Dosing Neo Nitro for Dinos

[Heart is what matters]

Hello Everyone i got a bad case of dinos due to my nutrients bottoming out.
I Did 3 day blackout while started to dose Neo Nitro and Neo Phos. I have been dosing 0.5ml of each everyday for over a week.
Currently my Nitrates are 9.0 and Phos is 0.29
Dinos came back and some sludge looking thing.

Should i keep dosing? Or whats another approach to battling Dinos?
FYI I do have a uv sterilizer running!

 

[Tahoe61]

So did you stop dosing N/P at some point and the issue returned?
I only dose NeoNitrate and I add Roids to hopefully bump up phosphate. You don't have to keep dosing the phosphate since you're pushing the value too far up.

 

[Heart is what matters]

So did you stop dosing N/P at some point and the issue returned?
I only dose NeoNitrate and I add Roids to hopefully bump up phosphate. You don't have to keep dosing the phosphate since you're pushing the value too far up.

I haven’t stopped dosing Neo Nitro. Thanks for the info/advice

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’d keep dosing N if it would otherwise fall.

Dosing silicate can be effective boosting diatoms that may outcompete dinos.

 

[Freenow54]

Hello Everyone i got a bad case of dinos due to my nutrients bottoming out.
I Did 3 day blackout while started to dose Neo Nitro and Neo Phos. I have been dosing 0.5ml of each everyday for over a week.
Currently my Nitrates are 9.0 and Phos is 0.29
Dinos came back and some sludge looking thing.

Should i keep dosing? Or whats another approach to battling Dinos?
FYI I do have a uv sterilizer running!

Look at the UV light posting from today made by a member

 

[Teachreef]

Hello Everyone i got a bad case of dinos due to my nutrients bottoming out.
I Did 3 day blackout while started to dose Neo Nitro and Neo Phos. I have been dosing 0.5ml of each everyday for over a week.
Currently my Nitrates are 9.0 and Phos is 0.29
Dinos came back and some sludge looking thing.

Should i keep dosing? Or whats another approach to battling Dinos?
FYI I do have a uv sterilizer running!

I personally would dose denitrifying bacteria. Also if you are making your own water you may need a silicate removal cartridge to run it through. You can get a silicate tester to check.

 

[BryanM]

Hello Everyone i got a bad case of dinos due to my nutrients bottoming out.
I Did 3 day blackout while started to dose Neo Nitro and Neo Phos. I have been dosing 0.5ml of each everyday for over a week.
Currently my Nitrates are 9.0 and Phos is 0.29
Dinos came back and some sludge looking thing.

Should i keep dosing? Or whats another approach to battling Dinos?
FYI I do have a uv sterilizer running!

As I have recently become aware (again), it is quite important to accurately ID what you're fighting.

I'm having horrid luck using a microscope to ID my nuisance algae, but if you don't really know what it is, you're really just throwing darts at a dart board and hoping to score.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I personally would dose denitrifying bacteria. Also if you are making your own water you may need a silicate removal cartridge to run it through. You can get a silicate tester to check.

I dont understand. Dinos do not use silicate. I recommended dosing silicate to boost diatoms which will compete with dinos.

Are you thinking he needs to reduce nitrate to get rid of dinos?

 

[Nerdist Aquarist]

I was in a similar situation as you. I also used Neophos/Neonitro. Got my phosphates up to about 0.25 and Nitrates at 30 (I overshot my target but no harm done). Ran UV with 2 days light off (except to feed fish). Kept running UV until dinos were significantly knocked back. Stick with it, you will prevail.

 

[CHSUB]

Imo, your approach to fighting dinoflagellates is flawed, increasing nutrients only increases there numbers, dinos are there regardless. Manual removal, CUC, and low nutrients with vigorous maintenance is your best solution….