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Kind of looks like half dinos half diatoms. Do you have a scope?Dinos????
With the significantly increased feeding I stated getting these brown patches that blow off very easily with a turkey baster. This just stared a few days ago
Yeah, I’ll try and get a look. My biggest fear would be lyngbya, but so far it’s not very filamentous. Mostly flat.Kind of looks like half dinos half diatoms. Do you have a scope?
This ended up being Prorocentrum Dinos, but I was luckily able to completely beat them in less than 2-weeks. My Battlecorals Acros and TSA Hammer are all looking good. My tenuis are looking very happy so I just bought this nice Tenuis today on a random @SBB Corals auction they held as a Pre-Live sale test. I plan to buy some more from SBB this weekend too. I'm also looking for a really nice torch and from then on out, mostly acros. I'll post pics of this frag I bought tonight when it comes in, and whatever other corals I buy this weekend. Here is the WYSIWYG picture from their website.Dinos????
With the significantly increased feeding I stated getting these brown patches that blow off very easily with a turkey baster. This just stared a few days ago
You were exactly right! Microscope verified both dinos and diatoms.Kind of looks like half dinos half diatoms. Do you have a scope?
I also got this from Shane at SBB this weekend. This will be my centerpiece LPS amongst all of the sticks. I'll post some of my own pics once they get delivered.Shane has some awesome looking stuff for sure. A little more delicate than your standard SPS varieties but worth the risk.
Beautiful torch. It was a great sale.I got my SBB package today:
Super excited to have this as my centerpiece coral at the bottom of my tank.
SBB Reverse Tiger Holy Grail Splatter
SBB Dream Cake
Thanks! Yes it was for sure. Although, I kind of hope they go back to the old style sale where most of the corals drop at once.Beautiful torch. It was a great sale.
Brightwell Iodion. It is a potassium iodide. I'm trying to stay calm, because my corals look pretty good with good PE. I will do a 20% water change on Saturday and STOP dosing without testing!Wow - which iodine brand?
I recently had a high report here as well and I thought I was underdosing.
So far even my only Goni looks ok still. But definitely going to address this asap.Seachem reef iodide. 148.0 µg/l
Yea I’d go slow on bringing it down, but I do think high iodine levels can damage coral. I had a friend who lost some goni and other random coral after overdosing iodine a ton.
I assume once your levels are back under desired range, stabilized and then close to target levels - you can then calculate the decline of the iodine level over whatever time period it is between tests. Then dose over up to the recommended amount over the same time period between ICP tests.
At least that’s what I’m planning on doing if levels are close at current dosing. But yes, likely will be underdosing for now to be safe and marginally bump it up over time.
I’m sure coralline algae and other organism changes will throw a wrench in that game plan though.