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This is on 180gal 4 month old tank. Dinos on sand, rock, glass, pumps. (Surfaces).
Nitrates...............0 - 5ppm (Closer to 5ppm)
Phos....................0.04 - 0.08
Alk.......................8.16 (Trident)
Cal.......................418 (Trident)
Mag....................1398 (Trident)
Ph.......................7.95 (Apex probe)
Salt.....................35.5 (Apex probe)
ORP....................339 (Apex probe)
Temp..................80 (Apex probe)
Nitrate test is API reagent via Reefbot
Phos test is Red Sea reagent via Reefbot.
I did a 3 day blackout with properly sized pentair aquatics smart 40watt UV running with correct flow rate.
The dinos were knocked back but as expected, they were not defeated (yet).
I am taking an aggressive multi pronged approach to this problem.
U.V.
3 day blackout
Diatomaceous earth filter
Dr Tim's Dino recipe
Dr Tim's waste away gel
I broke the quartz sleeve to my UV when I pulled it from the tank 2 weeks ago when I did my 3 day blackout with the UV.
The new quartz sleeve for my UV arrived day before yesterday and I put the UV back into temporary service (no blackout).
I have the feed pump in the tank and the return in the tank creating a closed loop. Pump is a Jeabo DCP15000. Pump sits about a 1/2 inch above the sandbed. PVC pipe goes from pump to top of tank (about 25 inches) through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" and down about 6ft. to the Pentair Aquatics Smart 40 watt UV.
The UV is laying horizontally on the floor in front of the tank. Water goes through the UV then back up about 6ft of PVC pipe then through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" to return water to the tank.
I am flowing 1019 gph through the UV according to apex flow meter. The UV calls for between 943 - 1574 gph to deal with algae, bacteria and dinos.
I turn all the sand over aggressively to get the dinos into the water column.
I use a Tunze 6105 on full blast to blow the rocks, sand and all surfaces. I put the pump right up to the rocks and all surfaces to make the biggest mess I can getting everything in the water column so it can go through the UV.
I have 4 Marineland Magnum polishing internal filters. Each rated for up to 97 gal tank / 290 gph. These filters will run Diatomaceous earth powder to mechanically filter dinos out.
I will be using Dr Tim's Dino recipe. This should wipe dinos out along with the other methods I am employing. The treatment consists of a 3 day blackout while dosing Dr Tim's Refresh then dosing Dr Tim's Waste Away liquid.
Once treatment is finished, Dr Tim's Waste Away gel will be employed.
This approach should kill dinos and keep em dead!
I'm not sure if I should run the diatom filters before or after the Dr. Tim's. Dinos treatment.
Should I run the filters before, After, and or during the Dr. Tim's Dino treatment?
This is on 180gal 4 month old tank. Dinos on sand, rock, glass, pumps. (Surfaces).
Nitrates...............0 - 5ppm (Closer to 5ppm)
Phos....................0.04 - 0.08
Alk.......................8.16 (Trident)
Cal.......................418 (Trident)
Mag....................1398 (Trident)
Ph.......................7.95 (Apex probe)
Salt.....................35.5 (Apex probe)
ORP....................339 (Apex probe)
Temp..................80 (Apex probe)
Nitrate test is API reagent via Reefbot
Phos test is Red Sea reagent via Reefbot.
I did a 3 day blackout with properly sized pentair aquatics smart 40watt UV running with correct flow rate.
The dinos were knocked back but as expected, they were not defeated (yet).
I am taking an aggressive multi pronged approach to this problem.
U.V.
3 day blackout
Diatomaceous earth filter
Dr Tim's Dino recipe
Dr Tim's waste away gel
I broke the quartz sleeve to my UV when I pulled it from the tank 2 weeks ago when I did my 3 day blackout with the UV.
The new quartz sleeve for my UV arrived day before yesterday and I put the UV back into temporary service (no blackout).
I have the feed pump in the tank and the return in the tank creating a closed loop. Pump is a Jeabo DCP15000. Pump sits about a 1/2 inch above the sandbed. PVC pipe goes from pump to top of tank (about 25 inches) through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" and down about 6ft. to the Pentair Aquatics Smart 40 watt UV.
The UV is laying horizontally on the floor in front of the tank. Water goes through the UV then back up about 6ft of PVC pipe then through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" to return water to the tank.
I am flowing 1019 gph through the UV according to apex flow meter. The UV calls for between 943 - 1574 gph to deal with algae, bacteria and dinos.
I turn all the sand over aggressively to get the dinos into the water column.
I use a Tunze 6105 on full blast to blow the rocks, sand and all surfaces. I put the pump right up to the rocks and all surfaces to make the biggest mess I can getting everything in the water column so it can go through the UV.
I have 4 Marineland Magnum polishing internal filters. Each rated for up to 97 gal tank / 290 gph. These filters will run Diatomaceous earth powder to mechanically filter dinos out.
I will be using Dr Tim's Dino recipe. This should wipe dinos out along with the other methods I am employing. The treatment consists of a 3 day blackout while dosing Dr Tim's Refresh then dosing Dr Tim's Waste Away liquid.
Once treatment is finished, Dr Tim's Waste Away gel will be employed.
This approach should kill dinos and keep em dead!
I'm not sure if I should run the diatom filters before or after the Dr. Tim's. Dinos treatment.
Should I run the filters before, After, and or during the Dr. Tim's Dino treatment?