Here are the new members of the tank. Flame angel was showing some aggression. Hopefully nothing happens
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Thank you so muchAwesome thread , love the details going from a bare tank to thriving reef
The main takeaways were:
-The threads are now unwieldy. SO LONG! . But I got through them.
-We should stop calling them Dinos and start calling them by their own individual IDs. Since each has a different treatment approach. Doesn’t help much to someone with LC amphidinum to read ostreopsis treatments.
-So, the 1st step is to identify them. Don’t be cheap and try to copy other people's treatments before IDing them. I got a $40 microscope. Cheaper than any of those fancy named 1/4 inch frags. So just do it. (plus its cool!)
Thanks! If you confirmed it's LC amphidinum I would definitely suggest you do the silicates method. Worst case scenario you just end up in the same place a few weeks later. But it worked for me. Just know it gets worse before it gets better, need lots of patience. Good luck!Totally agree with these points. It would be nice if someone could comb through all the reports of success and summarize the most effective methods by type in a sticky. I was pretty sure I had large cell amphidinium, so I read the entire amphidinium thread (trying not to get discouraged...) but that took hours and hours. I've not taken on the main dinos thread because its like 6x as long as the amphi thread. Plus, I got a scope yesterday and confirmed it is LC amphidinium.
Anyway, appreciate hearing your success story!
Thanks @Crabby48, admittedly I got the ones that aren't as destructive, but still looked awful for a few weeks. Now back to normal. One observation post dino's is that some of my coral growth has now gone on steroids, specially my montis. My alk consumption has nearly 1.5x. I wonder if the silicate dosing is the reason, or just the fact the dino's were probably "sequestering" other nutrients?. In any case, a welcome outcomeHappy to see you beat Dino’s. GReat summary route and how you get rid of it.
Picture and coral look wonderful
Thanks @Raege . I love them too. Planning on getting some more now that I actually have some more "progression" to point to!Love progression shots very cool to see them do thier thing
Thank you!Great looking tank.
Love the progress