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WTS/WTT Item A $30 John Deere Lep Item B $25 Watermelon Zoa Item C $20 Gatorade Zoa Item D $15 & E $10 GSP Deal at CCK. Pm if interested.

Turning the (Red)Tide Dosing of silicate encouraged diatom to bloom; and in turn, drive amphidiniun slowly out of business. After a month of silicate dosing, the amount of amphidium is much less. Even detritus sample from the sand contains much less cells than before. This is the image of bits of detritus. A large number of diatom cells can be seen. Dino? Not so much. A 400x image confirmed the cells are indeed diatoms. Macroscopically, it doesn't look much different than before. Afterall, diatoms are brown. But I'm certain the red tide has turned. Given time, amphidinium would be completely suppressed.

Prices reduced and availability updated: Regular GSP, large colony (about 10-15cm in length) - $15 Palythoas - $15 Priority to buyer who can take both. Thanks!

I don’t recall ever seeing a single photo in any of your SELL post, past 1-2 months. Photos will make the sale easier. You have problem posting photos?

Nice. Filling up nicely. What's next on your to-get list?

Dino and Cyano Finger crossed, I don't have an outbreak now. However I do have several encounters with out of control dino or cyano bloom, and had overcome them successfully. I would like to share my thoughts, and debunk some myths about cyanobacteria and dinoflagellate. 1. My Tank Don't Have Cyano/Dino Unfortunately, or fortunately, a population of cyano, and dino, are always there in our aquarium. The number maybe very low, and invisible to our eyes, but they are there. As certain as their are bacteria in your biofilters and rocks, the cyano and dino are there on the rocks, sand bed, and glass. The only reason stopping them from growing out of control is the rest of the bacteria, algae and corals, competing (successfuly) against them, keeping them in check. 2. Cyano and Dino Appears when Nitrate and Phosphate is Zero This is one of the most repeated statements about cyano and dino. However, I think this does not represent the full picture. Cyano and Dino are living organisms which requires nitrogen and phosphorus elements to grow and reproduce, just like any other organism does. So if one start to believe that the lack of nutrients leads to proliferation of these "pests", one is mistaken. While cyano is able to fix nitrogen from dissolved gas, all of them requires phosphorus from their enviroment. Therefore. If there is no phosphus available, neither cyano or dino can strive. Then how do we reconcile the fact that many reefers observe cyano or dino outbreak, when their nitrate and phosphate levels are zero? Look back at my previous paragraph, these organism needs nitrogen and phosphorus, but not necessarily in the form of nitrate and phosphate. Our test kits cannot detect other forms of nitrogen, nor organic phosphates. Therefore, conceivably the aquarium can at the same time be NP rich, yet detects 0 on the different test kits. What can possibly lead to this situation? One of the possibility lies in disruption of food chain, where heterotrophic bacteria population is suppressed. In the absence of these, organic compounds remain in the aquarium, the inorganic salts remain low, and many nutrients are available, and preferred by cyano and dino. 3. Medication Many reefers recieve the advise to medicate when faced with blooms. Many discussions have taken place regarding both the efficacy and safety of various treatments. While I believe many treatments can effectively and safely suppress the cyano or even dino, I am against medicating against these organisms. The reason is simple. These organisms thrives because of available nutrients in the aquarium. When they grow, they actually takes up these nutrients and fix them in their bio mass. If we were to kill them through medication, these excess nutrients are onces again released into the water column. It may solve the symptoms of algae bloom, but it does little to address the source of the problem. I advocate physical removal of the offensive algae through siphoning, into a filter sock in the sump. This way, we have the confidence that whatever offending nutrients is removed from the system for good.

As above .. must take the whole lot! 3 colony and many 3 small Colony and Around 30 frags tank suffered aefw but have almost recovered . So acro might have flatworm on them .. pls inspect dip frag and quarrentine . was about to bin them but decide to give them a chance if anyone is keen must collect by today west coast Pls read before committing .