Hello all! New to reefing but I have a masters in Marine Biology, if that even gives me any credibility lol. I recently had my first dino outbreak, I let nutrients hit 0 when I was on vacation and I returned to a disgusting looking reef tank. At the time I didnt have a microscope so there was no way I could ID them, I set up my UV in case it was ostreo and began to raise nutrients. All was getting worse. I finally got my microscope and ID'd them as a mix of both ostreo and amph. 2 days ago they had taken over my LR. Using some papers found on google scholar I concluded that by raising temp the bacteria have a chance to not only out compete the dinos but also increase nitrification rates and compensate for my overfeeding, "The optimum temperature for the growth of nitrifying bacteria, according to the literature, is between 28° C and 36° C, Growth constants of nitrifying bacteria are greatly affected by temperature (Table 3.9). Figure 3.2 shows that the nitrification rate is a function of temperatures between 5° and 35° C. The maximum growth rate occurs at approximately 30° C" as well as another article stating the optimal temps for a few different species of dinos, those temps were far below 83 so its safe to assume that the rate of asexual fission in the dinos would be greatly reduced. I got microbacter7, microbacter clean, (and today, amazon delivered late) some SpongeExcel. I raised tank temp to 83 degrees and began dosing (still running UV at night). Day one nothing changed, Day 2: woke up to a few small patches on the sand, before lights out there were about 6 patches on the sand, as of today the sand was completely clear in the morning, and now there is only one small patch on the sand near lights out time. Took a sample of clear areas and it is completely dino free, just some diatoms floating around. I am unsure if the treatment had any success or if this is just something that happens before they spread like crazy, but I would love to know if anyone has any similar experience with this type of treatment. Below are the links for the articles I based the treatment on. I will keep this thread updated.
The Influence of Temperature on the Nitrification Rate - Nitrogen Removal
The optimum temperature for the growth of nitrifying bacteria, according to the literature, is between 28 C and 36 C, although an optimum temperature of up to
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