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To be edited... Original first post of April 23th 2021: Ok so I got a 30 gallons tank, with hermit crabs and two clownfish. The tank is only two weeks old. I have a fluval 207 and a protein skimmer. I just had a Magnificent sea anemone, will it survive? Should I bring it back?
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Hi all, after a year long battle with Dinos, I’m breaking down my 14 gallon and restarting another tank. I’d like to repurpose my ATO, heater and wave maker. Any recommendations on how to best clean/sterilize the equipment to prevent transfer of the dinos to the new tank? Thanks!
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Dino outbreak...here's my attack plan. Opinions wanted!
CanYouHearMeMeow posted a topic in Beginners Discussion
My tank has seemed to develop the infamous dino outbreak guys... I've also noticed they've wiped out my copepod population and I've lost 2 out of 3 snails which has solidified my diagnosis...unfortunately I thought I had a diatom bloom in the earlier stages. I want no chemicals and no peroxide involved whatsoever, I'm trying to go all natural and then if that isn't successful then I will result to chemicals / tank breakdown and restart. My plan of attack is this: I'm currently on day 1.5 of blackout out of 3.I took a tiny peek and can see that the algae on the sand is 50% eliminated. (I'm also running an airstone). My theory is, at the end of the day I need to replenish my copepod population to prevent these kinds of outbreaks from happening again. On day 3, I plan to add the copepods (at night) and then dose phytoplankton according to package instructions. I'm figuring I'll be attacking the dino's while they're weak and hopefully the copepods will finish the job.. What are your opinions ? Have any of you tried this method of attacking dino's? What have your best method's been to eliminate this pesky algae? -
Hi All, I am new to this forum as a poster but have visited many times over the course of my marine hobby. I have now hit a problem where I cannot quite tell the situation so was hoping to get some thoughts. My tank has been setup for just over two years, and in the last year things have been as perfect as I could ask for. My maintenance has been rigid and regular. My tank is an Aqua One 90 litre Nano, I wet skim 24/7 and run a phosban reactor keeping my phosphates at 0. My lighting is an AI prime with the David Saxby schedule. I have a Jebao SW4 wave maker on random mode and cannot see any dead spots. As mentioned, things have been perfect for a year or more. My issue is around two weeks ago now, my pearly white sand started to develop what I thought were diatoms on the sand bed... which confused me to why as my cycle happened around two years ago now. I used a Turkey blaster to remove as much as I could however they seemed to come back with a vengeance after my water change. I know it's not cyano as in my early days I had a battle with it which nearly made me chuck the towel in, but finally I won therefore I am familiar with this pest. My worry is that it could be dinoflagellates, although my conch snail seems to be munching on it day in day out with no issues, my other cuc are all living happily too. My Parameters:Nitrates: 0ppmNitrite: 0ppmPhosphates: 0ppmPH: 8.2Mag: 1300Ammonia: 0ppm Salinity 1.025 As it seems to be expanding to the rock work, I planned to buy some Dino X which I had read works well for dinoflagellates which I am so worried they could be, however I also got a TDS meter delivered this morning to test my RO water - I do not make my own RO, I buy it weekly from the LFS. Anyway my reading came out at 3ppm which then made me wonder if silicates are getting in on my top off's. I am no expert and literally reading, researching as I go. I did also buy a microscope of Amazon to see if I could identify - but I couldn't tell. A picture is attached, but any thoughts, ideas, or guidance would be really appreciated. Thanks!
