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Can you post a picture of the tank and give a good closeup of the scourge @maksim serebro serebro? You might need a different tactic:0)
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Can you post a picture of the tank and give a good closeup of the scourge @maksim serebro serebro? You might need a different tactic:0)
They are not visible in the tank. I'm currently using algaefix and low light. Microscopically they are everywhere.
If you are "positive" it is dino's, the bleach "will kill" them. What was your dosage and how often, and for how many days? I had to dose more than recommended and for more often and for longer than 3 days. I didn't lose any fish or inverts(BTA's, etc)as I had them in a QT/hospital tank. I, like Dan(above) , had many reoccurances. After I no longer thought I had dino's, I got what appeared to be dino's. It was NOT dino's but a GHA and cyano from Hell. I did a few treaments of AlgaeFix. Then, I found out it was cyano by using Chemi-Clean only as after the 1st C-C treatment. The tank was a mess to say the least! 3 doses of C-C and there was still some cyano but liveable:0) It took weeks to finally get the tank back to a normal-looking/healthy tank.
Thanks for the reply! I know it's dinos via the microscope. I posted a pic earlier. I did 1 ml bleach per 10 gal. Lost some fish and some corals. Tried to qt the fish and corals and treat everything separately but to no avail. Either a coral or fish caried it back to dt. How did you make sure the fish didn't carry dinos back to dt? I feel like the whole tank needs to be either treated or all inhabitants given away and start fresh.
Maksim how did you treat the fish?
The first time they were in the tank when bleach was dosed and I lost an anthia the very next day. The second time it was lights out and algaefix for 2 weeks. Both times I eventually see dinos under a microscope. The only corals that survived the metro, peroxide, lights out and bleach are lps. Some chalices got damaged badly with bleach. Not sure if they will recover. Any suggestions?
I do not believe lights off treat dynos you have, not all dynos are photosynthetic. Algaefix also doesn't work on them. I would separate the fish into a separate tank and slowly lower salinity to 1.012 (you can go as low as 1.010) and keep it there for a month, then raise back up. That will take care of the tank with the fish.
Coral tank I would bleach with the dose you did for a period of time, until you see no more particles. Then introduce large pod population and add phyto daily.
It's not an easy battle, more like a long war that requires strategy.
Thanks! That's actually one of the best advice ive got so far. I have a 300 gal dt so it's hard to treat. I can leave fish there and lower salinity. The few corals that I still have can be moved to qt and treated with bleach. I care more if I loose a fish to bleach than if I loose a coral to bleach. I really feel bad for the fish
Lowering salinity of the entire tank can, and likely will impact other organisms In the tank, they die > amonia > etc. be careful
What do I do with anemonies? They can't handle hyposalinity nor can they handle bleach. I only have two bubble tip and a rock anemone
Should be ok with bleach.