, can I siphon it out into a sock (no sump on this tank) to a bucket and put that water that has gone through the sock back ? Or is that not a good idea

 

[Mick51]

Only 1 of 3 has it

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

You can definitely do that!

 

[attiland]

I have 3 reef tanks running but for some reason I’ve got a huge outbreak of dinos No3 is zero, no surprise but po4 is .16 ? Thought both would be 0 but no, tank is 6 years old so this has me scratching me head, I know water changes don’t help they seem to have escalated it, can I siphon it out into a sock (no sump on this tank) to a bucket and put that water that has gone through the sock back ? Or is that not a good idea

Your pic is awfully familiar to me just like how mine looked like.
My experience is manual removal is helpful but not a solution. The aim is to help competition not to kill Dinos.

I think you have Amphidinium based on the picture but you have to be sure. Get a microscope to ID it. Cost you about £30 on eBay for a used one. Good ID will save you money and time.

My action plan would be ;
1. Get a microscope and ID the buggers
2. Rase the no3 to 10ppm and keep it there for a while to help competition.
3. Based on ID start UV and/ or silicates dosing
4. Add competition in any form available (rock/mud/bacteria
5. Manual removal siphon trough 5 micron filter sock/ hanging filter floss etc

if Interested my fight you will find it here

Build Thread - The heater failure build

I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...

www.reef2reef.com

also attached help for the ID part

good luck. There is life after Dinos

 

[Mick51]

Your pic is awfully familiar to me just like how mine looked like.
My experience is manual removal is helpful but not a solution. The aim is to help competition not to kill Dinos.

I think you have Amphidinium based on the picture but you have to be sure. Get a microscope to ID it. Cost you about £30 on eBay for a used one. Good ID will save you money and time.

My action plan would be ;
1. Get a microscope and ID the buggers
2. Rase the no3 to 10ppm and keep it there for a while to help competition.
3. Based on ID start UV and/ or silicates dosing
4. Add competition in any form available (rock/mud/bacteria
5. Manual removal siphon trough 5 micron filter sock/ hanging filter floss etc

if Interested my fight you will find it here

Build Thread - The heater failure build

I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...

www.reef2reef.com

also attached help for the ID part

good luck. There is life after Dinos