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ah beng got lots of dispar anthias ystd afternoon but don't have lyretail

Yellow tangs spotted anywhere?

I battled red slime/cyano before.. found that a combination of phosphates and low flow is the cause. Did you test your po4 level?

Wow really nice zoas dude, especially that utter chaos. Crazy colour

nice tank xiggie, can you pm me the price for the nualgi treatment?

Me too, I've tried manual removals and blackouts but they seem to come right back.

Hi guys, been a while since I've waged my war against dinos. And just when I thought I've gotten them under control through blackouts and h2o2 dosing, they came back overnight when I resumed my lighting. My corals all looked really bad and I was worried for my snails So yesterday I took several extreme measures to save my corals, made a bucket of fresh saltwater, took my 1ft spare tank out and moved all my corals over. Then I did a huge water change and siphoned out whatever I could. Removed my ats as well. I have no idea what caused the dinos now, but they are declining already. Resumed my normal lighting schedule and notice a slight growth. All parameters are normal and hopefully they'll be gone soon.

Outsourced! Currently employing a starry blenny to mow my lawn haha. Really cute guy. He eats my hair algae with a vengeance.

Np bro

Hopefully they'll go away soon, I've stopped my water changes, just siphoning out whatever I can through a filter sock and pour the water back in. Did nualgi help?

Not really, I don't notice any bloom after doing my water changes. But I did read that trace nutrients in wc fueled dinos in other tanks. Mine took over the tank overnight when I forgot to turn off my lights. Could be due to excessive lighting

Determining the root cause is one possible way to find a solution this issue, but here I'm asking if anyone has experience in dealing with dinos. Not specific to my case.

I noticed a lack of information on dinoflagellates on this forum, and the little bit of information says increased pH and phosphate reduction would help but there isn't much explanation. I'm just wondering if locals here just do not encounter dinos or everyone knows exactly how to get rid of them. I've tried almost everything from blackouts to increased pH to algae scrubbers and even hydrogen peroxide but the dinos just come right back. I've currently battling dinos in my tank, if anyone had been successful in eradicating this pest, can you share your experiences here?

Bro your tank don't look like a 2ft tank at all haha. Very nice tank and video! So much variety of corals, hard to believe you're only running fans, definitely a well planned set up

Welcome to nano reefing! maybe you can try to flip your picture in your phone before you upload to tapatalk? And does your tank have a curved front? It looks a little curved

Bro, I've gotten everything you listed there hahaha! I defeated the red slime with a 3 day blackout and lowering my po4. Now having a little bit of hair algae and some green spots on the glass (which i enjoy scraping off anyway). May engage more turbo snails for the hair algae on the rocks, but then again I don't know if my 2 snails are avoiding them because they're dinos...

Thanks bro! yes the goodbye PO4 is pretty easy to use, you can consult henry from marinelife on the dosage for your tank. He will recommend a 1ml dose everyday to maintain your po4 levels after you lowered it, but I notice I don't have to dose a lot nowadays and my po4's constant at 0-0.03ppm. You have find your own routine I guess. And it will make your tank cloudy for a while after dosing, if you have not enough flow the precipitate will settle on the live rocks and corals, so I'm not sure if it's okay for sps..

Omg nice shot! Your two grammas are so cute

No bro, I'm not using the esv 2part dosing. The KH supplement is part of the reefmax additives I got from jirehmarine

Oh I see.. Sorry I didn't know that . It looked like any ordinary mesh cover from the picture and I was just wondering why you would want it shipped all the way from us.

Lol well I'm sure you can get mesh that won't corrode here in sg

Yeah.. I agree! I had a lot of algae problems in the past, and those stuff are an accumulation of the methods I've tried to battle these algae. Quite a bit of a mess but back then I was really looking to get rid of algae long term, hence the sump/ats etc. And yes again I agree! Henry is a very nice guy. He was very helpful and patient every time I went over. I'll consider the reef biofuel but for now I'll like to see how well the ats works. My tank'a pH is kept constant at 8.2. I think it's due to the ats too actually(there's an air pump attached to it) and I manually dose a kH supplement and it's kept around 9-11dKh. Thanks for sharing bro! I've been reading your thread since I've started this tank btw haha! It is a great inspiration for me. Now that I've gone and tried it for myself, I understand how difficult it is to maintain a nano tank. Lots of money spent but well worth it. Cheers

You know there's this small metal ball cage people use to put veggie/hay to feed rabbits guinea pigs etc? I think that one can use to feed your fish also haha if they have plastic ones. May be more aesthetically pleasing. Great idea btw!

Hey why not just buy those BBQ wire mesh from ntuc and Velcro from any sewing shop? Then cut it up and DIY. I think that may be cheaper than shipping from us..

I read a few sources that stated that raising pH may help inhibit dinoflagellates. My kh is kept constant at 9-10dkh. Thanks for the advice