Ostreopsis verification
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It is ostreo.
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15%) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15%) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
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Ryan3313
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I started running a green killing machine uv yesterday. I've been blowing the stuff off the rocks and changing filter floss daily. I'm going to lower the lights today and see how it goes.
The0wn4g3
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Ostreopsis goes into the water column at night. As long as your UV is set at the proper flow rate and wattage for your system you really don't need to do anything but let it run.
If anything, changing the filter floss might make it worse. You want to increase nutrient levels in the system.
The0wn4g3
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I believe that unit has a 120gph flow rate which is good for parasites but not dinos
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Dinos thrive in very low nutrient systems because other algae/bacteria can't compete. So you want to boost the nutrient levels in the system. Anything that makes the tank "cleaner" is a bad idea.
What are your nitrate and phosphate levels? I suspect one or both are 0.
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Ryan3313
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You are correct nitrate 3 per nyos and phosphate 0 the last two weeks per hanna ulr. I feed frozen twice a day and weekly 20 percent water changes.I believe that unit has a 120gph flow rate which is good for parasites but not dinos
UV Sterilization Selection Guide
Select the right UV Sterilization system for your aquarium based on aquarium size & waterflow rate with the LiveAquaria® “UV Sterilization Selection Guide"
Dinos thrive in very low nutrient systems because other algae/bacteria can't compete. So you want to boost the nutrient levels in the system. Anything that makes the tank "cleaner" is a bad idea.
What are your nitrate and phosphate levels? I suspect one or both are 0.
Reef and Dive
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Best method for Ostreopsis by far. Oversized and slow
The0wn4g3
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Yep, need to get phosphate up.
I've found the easiest way is to order some potassium phosphate and mix RO water:
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And use this calculator:
To make a mixture that you can dose say 1ml/week to increase phosphate to 0.03ppm and I bet your dinos will disappear.
