Sodium Nitrate

[coolhandgoose]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try feeding a bunch more and see if that does the trick, I usually only feed about every three days. I'll step it up to every day and see what happens.

I've been battling these guys for about 2 months and haven't seen any improvement. I tried the lights out and that didn't work. I've heard raising ph can help but mine runs at 8.3 in the morning and about 8.4 at night. I even stopped doing water changes in an effort to raise nitrate but to no avail.

It's really strange too, it'll start off in the morning as a brown dusting, get thicker into a brown mat on the sand bed and about an hour two before lights out it turns into a stringy snotty mess. It's not affecting the rocks and corals too badly, mostly the sand bed looks like crap.

I'm tempted to stop the bio pellets but don't want my water to get too out of hand.

[reefermadness]

The whole point of running biopellets is so you can feed more IMO. High import of food and high export of waste products is the way to get good colours.

[coolhandgoose]

You're probably right, I'm gonna start feeding more to see what happens. Tank can't look any worse at this point

[Lethbridge]

Ever thought to give hydrogen peroxide a try? I've used it for a few different applications and it works great. Typically you dose 1ml/10 gal for anywhere from 7-14 days, you should see it start to clear up in a few days of use and your glass will stay cleaner and your skimmer will skim heavier. H2O2 doesn't affect any corals, fish, inverts etc, however your Zoa's will close upon dosing but then open up after some adjustment time.

[Werbo]

Stopping your carbon source (ie biopellets) is pretty standard advise if you are dealing with dino's.

Over an 18 month period I tried all the mentioned remedies with no success. After 18 months I finally removed my sandbed and they are gone.

In the summer I'll try re-introducing sand to the tank.

[coolhandgoose]

What concentration of h2o2 did u use? I haven't researched that technique so I'll have to look it up.
I fed an entire cube of emerald entree today, a bunch of Acan plus for corals and some kent coral grow formula. Tomorrow I'm going to add a bunch of pellet food and some plankton. I also sucked a bunch of dinos out today off the sand bed.

[Lethbridge]

Originally Posted by coolhandgoose

What concentration of h2o2 did u use? I haven't researched that technique so I'll have to look it up.

just the typical 3% you find at walmart for like $1, it works wonders on dino's

[fishytime]

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by fishytime

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

I lokoed into this when I had dinos show up and eventually I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I stopped dosing for a week and skipped a waterchange (as water changes can actually fuel dinos). Dinos were gone in a week and a started dosing again after that without issue. I seriously recommend just taking the reactor offline for a week.

[Lethbridge]

Originally Posted by fishytime

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

Just out of curiosity sake, what are some of the consequences of dosing H2O2? I dose everyday and have had no bad side effect. I dose 15ml in a 100g system everyday.