Dino?

[anon9896]

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I too was in your shoes. I have loads of organisms in my tank from sponges to coralline to foraminiferans. I had high PO4 and NO3 but dinos were there and a nuisance. When people say get your nutrients up, it’s in hopes that something else takes over. It’s not guaranteed. My NO3 has always hovered just under 50. I agree with @ScottB about aminos. They seem to be the cue for dinos to jump in. Also, when I increased my lighting, they came back. I’ve noticed that lowering my lighting was extremely helpful.

I cant wait for my macros to kick in... anyone noticed anything about having an urchin munching in an aquarium?
I know they can eat quite a lot of the dinos competitors....

 

[ScottR]

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I cant wait for my macros to kick in... anyone noticed anything about having an urchin munching in an aquarium?
I know they can eat quite a lot of the dinos competitors....

Oddly I had a tuxedo die during a dino outbreak so I can’t say. However I can deem this plausible in the ever-evolving mystery of dino control.

 

[Pennywise the Clown]

Oddly I had a tuxedo die during a dino outbreak so I can’t say. However I can deem this plausible in the ever-evolving mystery of dino control.

Dinos can be very toxic which could explain the urchin death.

 

[anon9896]

Dinos can be very toxic which could explain the urchin death.

As suggested in treatment I will make sure to have fresh activated charcoal.

 

[anon9896]

I remember back in yhe days I had a cyano outbreak and my Hector goby was eating them. One day the Hector died and the outbreak was gone... I never figured that out

 

[anon9896]

What about letting algaes grow on the window. I guess that could help!?

 

[Pennywise the Clown]

What about letting algaes grow on the window. I guess that could help!?

Absolutely.
Get some nice green algae growing, anywhere.

 

[Neoalchemist]

Strong uv is really the key with ostreopsis. Helps a lot when you eliminate the ostreopsis and other dino species jump in to take their place too. I hope this doesn't explode but start researching your uv unit now so if it does you are ready
The nutrients at po4 .1 and no3 1.5 (my tank likes no3 a bit higher at around 2.5-5ppm), are really the key.
I dont really sign on to the nutrients promoting competition idea. I believe that dinos simply don't thrive at slightly elevated nutrients.

 

[anon9896]

Strong uv is really the key with ostreopsis. Helps a lot when you eliminate the ostreopsis and other dino species jump in to take their place too. I hope this doesn't explode but start researching your uv unit now so if it does you are ready
The nutrients at po4 .1 and no3 1.5 (my tank likes no3 a bit higher at around 2.5-5ppm), are really the key.
I dont really sign on to the nutrients promoting competition idea. I believe that dinos simply don't thrive at slightly elevated nutrients.

Honestly I dont even remember where my tests are at... I know I need them to properly reconfigure my doser...

 

[anon9896]

I think I fixed the problem lol ,
I removed the fishline and the magnet , I cleaned it and letting it dry ...
Hopes this works ;Facepalm

 

[flsalty]

You mean if they cycle from day to night?

No, I meant under the microscope. Like this (not my video):



But you are saying they stay put at night? Ostreopsis goes into the water column at night. Do you have a lot of ambient light in the room? Strange they would stay put.

 

[Neoalchemist]

No, I meant under the microscope. Like this (not my video):



But you are saying they stay put at night? Ostreopsis goes into the water column at night. Do you have a lot of ambient light in the room? Strange they would stay put.

I've seen them stay put when the flow is high enough. Especially if they attach to corals. Once they get a foothold on a coral they hold on for dear life.

 

[anon9896]

No, I meant under the microscope. Like this (not my video):



But you are saying they stay put at night? Ostreopsis goes into the water column at night. Do you have a lot of ambient light in the room? Strange they would stay put.

Nope its really dark.
And they didnt move at all.
Tghey were in some kind of tube like you can see on the picture.
But they really look like the ones in your video.

 

[Cbones1979]

Ostreopsis dinos.
Possibly the easiest to treat as they are waterborne at night. A powerful UV sterilizer could wipe them out in a couple of days.

Let’s hope so

 

[TheGreatBarrioReef]

i got rid of dinos in less than a week with a good uv sterilizer. A clean up crew wont really work for them since anybody that eats the dino will probably die. If you have coral, raising no3 and po4 will have negative effects. Set up your uv then start blasting them off the rocks/corals/sand and you’ll notice a big difference the next day

 

[anon9896]

For the record, sitting this one out worked but I relaxed on my vodka dosing. peace