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Your somewhat there but missing steps and skip the pristine which is a binder and will do nothing the the flagellate cells.okay so I've read so many threads on dinos.
my current parameters are
.05 po4
5 nitrate
1.025 salinity
8.5 alk
430 calcium
I have been dosing mb7 and seachem pristine on opposing days. I run uv sterilizer at night (free floating dinos). my lights arent on that strong (250 par at the top of the tank)
I did a blackout a few weeks ago. I dosed hydrogen peroxide during that time.
I clean the tank daily and remove filter floss.
still cannot for the life of me figure out why I haven't seen a reduction in dinos despite this.
it hasn't been a short amount of time either. I know this can take a while to figure out, but I assumed by now I would have less buildup. they seem a bit less stringy now, but that's about it.
any advice would be appreciated. I'm not defeated, but just hate having to clean like crazy daily.
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles. Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off. During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as Micro bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons. Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX