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Unread 09/01/2014, 10:53 AM   #337
Aquarist007
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Originally Posted by LelandF. View Post
It's hard to say if turning the skimmer off did anything for the dinoflagellates. The hydrogen peroxide made the biggest difference. The UV and increased water flow were also a big help.

I dosed kalkwasser during the day to raise the pH, fed the fish less, ran GFO and carbon as well, but I didn't see huge differences with them in the past, so I can't say they contributed much individually, but doing all of them together with the peroxide, flow, and UV removed all the Dino's.

Leland
I've been really lucky with Dino's but I think I will install uv on any of the tanks I look after if I come across it again


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