Dino outbreak

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I've never dealt with this before. 35g reef, was doing fine, I did a water change not realizing my RO/DI filter was spent. Added some 160 ppm water. Anyway, dino outbreak.

Been doing 5 gal water changes. This stuff it wiping out my zoas and torches. What a mess.

What's standard protocol?
 
RO/DI filter being spent sounds more like diatoms to be honest if you introduced silicates.
I think we need full-tank images (using white light) or even better microscopy images so we can properly ID the issue before suggesting anything.

In any case water changes with properly deionized water won't really hurt.
 
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