Dinoflagellates... Son of a...

Haulin Oates

Haulin Oates

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jgonzz;211882 said:
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That's funny! I was cleaning a cut the other day with H2O2 and was thinking "there's got to be an aquarium use for this!" Can you explain more, or tell me where to read?
 
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Wow!! What a read!! Got about 10 pages in... Seemed legit enough; 6ml just got dumped in the tank... We shall see...
 
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Just put in 6 mL more... Seems to be having a positive effect on the tank. Some of my softies are ****ed, but the LPS and SPS don't seem to mind.
 
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Here are some crappy before cell pics. You can see the bubbles trapped in there all over. I've been dealing with this for a few weeks now, and it came on really strong last week. It's a horrible slime that coats everything! You can blow it off with a baster, but it comes back really quick. (Within a day or 2) ill try to bust out the camera later when the whites come on and get some good pics.
 
Haulin Oates

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heres some pix from the water proof camera. you can see the brownish/greenish slime coating everything and the bubbles trapped in it on the frag rack.
 
Haulin Oates

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Well, it seems its working! I came down this morning to find far less than I have been seeing! I upped the dose to an even 10ml and I will continue that dose for 3 days past the last of it, I've decided. I also read from Melevs reef that he had success with elevated pH, so I've stop kalk in my top off (which I had just started about a month ago) and went back to 2 part. I feel I have more control over my levels, and I can dose a little more alkalinity (baked baking soda mix) to elevate my pH to 8.5. I'm hesitant to go much over that...
 
Ghosty

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Blazinjack;212016 said:
Some of my softies are ****ed, but the LPS and SPS don't seem to mind.
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What did the Peroxide do to them?
 
Haulin Oates

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Oh and I think I've found the cause... The funky colored pebbles I put In the tank do in fact have a silicate sealant on them to hold the color on... I think the phosphate/silicate reducer (phosgaurd) has been busy keeping my silicates at bay and that's why my repeated attempts at lowering my phosphates have failed... As soon as I get a free day ill be swapping my sand out...
 
Haulin Oates

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Ghosty;212493 said:
What did the Peroxide do to them?
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I'm not sure yet what ****ed them off, but they are all happy again today... As of today (knock on wood) I haven't lost anything!
 
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Blazinjack;212495 said:
Oh and I think I've found the cause... The funky colored pebbles I put In the tank do in fact have a silicate sealant on them to hold the color on... I think the phosphate/silicate reducer (phosgaurd) has been busy keeping my silicates at bay and that's why my repeated attempts at lowering my phosphates have failed... As soon as I get a free day ill be swapping my sand out...
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All i can say is LOL, I remember when you first put pix up of the tank and I remember asking if those colored pebbles were reef safe, seems they were not.
 
Haulin Oates

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ReefCheif;212512 said:
All i can say is LOL, I remember when you first put pix up of the tank and I remember asking if those colored pebbles were reef safe, seems they were not.
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Yeah... The package said fresh or marine systems... But I guess they're wrong... Oh well, live and learn!
 
Haddonisreef

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Blazinjack;212547 said:
Yeah... The package said fresh or marine systems... But I guess they're wrong... Oh well, live and learn!
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They proably would be fine in a fo but a reef needs to be spot on and can't have the fluctuation!
 
Haulin Oates

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Dinoflagellates... Son of a...

So I'm still battling these SOBs... I did a huge tank cleaning Saturday night and installed my new MP10. The flow seems to be helping, But I noticed another problem... It seems my Pod population has been devastated! I'm used to seeing them crawl around everywhere in my fuge, now I'm hardly seeing any!! Yikes!
 
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Dinoflagellates... Son of a...

Lost my mandarin today... Thinking about throwing in the towel
 
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