JR! Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Great new additions....are these from the seller you linked me to on EBay? Just curious since I may pull the trigger on some but it's always good to see how they turn out in reality. Sounds like it may be time to go dark for a few days....I'm sure you'll kick the dinos in no time!! yep thats the guy. he's the best seller that i have ever worked with. i ended up losing the auctions on the rics but he offered me other ones since all i won was the palys. he ever held all the coral till a better time for me. www.reefcleaners.org Get a small CUC. Then, either shorten the time the lights are on, or go dark for a few days. If you can control the lights separately, I found that if I just kept my actinic lights on, and others off, it cleared up quick. P.S. Nice new frags from reef_pets. P.S. #2. Any growth/updated pics of the frags from me ? thanks chris im going to try that stuff. i think im due for an update on the cuc anyways. its pretty small for the tank Link to comment
divecj5 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Glad to hear it and thank for letting me know he's a standup guy. You never know with some of the peeps on EBay. Link to comment
pyronus Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hey JR, An extremely accomplished reefer helped me battle Dino's once *use your calibrated refracto to bring SG to 1.026 *keep pH stable and high like 8.4, kalkwasser can help you do this. reducing your photo period and siphoning as much out as you can will help too. This way you don't have to go for a full black out. Frags look good man, ebay still scares me, I've been burned one too many times. Link to comment
JR! Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Glad to hear it and thank for letting me know he's a standup guy. You never know with some of the peeps on EBay. yea i was really turned off by ebay but a friend had ordered from him before so i kinda knew what was going on with the seller Hey JR, An extremely accomplished reefer helped me battle Dino's once *use your calibrated refracto to bring SG to 1.026 *keep pH stable and high like 8.4, kalkwasser can help you do this. reducing your photo period and siphoning as much out as you can will help too. This way you don't have to go for a full black out. Frags look good man, ebay still scares me, I've been burned one too many times. thanks man. im gonna just run a short cycle of just the blue bulbs. so when i was looking into running a bio pellet reactor i saw that it can make things worse? i think im going to up the gph on the return pump too as well im going to add another powerhead to get rid of the dead spots behing the main rock. Link to comment
pyronus Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Dino's respond higher pH due to a reduction of available carbon dioxide. The easiest way to do this is to raise pH while keeping your alk constant. You are trying to kill them, not make them go away for a while. I guess biopellets might make it worse, another active carbon source in the loop might make the bloom last longer since they aren't associated with normal N03 or P04 problems. Read this. Link to comment
JR! Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Dino's respond higher pH due to a reduction of available carbon dioxide. The easiest way to do this is to raise pH while keeping your alk constant. You are trying to kill them, not make them go away for a while. I guess biopellets might make it worse, another active carbon source in the loop might make the bloom last longer since they aren't associated with normal N03 or P04 problems. Read this. thanks again. gonna read that over really well and see what i can do. Link to comment
JR! Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. Link to comment
mad28gnc Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. Don't give up yet. Give it some more time. You can win! Link to comment
ccapasso Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. Negative! Try the following: Run to the store and pick up a turbo snail or 2. Siphon off as much of them as you can when doing a water change. Go Dark. It will take some time, but this should kill them off. Link to comment
JR! Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 so all of them are on the sand only. how about removing all the sand and going bb for a while them adding new stuff over time Link to comment
pyronus Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Just siphon them off the sand, reduce your light cycle to 4 hours a day, and go buy a pH buffer and keep your pH at 8.4 for a week. Taking the sand out isn't going to get rid of them, its just going to make them settle onto your rocks that much faster. Link to comment
albertthiel Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. I posted links to two good articles on Dinos to my thread It is probably on the page before last .. one is by Randy Holmes-Farley and the other one by Eric Borneman. You may want to read those as they do give you a lot of information Link to comment
divecj5 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. I wouldn't toss in the towel and go through all of the work of removing the sand bed, transferring tanks, etc. I'd give the siphon, reduce light, up pH, siphon method before resorting to something more drastic (and time/labor intensive). Keep us posted. Link to comment
DaveFason Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Yea, dont jump. Skim really wet, like have to dump the cup every day or two. Do a water change and then turn the lights off for 2-3 days. I think you have a Vortech as well, if possible turn it up. -D Link to comment
albertthiel Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 well the dinoflagellates are worse today.....awesome. think im gonna have to tear the tank apart and reef in the old 7.5 for a while. I posted article links on what to do on the following page http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...180&st=3160 It is post 3177 so you will need to scroll down. Link to comment
JR! Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I posted article links on what to do on the following page http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...180&st=3160 It is post 3177 so you will need to scroll down. thanks for the link sir. Link to comment
albertthiel Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 thanks for the link sir. There are two articles and the Borneman is particularly good but so is the other one Link to comment
JR! Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 well i have the dinos on the run but the mili is pretty much fully bleached o well. if thats all i lose during this setback then i guess im doing good. Link to comment
jgpico Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 lookin good here man. I like the new ride as well, I'm a subaru guy but I have a buddy that has an rsx type s and it is an awesome car. With a little tuning and some part upgrades it can get down lol. Link to comment
divecj5 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 How are things looking today? Link to comment
JR! Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 How are things looking today? still fighting the fight. things seem to be on the up and up though Link to comment
divecj5 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 still fighting the fight. things seem to be on the up and up though Glad to hear things are looking up!! Link to comment
albertthiel Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 still fighting the fight. things seem to be on the up and up though Well that is a piece of good news indeed Link to comment
brad908 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 still fighting the fight. things seem to be on the up and up though Link to comment
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