Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)

[katsafados]

Wish I knew mom! Wish I knew lol. I didnt get a good look at it since the lihts are off and the damn cleanner shrimp made me jump haha.

 

[katsafados]

it was way lighter in colour then those snails though.

 

[meowzer]

LOL...I have some lighter tan collonistas......I bet that's what it was. They come out at night.

 

[katsafados]

hopefully, thats all I need another pest!

 

[meowzer]

Collinistas are not pests.....they are good...they eat the detrius and wastes

 

[katsafados]

Yeah I knew that, I ment I hope it wasnt a sundial snail.
 
I reduced my lighting schedual to try to combat some of the algae growth.
 
Actinics on at 12:30
daylight on at 1:30
daylight off at 7:30
actinics off at 8:30
 
Is that too little light?

 

[katsafados]

Only has zoas GSP and xenias. They dont need much to survive anyways.

 

[nikesb]

enough light

 

[katsafados]

So I found a picture of the brownish algae, I think is diatom. But I thought diatom is only common in new saltwater tanks? If it is it s there a possibility that it can still kill corals? Since everytime a coral dies, I see this brown algae/bacteria on that rock.
 
This is what mine looks like pretty much (not my picure though)
 

 
It also wipps off pretty easily and its somewhat slimmy.

 

[nikesb]

i would say dinoflagellates, not diatoms. diatoms would be feeding off silica. dino can release a toxin that usually affects snails first

 

[katsafados]

Yup Ive seen a reduction in numbers of my CUC.. All the ceriths seem to be dead and the nassarius. The mexican turbos and astra snails are all fine though. Some ceriths might have gotten killed by blue legged hermits though since Ive seen 2 of them in cerith shells.
 
 
So how do I get rid of this stuff?

 

[meowzer]

Read this
 
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

 

[katsafados]

can you read it for me?

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Katsafados http:///forum/thread/356965/katsafado-s-first-ever-10g-sw-tank-nano/4180#post_3308701
can you read it for me?
UH...NOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[katsafados]

please?

 

[meowzer]

what good would that do....I don't have the issue...you do....Look at the pics first....I am not convinced that is what you have

 

[katsafados]

yeah the pics dont really look like hat i have.. mine is more of a powder brown stuff.

 

[nikesb]

those are different types of dino, look up for pics around the net

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by nikeSB http:///forum/thread/356965/katsafado-s-first-ever-10g-sw-tank-nano/4200#post_3309349
those are different types of dino, look up for pics around the net
Definitely.....do a google image search.....

 

[katsafados]

So I've been reading and I found out that I need to raise my nitrates to 2ppm to kill the dino. The ame thing happened to some other person on the internet.All the corals died ect. and the only way this person got rid of it was raising nitrates to 2ppm for over 2 months, and some sea hares. Now how do I raise nitrates? No waterchanges?