Hey everyone first post on here, I've been using Reddit before this which has been helpful!
So before I talk about my problem my tank is a 20 gallon long, Params below, I originally set up as a reef but I've been battling algae, like Byprosis (completely gone now) that was from the live rock I used when cycling and red slime algae (almost gone, dying off) , for a while and haven't added and coral yet. I have a yellow tail damsel and around 8 hermit crabs which are all doing well, and I noticed my snails started dying which is a key sign of Dinos apparently, Im only down to 2 nassarius snails, I started with around 8 of different varieties. I've had my tank up for around 3 months including the 4-5 week cycling process.
I have a picture of the algae in question, sorry for quality, any tips on taking pictures of stuff inside of a tank would be appreciated too! What's holding me back from saying it's dino is that I don't see the key bubbles on them which appears to be in every picture I see of dino.
I just ordered some food grade hydrogen peroxide and am starting a 3 day blackout to try and start to combat, if it doesn't end up being dino I will stop, but I don't want to take any extreme options until I know for sure. I would appreciate any and all help or advice you can give!
Tank Params:
Ammonia : 0ppm
Nitrate/Nitrites : 0ppm
pH: 8
Alk : 11
Calcium : 320 ( Also new to reefing would appreciate advice on getting this into the 400 ranfe
Phosphate : .1 ( working on getting down to .05 have some GFO and chemi-pure I added not too long ago)
So before I talk about my problem my tank is a 20 gallon long, Params below, I originally set up as a reef but I've been battling algae, like Byprosis (completely gone now) that was from the live rock I used when cycling and red slime algae (almost gone, dying off) , for a while and haven't added and coral yet. I have a yellow tail damsel and around 8 hermit crabs which are all doing well, and I noticed my snails started dying which is a key sign of Dinos apparently, Im only down to 2 nassarius snails, I started with around 8 of different varieties. I've had my tank up for around 3 months including the 4-5 week cycling process.
I have a picture of the algae in question, sorry for quality, any tips on taking pictures of stuff inside of a tank would be appreciated too! What's holding me back from saying it's dino is that I don't see the key bubbles on them which appears to be in every picture I see of dino.
I just ordered some food grade hydrogen peroxide and am starting a 3 day blackout to try and start to combat, if it doesn't end up being dino I will stop, but I don't want to take any extreme options until I know for sure. I would appreciate any and all help or advice you can give!
Tank Params:
Ammonia : 0ppm
Nitrate/Nitrites : 0ppm
pH: 8
Alk : 11
Calcium : 320 ( Also new to reefing would appreciate advice on getting this into the 400 ranfe
Phosphate : .1 ( working on getting down to .05 have some GFO and chemi-pure I added not too long ago)