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02/06/2015, 03:51 PM | #751 |
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They are 60x40um and I found that most of them are retained in a 50um filter bags.
Did you achieve to beat them? How? Did you find any good way to deal with them? |
02/06/2015, 05:36 PM | #752 | |
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I let my po4 rise to .06 ppm and no3 to 5ppm and doubled my carbon, I have micro algae starting to grow again, have to clean the glass every 3 days. I find the odd one but they are small, look darker than normal and don't swim. |
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02/07/2015, 01:07 AM | #753 | |
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I also have amphidinum in my tank. This dino is a nuisance but quite easy to handle as it will go away with a 5 days black out and doesn't spread as quickly as ostreopsis. |
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02/07/2015, 01:17 AM | #754 |
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I will keep on running the 55W sterilizer on the return pump besides a 11W sterilizer in the sump. I will keep on vacuuming the nasty snot as needed (probably in the morning and in the evening). Let PO4 and NO3 rise a little bit (skimmer and Phosguard are off) to forest other microorganisms and seed the tank with bentonic copepods (Arcadia) and heterotrophic bacteria (biodigest and TheraP).
I will not perform any black-out as I don't want to directly attack ostreopsis and forest cyst forming. There is a small critter (parvilucifera) that parasitizes ostreopsis (and many other dinos) and kills them. I am going to try get some and try this way simultaneously. |
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02/07/2015, 10:30 AM | #756 |
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Looks like ostreopsis, same as me.
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02/08/2015, 11:39 PM | #757 | |
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02/09/2015, 07:01 AM | #758 |
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Is there consensus that removing phosphates is not the right approach to dealing with dinos? GFO, water changes, etc?
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02/09/2015, 08:49 AM | #759 |
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I have come to a conclusion that differs from what everybody claims:
If I stop the pumps and water movement, dinos also stop thriving and it is very easy to vacuum clean them. I have also found that the stronger the water is pumped the faster the dinos spread and go out of control. I have also found that it is better to stop the skimmer and feed heavier. |
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I had Dino's about two weeks ago. I caught it really early before it got bad. I originally thought it was cyano but after a day or so realized it was Dino's. I immediately blacked out the tank for 72 hours and then ran only actinics for a week. After a week, I went back to my regular full lighting schedule. It's been like this for a week or a week and a half and still no sign of Dino's returning.
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Beyond that, I'd have to say that your observations correlate well with mine so far. Quote:
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02/09/2015, 02:47 PM | #762 |
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FFS!!!! I think the Dino's are back!
Just looked in the sump, and think I spotted some attached to my skimmer. Does this look like Dinos? |
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02/09/2015, 04:32 PM | #764 |
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I bet they are dinos.
Diatoms are some kind of turf mat, never seen stringy diatoms. |
02/09/2015, 04:58 PM | #765 |
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I'll try to get some better pics, didn't realize diatoms formed strings also
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02/09/2015, 04:59 PM | #766 |
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Someone earlier in the thread said that I can take a sample and mail it somewhere and they test it to see what Dino they are? Anyone have that info?
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02/09/2015, 05:05 PM | #767 |
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You can send it to Pants.
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02/09/2015, 09:27 PM | #768 |
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they look white though? i've not seen pictures of white dinos before, always brown
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02/10/2015, 01:30 AM | #769 |
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Whitish strings means that only mucilage is left and dinos (which are always brown/red) are dying.
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02/10/2015, 03:10 PM | #770 |
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This is on one of my drains. Looks like dinos to me. |
02/10/2015, 03:30 PM | #771 |
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I am sure those are dinos as I can even see some of them individually. No doubt they are big ones so I suspect they could be ostreopsis or a kind even bigger (not the usual prorocentrum or amphidinium)
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02/10/2015, 03:46 PM | #772 |
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The whole theory on blackouts working must be complete BS, as there is zero light that gets to that part of the sump as you can see I had to use a flash light to show them, yet these started to grow there.
There's none in the DT, but I expect it's only a matter of time. :sadface |
02/10/2015, 05:16 PM | #773 |
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If it is ostreopsis, blackouts don't work at all. They are mixotrophic rascals and don't care about the light, if it is dark they just feed on a minimum nitrogenous matter.
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02/17/2015, 12:26 PM | #774 |
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A quick update:
So far, the dinoflagellates have stayed at bay, that is, up until yesterday when I started noticing some strings reappearing. It is very interesting how this works. When algal growth is active, dinoflagellates disappear, but when it wanes, they immediately pick up any sort of slack. The funny thing that is occurring now is that while nutrients are slightly elevated from increased feeding, etc., much of the filamentous algae has started to suddenly die off en masse. This immediately corresponded with an increase in dinoflagellates. I have no idea what the impetus for any of this was, as nutrient limitation should not be one. Something is being competitively used/exhausted in the process that is leading to most of the filamentous algae to suddenly die. This is the same kind of succession that occurred before prior to dinoflagellates exploding in population
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02/17/2015, 12:32 PM | #775 |
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I think I maybe going through the same thing I had dinos not sure what kind. I have elevated my levels until cyno started to grow. I hope the dinos don't come back when I get rid of cyno .
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