I would agree and is why I thinkmit may be small cell amphidinium. If you have no sand the UV may work better on the amphidinium since they tend to say in the sand. Im no expert but have eliminated the normal large cell amphidinium from my tank.
Rule is 3w per gallon for best results. That would be 21 watts. 18 watts should be enough to be effective since after rock and sand if you use sand you will loose at least 5 gallons of volume. 36 watts will be that much more effective though if price is not an issue over the 2.
Good call.
Well, this is not a good first post. I have been lurking the forums a while. My tank is 3 months old, made with dry rock. Went through the diatom phase. Was dosing nopox early, and have tested my NO3 and Phos daily and had numbers 0-0.2 for nitrates and 0.01-0.02 for phosphates. Never noticed any hair algae ever. Then got red cyano a month ago. Dosed Chemiclean and followed protocol which completely cleared the entire tank of cyano. Skimmer went nuts for a week and had carbon which allowed the skimmer to behave itself.
Nitrates still 0.02, phos was 0.07 today. Over the past week, gradually getting a brown dusting which turned into brown strings which reminded me honestly of cyano the way it looks in certain patches. Brought out the mircoscope, and need help with ID. Havent really started anything yet, but planning on dosing some nitrate to start.
Any chance you can increase the magnification a bit? 400X
I agree with ScottB's ID on the dinos. Few ostreopsis mostly procentrum. For sure increase no3 and po4 to 10ppm and 0.10ppm at a minimum. Get a UV sterilizer ASAP. Dose bacterial like its water to a desert, varied bacteria is good too. Microbacter7, Microbacter Clean, any of the Fritz bacterias, Live Rock Enhance, Biospira all are good. When I use up a bottle I will grab a different one next time, MB7 is always one I use though.Well, this is not a good first post. I have been lurking the forums a while. My tank is 3 months old, made with dry rock. Went through the diatom phase. Was dosing nopox early, and have tested my NO3 and Phos daily and had numbers 0-0.2 for nitrates and 0.01-0.02 for phosphates. Never noticed any hair algae ever. Then got red cyano a month ago. Dosed Chemiclean and followed protocol which completely cleared the entire tank of cyano. Skimmer went nuts for a week and had carbon which allowed the skimmer to behave itself.
Nitrates still 0.02, phos was 0.07 today. Over the past week, gradually getting a brown dusting which turned into brown strings which reminded me honestly of cyano the way it looks in certain patches. Brought out the mircoscope, and need help with ID. Havent really started anything yet, but planning on dosing some nitrate to start.
Need to increase magnification.
First off you need to ID what type of dino you have under magnification. Keep the carbon reactor on with some fresh carbon, dinos release toxins that the carbon will help remove. Dose Neo Nitro and Neo Phos to get no3 and po4 to 10ppm and 0.10ppm. If you have UV get it running on the tank as its highly effective against all but amphidinium dinos. Report back when you can get a good pic under 400x magnification or better.
I would say no. Coolia have a round spot in the middle of their bodies. Might be amphidinium. What areas are effected by the dinos? Mainly the sand or is it on the glass, rock or corals? Behavior of the dinos can be helpful when getring an ID.
