You definitely want to have measurable phosphates and nitrates or dinos will come back. You want to create an environment where beneficial bacteria and algae thrive and you need nutrients for that. Many of us had to dose nitrates and phosphates at the beginning of the dino fight. Later, good fish feeding will replace the need for additives. Good luck.
What did you dose to bring up the nitrates and phosphates?
Manually remove what dinoflagellates you can. I typically did this by tooth brush scrub while syphoning into a filter sock back into the sump. You can use filter floss if you dont have a sock and make sure use plenty of filter floss in your overflow compartment. This plus what you already setup and hopefully you will be completely dino free in a week. It doesn't hurt to dose bottled bacteria and nitrates and phosphates during that time as well. Good luck!And I just realized that I misspelled dinoflagellate in the thread title ;Facepalm. Thanks for not making fun lol.
So today I went to the local petco today to pick up the 24w green killing machine that was said to be in stock... And yep, you guessed it, not in stock. There were two other locations in the Pittsburgh area that were also supposed to have one also and the Petco gent was nice enough to call the other locations to check for me and they didn't have them either.
Went to the local fish store and they actually had a few UV sterilizers to choose from. I ended up getting an Aqua Ultraviolet 15W hang on unit. It was twice as much and didn't have a pump but beggars can't be choosers. I had an old powerhead that I repurposed. The lights are at about 15% power and I've turned off the skimmer. Not sure what else I'm supposed to be doing.
This is a good unit compared to the green killing machine. And youncould qctually resell it later on for a decent price.And I just realized that I misspelled dinoflagellate in the thread title ;Facepalm. Thanks for not making fun lol.
So today I went to the local petco today to pick up the 24w green killing machine that was said to be in stock... And yep, you guessed it, not in stock. There were two other locations in the Pittsburgh area that were also supposed to have one also and the Petco gent was nice enough to call the other locations to check for me and they didn't have them either.
Went to the local fish store and they actually had a few UV sterilizers to choose from. I ended up getting an Aqua Ultraviolet 15W hang on unit. It was twice as much and didn't have a pump but beggars can't be choosers. I had an old powerhead that I repurposed. The lights are at about 15% power and I've turned off the skimmer. Not sure what else I'm supposed to be doing.
What to dose to raise nitrates and phosphates? dwest tried to link above but the links are broken.
I need some livestock to actually eat the food from the increased feeding. All I have left is 1 bangeye Cardinal, 1 cleaner shrimp and my algae blenny + snails and crabs. The algae blenny is my favorite. When I put some nori on the clip, he guards it like a boss. It's an awesome fish. And those crazy eyes lol. Maybe time to pick up something else. I have no lid though so jumpers are out.
So so. Turns out I have two types. The ones that go into the water column and the ones that migrate down into the sand at night. The ones in the water column were destroyed by the UV in a few days. The ones on the sand bed are still there. I have tried to increase the phosphates and nitrates and have a hard time getting them to a measurable level. When I was trying to do that, my coral started to look bad so I tried a water change and they turned right around.
I take it it is Amphidinium than what you have left. I have had these and silicates dosing works just like a charm and the Corals didn’t mind it. So fare I don’t know anyone who had problems with diatoms bloom used to outcompete dinos.
