Dino's are kicking my butt--- help- tests posted

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Today i came home to whole bunch of rocks covered with dinoflagelates, I figure its my RO unit has been bypassing the DI cartridge.. anyone have some GFO in the arlington,gp, south fort worth are they can sell me?? and does anyone know of a testing kit that has all the kits in one box?
 
http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=55840

Check out the above post. I started it because I have been going through this for 3.5 months now. I REALLY hope you have better luck at getting them under control than I have.

I am not anywhere near you, but some LFS close by should have some ROWaphos or similar.

Please keep me informed as to the treatment you use and the results. I will do the same.

Good Luck,
 
i ordered from bulkreef supply and prices are great and i got my gfo filters and resin in about 3 days. not a bad turn around. Shipping is very reasonable.
 
ok tests so far

phosphate 1,0mg/l
nitrite 0 mg/l
ph 8.3
NO3 3mg/l
amonia 0mg/l


so what wrong with this pic??? dinos are spreading, wellso is dying, plate coral dying....
 
you have nitrates and phosphates. IMHO that is the problem. I know that phosphates were adding to my problems but yet i couldnt detect them.
 
So... what is your salinity? How is it determined?
What temp?
What kind of lighting?
What kind of flow?
What is your light schedule?

What is your alk? What is your ca? What is your Mg?
 
havent tested alk. temp is 80, and calcium is 430, havent tested alk, if alk was off wouldnt Ph be off too. flow is medium and
 
@ddier2020 wrote:
havent tested alk. temp is 80 said:
Normally yes.. but many people keep their alk around 7 or 8 with and have higher pH. If I kept mine at 7 or 8, mine would be borderline 8.0 at its lowest point.

You didn't answer the others questions though. No one is going to be able to give you a single bullet answer or help without the full picture.

What you have described thus far are symptoms... a photo of the patches would help too since it could be something other than dinos.
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I kicked dinos by getting and keeping my alk in double digits. Not 100% sure that was what did it, but I saw they ebb and flow with the alk levels, then they disappeared.
 
try this stuff has worked for me and a couple other people on the board. There are mixed reviews though. I followed the dosing and had no issues. would use it again if i had to.

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~category~Aquarium_Pharmaceuticals_Algaefix_Marine_16oz_Saltwater_Aquarium_Supplies_Additives___Supplements_Water_Treatments___Conditioners~vendor~Aquarium_Pharmaceuticals~SearchStr~~action~view~idProduct~AP1935~idCategory~FIADWT.html
 
Sorry about that dave... its a bit stressful, This week i was diagnosed with Hemochromatosis, dont know how bad my liver is so I been going to doc alot. This week i just wanted to dismantle the tank, but my wife talked me into keeping it up. I will try to get pics later.. I will run up to the store and get an alk test too..
 
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