Water change idea

[CoralClasher]

What is supposed to be alive in the water column and can new water be cultured before a large water change?

I’m wondering if mixing new water outside adding a little old tank water and letting it grow in the sun for a few days before performing a large water change is a good idea or not?

 

[Flippers4pups]

What is supposed to be alive in the water column and can new water be cultured before a large water change?

I’m wondering if mixing new water outside adding a little old tank water and letting it grow in the sun for a few days before performing a large water change is a good idea or not?

Once bacteria is established in your tank, it attaches to every surface.
There isn't a ton of it in the water column. Main reasons for a water change is to export nutrients such as Nitrate, phosphates, organic and inorganic waste and add elements in the salt mix to the water column.

 

[CoralClasher]

Once bacteria is established in your tank, it attaches to every surface.
There isn't a ton of it in the water column. Main reasons for a water change is to export nutrients such as Nitrate, phosphates, organic and inorganic waste and add elements in the salt mix to the water column.

I believe I have a strong bacteria population. The tank has been running for 6 years. I stopped water changes because of Dino and I would like to replace the water without causing a bloom. My tank is looking really good right now no Dino blooms in months but I can still find them in microscope. My nutrients are not really high No3 around 6ppm phosphate 0.18 but I’m going through ALK faster than calcium and maybe a large water change will help the imbalance. I’m dosing core7 calcium is over 500 and ALK will drop to 6dkh in four days from 8dkh even with dosing the recommended amount of core7.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Have you read any of this thread:

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...

www.reef2reef.com

I get what your saying, I've been battling dino's for years now.

 

[CoralClasher]

Have you read any of this thread:

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...

www.reef2reef.com

I get what your saying, I've been battling dino's for years now.

Yes I have read that thread many times and I probably would have gave up this hobby if I didn’t get help from all the great people there.

 

[CoralClasher]

“Starvation is there cue” is what got me thinking about water changes and I have been growing green water outside started with tank water and haven’t seen a single Dino outside.

 

[Flippers4pups]

“Starvation is there cue” is what got me thinking about water changes and I have been growing green water outside started with tank water and haven’t seen a single Dino outside.

I've tried everything except temperature. Adding bacteria, lights out for 80 hours, adding copepods, no water changes for two months, h2O2 dosing, UV attached to the DT, vacuumed sand every other day...etc. nothing works.

 

[CoralClasher]

I've tried everything except temperature. Adding bacteria, lights out for 80 hours, adding copepods, no water changes for two months, h2O2 dosing, UV attached to the DT, vacuumed sand every other day...etc. nothing works.

When I have a Dino bloom going on that bacteria method from elegant corals works well for me. I haven’t ran a UV and I got rid of my skimmer over a year ago. I’m on the Triton method now no filters just a big refugium. I haven’t vacuumed the sand since I added a bunch of Garf Grunge and things are definitely going in the right direction but gosh darn it I want new water.