Dynos?

[thomas_neil]

I’m pretty sure this is dynos but wanted a second opinion.

Also looking for advice on how to treat them. I don’t have a UV.

parameters:
Alk 10.3
Calcium 440
Phosphates .11 ppm
Nitrates .05 ppm
Salinity 1.026

My tank is on a 10 hour lighting cycle and the fuge is on opposite.

I wouldn’t be against a UV I just wouldn’t know where to start. My tank is a 75 gallon and my return pump is plumbed with 3/4” soft tubing.

Thanks

 

[blaxsun]

Dinos.

 

[CoralB]

Nope don’t see dinosaurs yet . Looks more like cyano . To be sure try to blow it off with a turkey baster . Your phosphates could come down a little but other than that Parma are ok

 

[Lavey29]

Nope don’t see dinosaurs yet . Looks more like cyano . To be sure try to blow it off with a turkey baster . Your phosphates could come down a little but other than that Parma are ok

That stringy stuff with air bubbles is dinos

 

[Lavey29]

OP your nitrates are bottomed out. You need 10ppm. Siphon out what you can. Turkey blast it into the water column and change filter media daily. Cut lights to 6 hours with blue and UV only no whites. Dose PNS probio which is a natural bacteria supplement.

 

[CoralB]

That stringy stuff with air bubbles is dinos

Are you looking at blaxsuns pic ? As yes the example he showed is Dino’s but the original post for this thread I didn’t see any mr bubbles .

 

[Lavey29]

Are you looking at blaxsuns pic ? As yes the example he showed is Dino’s but the original post for this thread I didn’t see any mr bubbles .

Yea. I thought it was a close up of the OP algae.

 

[thomas_neil]

Nope don’t see dinosaurs yet . Looks more like cyano . To be sure try to blow it off with a turkey baster . Your phosphates could come down a little but other than that Parma are ok

If it blows off the rock then it’s cyano? Chemiclean works for that doesn’t it?

 

[thomas_neil]

So I came home from work and it looks like bubbly snot now, so I’m going to say I have dinos. I ordered a UV, dr.Tim’s waste away, and micro bactor 7. I think I’ll dose the dr.Tim’s and microbactor and try a black out this weekend and then fire up the UV next week. Would you suggest I clean the sand bed and scrub the rock before doing the blackout?

 

[sixty_reefer]

So I came home from work and it looks like bubbly snot now, so I’m going to say I have dinos. I ordered a UV, dr.Tim’s waste away, and micro bactor 7. I think I’ll dose the dr.Tim’s and microbactor and try a black out this weekend and then fire up the UV next week. Would you suggest I clean the sand bed and scrub the rock before doing the blackout?

What’s your po4 readings?

 

[sixty_reefer]

What’s your po4 readings?

Sorry just seen it, you could try and increase your nitrates first, keep them at a detectable value for a few days/week and probably will go away on its own.

 

[thomas_neil]

What’s your po4 readings?

Yesterday it was .11 ppm using the Hanna ulr.
I use salifert for nitrate and I get 2 looking at it from the side so I think that’s .02ppm correct? Or is it .2ppm?

I pulled all my aquas are out this past weekend to catch some problem fish and I noticed Monday it exploded. Could this have caused it to bloom really bad?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Yesterday it was .11 ppm using the Hanna ulr.
I use salifert for nitrate and I get 2 looking at it from the side so I think that’s .02ppm correct? Or is it .2ppm?

I pulled all my aquas are out this past weekend to catch some problem fish and I noticed Monday it exploded. Could this have caused it to bloom really bad?

Dinoflagellates will often appear if nutrients bottom out there’s a chance your nitrates bottom out. As your readings are quite low

 

[CoralB]

I’d also start running the uv now and dose the micro bacter7 every day . Don’t do a water change for two weeks if you can . And cut back the lighting time and the whites .