asting Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 It looks kind of cool! liking it. Is that a fountain pump that you pulled the hose attachment out of? Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, asting said: It looks kind of cool! liking it. Is that a fountain pump that you pulled the hose attachment out of? Yes, and paired white with krylon fusion Quote Link to comment
asting Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, William said: Yes, and paired white with krylon fusion Looks good! Give it some time to "mature" - it'll be a great tank! Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 So I think I may have dinoflagellates.... 🤯 5 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 7 minutes ago, William said: So I tho k I may have dinoflagellates.... 🤯 Oh no 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, William said: So I think I may have dinoflagellates. 1 7 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 40 minutes ago, seabass said: lol I just did a roughly 70%water change, and ordered a microscope off of amazon. It should be here tomorrow. Will hopefully know for sure then. However, it smells like dinos 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Just now, William said: I just did a roughly 70%water change Most recently, people try to avoid water changes when battling dinos. 2 minutes ago, William said: ordered a microscope off of amazon. It should be here tomorrow. Awesome! I've wanted one for awhile. 3 minutes ago, William said: Will hopefully know for sure then. I hope it's not. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, seabass said: Most recently, people try to avoid water changes when battling dinos. Awesome! I've wanted one for awhile. I hope it's not. Good luck! I know the recent thought is to avoid water changes (and to potentially increase nutrients). But I decided that It probably would not hurt to do one water change today and if I get a positive ID tomorrow that it is Dino’s I’ll hold off on water changes, do a black out period, then work on increasing microbiodiversity and nutrients. 3 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 Post water change pic Things seem much happier 6 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 And the freshwater Currently battling cyano in this tank.... 4 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 What... do Dino's smell like lol? Also maybe it's the camera, my eyes, my inexperience, or my phone, but I don't see any... Unless those are little bubbles on the rocks? Maybe Cyano, probably best not to make bets from my phone. Hope it turns out to be something harmless. Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 40 minutes ago, Amphrites said: What... do Dino's smell like lol? Also maybe it's the camera, my eyes, my inexperience, or my phone, but I don't see any... Unless those are little bubbles on the rocks? Maybe Cyano, probably best not to make bets from my phone. Hope it turns out to be something harmless. The photo I took was after I sucked out all of the algae and cleaned the glass 2 Quote Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 22 hours ago, William said: I know the recent thought is to avoid water changes (and to potentially increase nutrients). But I decided that It probably would not hurt to do one water change today and if I get a positive ID tomorrow that it is Dino’s I’ll hold off on water changes, do a black out period, then work on increasing microbiodiversity and nutrients. The other nice thing about water changes is you can manually remove a good chunk of them, which buys you time. Personally- getting my tank dirtier was the trick to killing the dino's recently, but I was also really sure that a sudden drop in my nutrients was what caused them in the first place. If that's not really apparent to you, I don't know if I'd take that approach. Nice tank- by the way! sorry you're dealing with this. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 The algae has definitely gotten better post water change, but you can still see some of it on the left glass pane. Here are some shots of the tank from tank. 6 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Even with the algae on the side, this tank is looking so colorful and nice already! Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 minute ago, yoshii said: Even with the algae on the side, this tank is looking so colorful and nice already! Thanks! I will hopefully get my nanobox tide in this week, as I feel my coral (all came from my RSR nano) looked better under the Nanobox spectrum. Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 For some reason my salinity is slowly drifting down, which makes me concerned that I have some sort of leak..... I wouldn’t know how else to explain it Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, William said: I wouldn’t know how else to explain it Salt creep? 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, seabass said: Salt creep? I don’t see any and I looked everywhere, The only other thing I can think of is back siphoning into the ATO container, but the fresh and salt tanks share the same ATO so I feel like the fresh would have problems with brackish top off Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Have you checked the specific gravity of the top off water? Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, seabass said: Have you checked the specific gravity of the top off water? I will when I get home, I am working overnight tonight 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Tank is looking great. Did you confirm dino's? I have it in my 2.5g, slowly dying off now. Had them in my 25g...super fun stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Clown79 said: Tank is looking great. Did you confirm dino's? I have it in my 2.5g, slowly dying off now. Had them in my 25g...super fun stuff. It was, but they are mostly gone now. 1 Quote Link to comment
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