I started Warner Ecobak in August (when my tank was 8 mths old) and saw the first HA about the first of Oct. I am frustrated with what seems to be an out of control burst of HA and bubble algae throughout my system. Hmm, given the reaction to the GFO in the past, I might stick with large-ish (maybe 20%) water changes as the dinoflagellates (or whatever) start to die, and a lot of carbon. Unfortunately, I don't have access to an ozonizer and have no experience using one.ģ) Fauna Marine Algae-X: Too many negative reviews involving fish and coral death. Supposedly ozone will wipe them out in 24 hours. Those who did lights out but did water changes always reported them coming back.Ģ) Prolific use of Ozone. 2-3 cycles of lights out per month may be necessary. The only consistent reports on success against this menace seem to either involve:ġ) Extended lights out with siphoning and no water changes. Consensus seems that Dinos can live almost totally without No3/Po4 but need trace elements to survive. Yeah, that would be my inclination as well, however after reading about 500 posts on Dinos including the "dino's: The Mother of all Battles" thread, it seems the key is not doing any water changes, at all, for a month. As the dinoflagellates die, the nutrients and any allelopathic compounds could end up in the water column, not necessarily in skimmable form. A lot of GFO and carbon might do a lot for cleanup. Having a lot of water on hand for changes might help as well. I'd stop feeding entirely, and try siphoning as much of the dinoflagellates as possible before and during the dark treatment. I installed a reactor with 250ml ecobak pellets three weeks ago, but so far no effect on Po4.
Dosing Lanthanum seems like a pain and requires a drip into a 10 micron filter sock. Expensive shiny useless beads.ĭon't want to try Aluminum based products, since people say it leeches aluminum in tank. I then tried Brightwell's Phosphate-R and though it had no effect on the tank, it didn't seem to have any effect on my Po4 level either. My second attempt with even less GFO (1.5 tablespoons) had the same results. The first time it happened I thought it was maybe coincidence or some other tank factor at play. For whatever reason, my previous two attempts at adding Pura Phoslock (GFO) inside a 300 micron filter bag placed in my filter sock resulted in severe bleaching and even killing some LPS within 48 hours. I did this to minimize phosphates and detritus. I have recently started feeding live blackworms almost exclusively as they are consumed whole and leave no mess. Also have a dendro and not sure how it would react to no feeding for 72 hours. My copperband butterfly starts to nip at LPS if he goes unfed for more than a day. I wish the result is quicker and I am a little nervous in dosing AF so frequent and maintaining such a high level of Mg in my tank. The algae is not completely gone but at least they are not growing back. I have been dosing AF every other day since Oct 16 and keeping my Mg around 1800 with Kent Tech M.
#SHIPIT TEMANDO UPDATE#
I thought I would update my battle with derbesia/bryopsis with a new picture taken today () With daily pruning and brushing of the live rocks, this is what the same spot looks like today (10/28/10). In addition, I resumed dosing the AF with the recommended dose but every other day instead of every 3 days. Using a Aqua Lifter pump, I sprayed the algae every 1-2 days while keeping my Mg level below 1900.
I ordered a gal of Kent Tech M about two weeks ago and started using it on Friday 10/16/10. Even with the every other day use of AF, I have not noticed any obvious negative effect on my livestocks. I hope in another two weeks, my algae problem is gone. I still have quite a way to go before all the algae are gone but I am pleased with the result so far. With daily pruning and brushing of the live rocks, this is what the same spot looks like today.
#SHIPIT TEMANDO PLUS#
10 doses of AF at recommended doses and intervals in Sep PLUS raising Mg level to 1800 with mixture of MgSO4 and MgCl2 - no improvement. 5 doses of AF at recommended doses and intervals in Aug - no improvementĢ. As I stated earlier I tried in two different occasions using AF to eradicate my algae problem without any success.ġ. Here is an update to my Derbesia/Bryopsis problem.
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