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This helps a lot! I have gone from Amphidinium sp. to Cyanobacteria, I will take the cyno way more easy to get rid ofHere’s a good website for dinoflagellates
Identification
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I see ostreo
First- Check phosphates and nitrates to assure theyre not elevated.
Here is full program:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15%) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
Take a look at post #2 vette. He also has amphidinium. We want elevated NO3 and PO4 with dinos. They thrive in a low nutrient environments where other organisms are at a disadvantage. Black outs only real utility is putting ostreopsis in the water column for UV to kill it. Cultures of dinos have been kept in complete darkness for weeks without killing them.
I agree, ostreopsis and small cell amphidinium?It does appear at this point, I have both ostreopsis and amphidinium. I've place an order for the Aqua Ultraviolet UV sterilizer to take care of the ostreopsis.
I agree...this past week I've spent many hours researching for my small outbreak. I did not expect to learn that there are more than just one type of common dino. And that the current thought is to approach each with different methods (especially those dinos that escape into the water column where UV/filtering would work vs those that escape into the sand bed where those methods are not as appropriate).That's not surprising. UV is really only effective for ostreopsis and to a lesser extent coolia. It does nothing for amphidinium or prorocentrum. This persons amphidinium won't be helped by UV but the toxic ostreopsis he has definietly would be.
Dinos are nitrogen fixers...they don't need high nutrient levels to thrive. Nutrients don't fuel them. We can agree to disagree.