What else can I do?

reefwars · #1 10-16-2012, 10:35 PM

what are your nitrates and phosphates at??

could be dinos , google dinoflaggelates(im the worse for spelling lol) could be what your dealing with

good luck!

coolhandgoose · #2 10-16-2012, 10:38 PM

Nitrates and phosphates are nearly 0

I really hope they aren't Dino's.

reefwars · #3 10-16-2012, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by coolhandgoose

Nitrates and phosphates are nearly 0

I really hope they aren't Dino's.

sure looks like it to me. if your phos and nitrates are near zero you shouldnt be getting that much algae.

running media??

i would start looking into dinos as crappy as it sounds

coolhandgoose · #4 10-16-2012, 10:50 PM

Could it be calothrix?

I really lack for clean up crew in my tank. I have one brittle star, about 5 Astraea snails, a conch I just added and a huge nassarius looking thing. I would count my cleaner shrimp but it seems to eat fish and coral food.

I am running gfo in a phosban reactor and just added cheato.

I'm thinking of doing another water change tomorrow and seeing how things go. Let the cheato and new lights have a chance to work.

Proteus · #5 10-16-2012, 10:50 PM

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...sons-i-learned

coolhandgoose · #6 10-16-2012, 10:58 PM

The article says that snails can die from Dino's and I've never had any snails die and I've been dealing with this for a couple months now. It's just recently that I've started to really try and fix my tank with the steps I listed above.

reefwars · #7 10-16-2012, 11:03 PM

where did you get the sand or was it new??

coolhandgoose · #8 10-16-2012, 11:06 PM

I had the sand from before when the problem was bad. I took it out a few months ago, rinsed the crap (literally) out of it and it sat dry until a few days ago when I rinsed it again, and let it soak in some to/di before I added some yesterday. I haven't added even a quarter of what was in there before.

reefwars · #9 10-16-2012, 11:07 PM

something seems off to me when i look at the pics every shot has algae of some kind growing. you have new bulbs , good water,running gfo and have a cuc.....your bioload is low and no nutrients......

i would think your old "bad sand" is still bad , probably releasing stuff you couldnt wash out enough of.

daniella3d · #10 10-18-2012, 01:12 AM

Dinoflagellates are kind of easy to get rid of by rising the PH. I did it and it never returned.

I used Seachem OH to rise the PH to 8.4 and keep it at that for a week. Now cyano is a pain...

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolhandgoose

Nitrates and phosphates are nearly 0

I really hope they aren't Dino's.