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Hi All,
I engaged in a multimonth (almost multiyear) battle with dinos, ostreopsis to be specific. Finally managed to get my phosphates up, UV finally took a huge bite out of them, but there were still some left hanging around. Finally used dinoX and reduced the photo period.
After the first dose I saw a huge reduction in dinos, like 95+% gone. After the second dose I could only find them with a microscope, and their numbers were significantly reduced. I've done 5 doses so far, filter socks are no longer clogging in a day, I don't see any dinos anywhere without a microscope, phosphates have finally risen and some micro and macro algae is growing.
Should I continue dosing dinoX? The online manual says it normally takes 10 doses to eradicate them, but they appear licked. I'm thinking I should stop with dinoX, return my photoperiod to normal and watch my nutrients. But I'm not sure what the prevailing wisdom is for how many doses is the minimum.
I engaged in a multimonth (almost multiyear) battle with dinos, ostreopsis to be specific. Finally managed to get my phosphates up, UV finally took a huge bite out of them, but there were still some left hanging around. Finally used dinoX and reduced the photo period.
After the first dose I saw a huge reduction in dinos, like 95+% gone. After the second dose I could only find them with a microscope, and their numbers were significantly reduced. I've done 5 doses so far, filter socks are no longer clogging in a day, I don't see any dinos anywhere without a microscope, phosphates have finally risen and some micro and macro algae is growing.
Should I continue dosing dinoX? The online manual says it normally takes 10 doses to eradicate them, but they appear licked. I'm thinking I should stop with dinoX, return my photoperiod to normal and watch my nutrients. But I'm not sure what the prevailing wisdom is for how many doses is the minimum.