New to salt water

[Mike3]

Just recently did a 15% water change on a 90 gallon. 3 days later I think Dino algae appeared. I’ve researched blackouts and possible hydrogen peroxide treatment. There is some particles on the top of the substrate I want to siphon off just for appearance sake. Just the surface. Would this make the situation worse? I was also going to add a lawnmower blenny to try and help with the algae on the live rocks and possibly a watchman to get a maintenance crew started. I really appreciate any and all help. I’m new.

 

[PeterC99]

Welcome to R2R!

You have to give your aquarium and cycle some time.

 

[mdb_talon]

Welcome

 

[Adrift]

Welcome to R2R glad you joined us

 

[P-Dub]

Welcome! Patience is the key to success. Let things run their course.

 

[shadow_k]

Welcome to R2R ! Glad you are here !

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[kittenbritches]

Welcome! How long has your tank been up and running?

 

[c.poindexter]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Mr Fishface]

Welcome!! I siphon the top of my sand when it looks bad. I would think any cleaning shouldn't make things worse! I can't speak about the dino though I will leave that for more experienced people to chime in.
Again welcome to the forum!

 

[G Santana]

Welcome to R2R

 

[atomos]

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

 

[GoVols]

Welcome to R2R!!!

If you're truly dealing with dinos, stop doing water changes, then you need to keep your phosphates and nitrates elevated to their proper parameters or higher.

personally like the below test kits;
phosphate kit - Hanna ULR ppm checker or Hanna ULR ppb checker
nitrate kits - Salifert, NYOS, or Hanna HR nitrate checker.

If you need to elevate one or the other, dose synthetic forms

Like the below

Seachem - Flourish Phosphorus

www.seachem.com

Seachem - Flourish Nitrogen

www.seachem.com

Buy some good pods and dose Algae Barns OceanMajik live Live phytoplankton.

Good luck...

 

[Schraufabagel]

 

[JXNATC]

Just recently did a 15% water change on a 90 gallon. 3 days later I think Dino algae appeared. I’ve researched blackouts and possible hydrogen peroxide treatment. There is some particles on the top of the substrate I want to siphon off just for appearance sake. Just the surface. Would this make the situation worse? I was also going to add a lawnmower blenny to try and help with the algae on the live rocks and possibly a watchman to get a maintenance crew started. I really appreciate any and all help. I’m new.

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome!

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Welcome

 

[Magic City Reefer]

Welcome to Reef2Reef. This hobby is built on patience. You'll hear the quote "nothing good happens fast in reefkeeping" repetitively and I wholeheartedly believe it's true.

 

[SPR1968]

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!