Hi all, been battling these guys for awhile.
water
Nitrate- 10-15
Phos .03-.09
Temp 78.5
PH 8.15- 8.3
Salinity 34 ppt
Alk 8.3
Calc 400
Mag 1380
l
Tank is about 7 months old. these popped up during my dry rock cycle. Thought they were diatoms but they never went away. Grabbed a scope, and sure enough, Dinos. My phos was at zero and nitrate was low. I’ve since corrected that and I’ve been manually siphoning these out, recently as often as daily using A 5 micron sock in the sump and running the water back into the system with that. Skimmer is on 24/7. just want to confirm these are what I think they are and I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing until something else can outcompete these guys. I also have a healthy population of pods in there and I does phyto every second day to feed the pods.
Thanks.
zig.
water
Nitrate- 10-15
Phos .03-.09
Temp 78.5
PH 8.15- 8.3
Salinity 34 ppt
Alk 8.3
Calc 400
Mag 1380
l
Tank is about 7 months old. these popped up during my dry rock cycle. Thought they were diatoms but they never went away. Grabbed a scope, and sure enough, Dinos. My phos was at zero and nitrate was low. I’ve since corrected that and I’ve been manually siphoning these out, recently as often as daily using A 5 micron sock in the sump and running the water back into the system with that. Skimmer is on 24/7. just want to confirm these are what I think they are and I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing until something else can outcompete these guys. I also have a healthy population of pods in there and I does phyto every second day to feed the pods.
Thanks.
zig.
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