Losing the battle, need a game plan

[Dburr1014]

There is no skimmer in the 20G which is the one that has the dinos, I was referring to dosing skimmate from my 180G tank, which has high nutrients.

I think they go into the water column, I don't see as much on the surfaces when lights go out, and I occasionally see some floating on the water surface throughout the day. Which looks slimy and bubbly when on the surface of the water

Okay, yes, dose a little.

Dose h2o2 at lights out 1ml per 10gallon volume.

Dose some bac in the morning.

UV I totally recommend. Jaboa has one for cheap.
I only ran it at night when they hit the water column.

As they die, remember activated carbon will pull out the toxins.

 

[Jimbo662]

Okay, yes, dose a little.

Dose h2o2 at lights out 1ml per 10gallon volume.

Dose some bac in the morning.

UV I totally recommend. Jaboa has one for cheap.
I only ran it at night when they hit the water column.

As they die, remember activated carbon will pull out the toxins.

When I got home yesterday afternoon my apartment STUNK!!! I added some carbon and this morning it was much better.

 

[Jimbo662]

ARGH! I decided to uncover the tank last night. Tested last night, phos .13, nitrate 3.2. I put the lights in acclimation mode to reduce the intensity. Within about 20 min of the lights coming on I'm already seeing the sand getting covered! The light area in the corner is white sand the grayish color everywhere else is the dinos!!!

 

[Jimbo662]

I'm sorry...disregard my posts. I always get dino and cyano mixed up...I'm dealing with cyano.

 

[Dburr1014]

I'm sorry...disregard my posts. I always get dino and cyano mixed up...I'm dealing with cyano.

No worries, can you get the nitrate to 10ish?

 

[Jimbo662]

No worries, can you get the nitrate to 10ish?

yep, I've got both neonitro and neophos and can dose some.

 

[Rawsreef]

Just wanted to post an update

I ended up doing a 5 gallon water change with water from my 180G then doing a black out for around 4 days (ended up losing track of the days) and dosed peroxide 1 ml per 10 gallons twice a day.

After the blackout I reduced the light intensity by setting acclimation mode to 50% of its previous intensity.

Seems to have done the trick, no dinos in sight after a couple weeks now.

I did lose a few corals, 2 plates, a colony of ricordea and a torch which were already under a lot of stress due to the dinos.


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After:

 

[Stevorino]

Glad you got through to the other side! Congrats!