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08-15-2006, 06:09 PM
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Good luck, I used your battle plan in my Dino Battle of 2004-05 (also included increased alkalinity, increased flow, increased water changes, turkey basting, siphoning, replacement of aragonite sand with oolitic, addition of chemipure, you name it I tried it). Damned things stuck around for a year. At the height of the evilness I was putting the tank in complete darkness with a blanket overtop for 2 days. They still came back. Eventually I ripped out the sandbed and went barebottom, powerwashed all the rock and restarted the tank. Pretty drastic move but I've been dinoflagellate free for over a year now and am glad I did it
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08-15-2006, 06:32 PM
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Yeah I think I'd just get a rope and chair if I got Dinos at this point... friggin' hair algae was enough for me thank you!
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08-19-2006, 07:26 PM
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So after increasing skimming, changing carbon, and rowaphos, things look a little better. I would say about 20% better than they were at the beginning of the week. I'm patiently waiting my test kit for Silicate so that I can run some tests on my tank water and my RO water.
I'm hopeing to be able to pinpoint the exact nutrient problem I have.
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08-21-2006, 06:47 PM
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Recieved my Silicate test kit today and was hoping for some answers.
Unfortunately I didn't get many, other than Silicate is not the problem. Both my RO/DI water and my tank water readings are 0. I am happy though that my Silica based sandbed is not leeching a lot into the water. (Black Tahiti Moon Sand)
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08-21-2006, 08:50 PM
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BTW, how are the dinos today, and what steps other than the ones you've already outlined have you taken to reduce the dinos? Wishing you luck in your battle 
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08-21-2006, 10:33 PM
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Pictures I just took:
   I've pretty much stuck to my plan so far. My next step is a few water changes as I have eliminated silicate in my RO/DI as a problem. (I didn't want to add anymore silicate if I was in the first place) My Refugium needs a good cleaning as well... there is a bit of a detritus build up happening there.
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