I have been struggling with dinos since about December and feel like I have tried everything.
Dino x
Dirty'ing the tank
3 day black out (while dosing dino x)
Running uv(I've always ran uv) as well as re plumbing it to hang off of the display.
Tried raising the temp. To +/-84⁰ F
I've been dosing beneficial bacteria, phyto and copepods regularly
And short of holding an exorcism just about every other method I have found online with no real headway.
I think I have narrowed it down to Ostreopsis dinos based off of the stringy, bubbly nature of them and looking at them under a microscope. Photos attached.
Anyone have any other ideas? I'm starting to see why people give up on the hobby after dealing with them...
Parameters are as follows..
Nitrates - 5-10ppm
Phosphate - .75 to 1
Calc - 420
Alk - 11
Mag 1400ish
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Ph hovers between 8.2-8.3 daily
Dino x
Dirty'ing the tank
3 day black out (while dosing dino x)
Running uv(I've always ran uv) as well as re plumbing it to hang off of the display.
Tried raising the temp. To +/-84⁰ F
I've been dosing beneficial bacteria, phyto and copepods regularly
And short of holding an exorcism just about every other method I have found online with no real headway.
I think I have narrowed it down to Ostreopsis dinos based off of the stringy, bubbly nature of them and looking at them under a microscope. Photos attached.
Anyone have any other ideas? I'm starting to see why people give up on the hobby after dealing with them...
Parameters are as follows..
Nitrates - 5-10ppm
Phosphate - .75 to 1
Calc - 420
Alk - 11
Mag 1400ish
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Ph hovers between 8.2-8.3 daily