fisherman82
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Trying to wrap my head around fixing parameters and battling dinoflagellates.
Read various measures to kill the dinoflagellates. I have my own ideas taken from what I read. Black out tank, less food.. etc etc. I think the values are the root cause for it thriving. I believe it was introduced into the tank from fish or coral bought at a LFS since its happening to my tank and friends.
Friends setup - 110g, LED lights, reef, various fish, 100lbs LR/sand, small skimmer, no fuge.
Values taken
Temp 76
Nh3, NO2-, NO3-, P04 are all zero
pH 8.3
Ca 300
Mg 1000
Kh 110
Ca, Mg and Kh are all low. I want to raise Ca to `450, Mg ~1300 and Kh ~170.
I am trying to understand how to do that naturally. I prefer natural vs always having to dose the aquarium. I think chemicals are only a short term fix and does not address the root cause.
The next option I have been researching is adding socks with media. I just started investigating that so I am still unfamiliar with them. I think that would suffice considering I can buy in bulk, change out 1-3 months and will help maintain stability.
I am currently reading the stickies regarding some of this information.
Any help, ideas, suggestions, methods, experience, stories.... anything will help.
Thanks!
Trying to wrap my head around fixing parameters and battling dinoflagellates.
Read various measures to kill the dinoflagellates. I have my own ideas taken from what I read. Black out tank, less food.. etc etc. I think the values are the root cause for it thriving. I believe it was introduced into the tank from fish or coral bought at a LFS since its happening to my tank and friends.
Friends setup - 110g, LED lights, reef, various fish, 100lbs LR/sand, small skimmer, no fuge.
Values taken
Temp 76
Nh3, NO2-, NO3-, P04 are all zero
pH 8.3
Ca 300
Mg 1000
Kh 110
Ca, Mg and Kh are all low. I want to raise Ca to `450, Mg ~1300 and Kh ~170.
I am trying to understand how to do that naturally. I prefer natural vs always having to dose the aquarium. I think chemicals are only a short term fix and does not address the root cause.
The next option I have been researching is adding socks with media. I just started investigating that so I am still unfamiliar with them. I think that would suffice considering I can buy in bulk, change out 1-3 months and will help maintain stability.
I am currently reading the stickies regarding some of this information.
Any help, ideas, suggestions, methods, experience, stories.... anything will help.
Thanks!
