Uv and ostreopsis

[jdpeters]

I have killer melanurus wrasses so none of my cuc last long another reason why I’m trying a diamond goby for the sand. The nassarius are the wrasses favorite to mess with. Luckily they leave my two conchs alone.

The best by far at the GHA is my tuxedo urchin. He’s a beast!

This tank is nearly a year old but honestly after the Dino crash I only really consider it maybe 4~ months old. Dino’s still showing their face but I have a bunch of other nuisance algae’s. Oddly though I’m trying to manage it, keep my hands out and make sure my parameters are stable without water changes.

I have a few corals that didn’t do ANYTHING for months that are all simultaneously popping off at the same time. It’s a huge pleasant surprise. Not sure how to equate that but they basically had polyp extension and zero growth but all seemed to have got the message to grow on the same day.

I’m going to a goby post holidays but in the mean time I will siphon and stir sand

 

[mcarroll]

Sounds like you're most of the way through the woods at this point, but might still benefit from some of this info.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/
I don't know how a reference to this didn't make it's way into your thread before now. (It's a sticky thread in this forum, for what that's worth) I started this thread specifically for folks in your situation, to provide a solid root-cause based action plan. Historically (before this thread), most folks with dino outbreaks have gone through pretty much all the ups and downs and uncertainty you just went through, but with even less success.

98% of what you need is in the first post (lots of links tho....plenty of reading) but there are a couple of important addendums you'll definitely want to look for back around page #630 of the thread....one PDF by @taricha and one article by @ScottB.

 

[jdpeters]

Sounds like you're most of the way through the woods at this point, but might still benefit from some of this info.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/
I don't know how a reference to this didn't make it's way into your thread before now. (It's a sticky thread in this forum, for what that's worth) I started this thread specifically for folks in your situation, to provide a solid root-cause based action plan. Historically (before this thread), most folks with dino outbreaks have gone through pretty much all the ups and downs and uncertainty you just went through, but with even less success.

98% of what you need is in the first post (lots of links tho....plenty of reading) but there are a couple of important addendums you'll definitely want to look for back around page #630 of the thread....one PDF by @taricha and one article by @ScottB.

Thank you for the response I will head on over to that link.

You know my tank was practically sterile and didn’t have a real ugly phase, it went from having a few specs of pink coralline early on into full dinos on the surface of everything. I only just thought it was pearling hair algae then all my corals starting peeling, snails and fish dropped dead. Honestly the last time I set a reef up I don’t think dinos were that common of the problem then. (Last tank east started with bagged live sand and good live rock from LFS)

I started this one relatively slow or so I thought but once corals went in I cranked the lights up. With barebottom and exclusively dry dead rock it quickly became problematic.

Fast forward now, I largely defeated the dinos, thought I was ready for water changes and it’s back. What’s new is I have different turf and hair algae’s, some weird cyano, and possibly diatoms on the sand. I blow the dinos off in hope that the UV grabs it. I also dosed 1.5 ml of peroxide per 10 gallons of water for over a month, initially it was showing to be very effective but largely it appeared to be no longer a benefit. I’m ok with all these uglies I’m hoping I’m heading towards stability.

Corals are currently doing great, all the fish are thriving and behaving