I’ve got Dino what next

[jimc40]

I’ve got Dino on rocks my phosphate is at zero. I have stopped dosing coral amino and removed most of my cheato out of refugium and reduced light schedule. Cheato was overgrown I think it stripped all my phosphate should I start dosing phosphate if so what do you recommend.

 

[jimc40]

I have noticed my zoas have closed over past couple days also

 

[dwest]

How are you measuring phosphate? If you using gfo or other phosphate remover, stop that. Removing chaeto was good. I would view your dinos under a microscope and go from there.

i used this when I dosed:

 

[Hemmdog]

How big is your tank? Feed more, a lot more. Use reef roids if you have coral in there, that always boosts my PO4.

 

[jimc40]

How are you measuring phosphate? If you using gfo or other phosphate remover, stop that. Removing chaeto was good. I would view your dinos under a microscope and go from there.

i used this when I dosed:

I am not using god or any other removers my cheato was way overgrown though. I am using the Hanna checker have a reefbot on the way

 

[will25u]

How big is your tank? Feed more, a lot more. Use reef roids if you have coral in there, that always boosts my PO4.

I thought feeding corals is like a boost to the dinos. I just recovered from dinos (new lights and low nutrients) and haven’t fed any coral food. Kinda nervous to, actually.

 

[jimc40]

How big is your tank? Feed more, a lot more. Use reef roids if you have coral in there, that always boosts my PO4.

Tank is a water box 190 I recently got my large sail fin tang out and have been feeding less. Going to use some reefroids and ramp up feeding

 

[dwest]

The Hanna checker is good. Hopefully the ulr phosphorous but I think the other one is fine too. Seriously, get a cheap scope from amazon if you don’t have one. I learned a lot when I did that. You can run GAC to help reduce toxins in the mean time.

 

[dwest]

Pics?

 

[Fourstars]

Start using baster to put Dino in water column right before lights out. Keep it off the corals by blasting a couple times a day. Put new socks on and start rinsing them at least once a day, run a daitomaucus earth filter if have one. dos P&N.

 

[jimc40]

Pics?

Tank is 1 1/2 years old never had this problem since cycle

 

[jimc40]

I recently added a large pice of Marco rock wonder if it could be leaching anything

 

[Fourstars]

Also run the skimmer wet!

 

[Brad ward]

I recently added a large pice of Marco rock wonder if it could be leaching anything

I just beat mine doing three days of moonlight only, uv , hydrogen peroxide at night and bio spira at day
5-10 mils each

 

[Fourstars]

I have used h2O2 also. Dos about 1ML a gallon max with lights out two night in a row. Will knock it back. Some corals won’t be to happy. Only blues for two days.

 

[dwest]

I recently added a large pice of Marco rock wonder if it could be leaching anything

Was the rock cured? Could it be producing ammonia? Honestly, I don’t see dinos in the pics. I’m not saying you don’t have them, I just don’t see them.

 

[jimc40]

Was the rock cured? Could it be producing ammonia? Honestly, I don’t see dinos in the pics. I’m not saying you don’t have them, I just don’t see them.

I tested multiple times can’t get a phosphate reading my nitrate is at 2. I have removed all cheato today and marine pure and second filter sock. Definitely feel I need to start dosing some no3 and po4 have some on the way.