So this morning I'm pretty sure I saw the start of a dinoflagalletes problem. I was looking around in there with flashlight, and saw a couple of bubbles being constrained by some greenish/brownish stuff, probably an inch or so long, coming from one of the topmost rocks. I googled around a little, and decided that it looked like dino. By the time I looked again, the bubbles and greenish/brownish stuff was gone. Now that the lights are on, I can see a little on the rock and a couple of very small bubbles. I have only found it there so far.
While researching it this morning, somewhere in all the suggestions for fighting this, was a suggestion to dip the rock in fresh water. I haven't been able to locate any additional info on this idea, but it seems like that would be an easy and good place to start. Nothing is permanently attached to my rocks yet, corals anyways, so I could remove that rock easily.
Your thoughts? I'll snap a pic for positive ID if it comes back out.
Some info: this tank was setup for at least 9 months before I got it.
BioCube 29 gallon, de-rimmed
DIY led fixture (not by me, came with tank), probably 30w, blue/white equal, on for about 10 hours. 2 small blue moon lights on 24h/day.
Aquatic Life 115 skimmer in chamber 1
1L Seachem Matrix, 1 cup Matrix Carbon (3 weeks old), and some sponges in chamber 2, water flows through blue/white filter media first.
MJ1200 and some Purigen in chamber 3
Koralia 425 blowing into the rock pile
Sand bed and a decent amount of LR
CUC consists of a skunk cleaner, maybe 3 hermits, 1 nassarius snail, one Astraea, some stomatellas, and the usual bristle worms and pods.
I ran some PhosGuard in there 2 weeks ago, and phosphate levels seem to be steady at around .03.
I'll update with current numbers, but parameters are usually; PH 8, Ammonia and Nitrite 0, Nitrates coming down (40 from 80; they've always been kinda high?), Salinity 1.026.
All the corals have come from the same tank (he has not reported any dino), with the exception of some dragon's breath I got last weekend.
Some brown algae on sand bed.
25% water changes weekly, RO/DI, 0 TDS, IO salt. I lightly disturb the top of the sand with a baster every 2nd or third water change, and blow out the rocks.
3 BG Chromis, fed daily, freeze dried Cyclop-Eeze and New Era flake. They seem to nab most of it off the surface before it sinks.
Let me know if I left something out. I want to nab this before I'm forced to employ all the other dino weapons (kalkwasser, blackout, etc...)
Thanks.
While researching it this morning, somewhere in all the suggestions for fighting this, was a suggestion to dip the rock in fresh water. I haven't been able to locate any additional info on this idea, but it seems like that would be an easy and good place to start. Nothing is permanently attached to my rocks yet, corals anyways, so I could remove that rock easily.
Your thoughts? I'll snap a pic for positive ID if it comes back out.
Some info: this tank was setup for at least 9 months before I got it.
BioCube 29 gallon, de-rimmed
DIY led fixture (not by me, came with tank), probably 30w, blue/white equal, on for about 10 hours. 2 small blue moon lights on 24h/day.
Aquatic Life 115 skimmer in chamber 1
1L Seachem Matrix, 1 cup Matrix Carbon (3 weeks old), and some sponges in chamber 2, water flows through blue/white filter media first.
MJ1200 and some Purigen in chamber 3
Koralia 425 blowing into the rock pile
Sand bed and a decent amount of LR
CUC consists of a skunk cleaner, maybe 3 hermits, 1 nassarius snail, one Astraea, some stomatellas, and the usual bristle worms and pods.
I ran some PhosGuard in there 2 weeks ago, and phosphate levels seem to be steady at around .03.
I'll update with current numbers, but parameters are usually; PH 8, Ammonia and Nitrite 0, Nitrates coming down (40 from 80; they've always been kinda high?), Salinity 1.026.
All the corals have come from the same tank (he has not reported any dino), with the exception of some dragon's breath I got last weekend.
Some brown algae on sand bed.
25% water changes weekly, RO/DI, 0 TDS, IO salt. I lightly disturb the top of the sand with a baster every 2nd or third water change, and blow out the rocks.
3 BG Chromis, fed daily, freeze dried Cyclop-Eeze and New Era flake. They seem to nab most of it off the surface before it sinks.
Let me know if I left something out. I want to nab this before I'm forced to employ all the other dino weapons (kalkwasser, blackout, etc...)
Thanks.