My Reefing Chronicles 2

[dinGdinG]

On 8/27/2016 at 6:08 PM, Admiraltian said:

Was bored so I uploaded an fts.

This is madness!!! SWEE!!

[Admiraltian]

In a way yes, dinos flourishes under low ph condition. I didn't check my ph then. Was battling low kh then due to my undersized cr. Then I think I overdosed something and dinos juz bloom.

[Admiraltian]

38 minutes ago, dinGdinG said:

This is madness!!! SWEE!!

Thanks for the kind words.

[Admiraltian]

This is what I doing now to battle this dinos monster. Currently into my 3rd wk and results seem positive.
No wc for 6wks but I hv to siphon the sandbed of dinos and return the old water back using a filter sock to filter out the dirt.
Stop carbon dosing, e.g I stopped aio biopellet reactor for a wk until nutrients build up too much. Read that high no3 kills dinos too. My last reading is no3 is at 1ppm & po4 at 0.33ppm.
Increase bacteria dosing to outcomplete dinos.
Reduce photo period to 6hrs.
Increase ph, for my case I add kalkwasser to my tank daily, stopped when my KH hits 12dkh. I overdosed this a little and some of my sps r having no pe now and some hv burnt tips. Increase mg to more than 1500ppm, also read that some strains can be killed by high mg. Thinks that's all.


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[Darren Sim]

Wow! Why not just buy plenty of snails to settle it?


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[Admiraltian]

I hv plenty of snails but most died eating dinos as it is toxic.


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[Darren Sim]

Ohh. That's sad. How about sea hare etc?


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[Admiraltian]

Seahare & urchin still ok.


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[Darren Sim]

But did you see them eating/clearing away the dino?


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[Admiraltian]

U mean the seahare and urchin? Ya, they did. I think my dinos not so severe. Cos dinos grow fast. Faster than cuc can eat them. So most times deploying lots of cuc also no use.


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[Darren Sim]

Oh. Then really you have to use this method to settle but it's kind of troublesome.


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[Admiraltian]

Got easier methods like doing 3days blackout. Maybe I try that if dinoflagellates still persists.


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[$andy]

Got easier methods like doing 3days blackout. Maybe I try that if dinoflagellates still persists.


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This method works for me (red slime and Dino)

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[$andy]

What do you feed your fishes and don't you think that queen can nip your sps

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[Admiraltian]

Occasionally nipping at the polyps but nothing serious.

[Zoaslover]

Still can't take my eyes off the many sps

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[Admiraltian]

Neither can I.


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[Admiraltian]

Long time nv update my thread. Tank crashed due to ph crash and dinos attack. For the past 1.5 yrs only keep fowlr with only my current fishes. In between sold away my blue angel to keep my bioload low.

Here a pic of how my tank look now before I tear it down to reset with new rocks and scape. Yet to go source for my rocks yet.... haha.

[MarCal]

A very beautiful Powder Blue u hv there!

[Bear]

Very nice scape


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[Admiraltian]

8 hours ago, MarCal said:

A very beautiful Powder Blue u hv there!

 

1 hour ago, Bear said:

Very nice scape


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Thanks for the compliments.

[klyve]

Wow bro use back this Scape, so nice!!!

When filled with corals damn nice..

Btw fish only u using ATI ah!!

[Admiraltian]

21 hours ago, klyve said:

Wow bro use back this Scape, so nice!!!

When filled with corals damn nice..

Btw fish only u using ATI ah!!

Ya but I kept this scape since 2015. Sian liao. Time for a change. Last time keeping sps thus the ati.

[klyve]

Lol.. awaiting Ur new scape!

[Admiraltian]

On 26/06/2018 at 8:09 AM, klyve said:

Lol.. awaiting Ur new scape!

Haha, thanks. Haven’t source for new rocks yet.