dinoflaggelates

  1. chadfish

    Starting a 2-day blackout

    So dinos showed up again in full force. Different strain this time - they don’t really go into the water column at night. Anyway, I have my new 22W UV set up in the 50 gal DT with about 100gph flowing thru it, and several towels over it to block the light. I’ve also suspended alk dosing to...
  2. jfoahs04

    Dinos? Cyano? Something else?

    I’ve been dealing with a stubborn/persistent but minor (so far) bit of brown algae (hopefully algae) for the past 3 weeks or so. I don’t have a microscope, and I’m hoping someone here might be able to visually ID? Tank is 3.5 months old and I had a small diatom outbreak 2 weeks in. Using...
  3. chadfish

    WTB Looking to borrow a canister filter and pump

    Hi everyone, I’m battling dinos and would love to employ aggressive mechanical filtration. Does anyone have a filter housing and pump that I can borrow? I’d fill it with a 50 micron filter sock or and suck up the dinos and let it run in the DT overnight. I’m thinking something like this with a...
  4. I

    I need help

    Over the past week or so my tank has been developing what I suspect to be dinos. They're brown and stringy and have bubbles attached to them. They're covering the walls, corals, rocks, and all the equipment. How can I get rid of them?
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