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I have a 22 gallon and a 10-15 gallon sump.... I have had a pair of clownfish, a watchman goby, a clown goby and a pistol shrimp for years with no issues with nitrates, etc.

Its the best salt i have used to be honest, its a bit more time consuming to mix since it has the salt, magnesium powder, part a and b liquids but i saw improvements very quickly after using it several times.

Hey guys! its been a while since I updated pics of my tank's reboot 2 years ago. Its been having slow progress but I started buying more corals recently. Lifestock 2 Clownfish 1 Watchman Goby 1 Clown Goby 1 Pistol Shrimp 4 Turbo 5-6 Blue Leg Hermits Equipment 6 bulb ATI Powermodule (4b+ 2c+) 22g tank 10-15g sump MP10WES Mag Drive 9.5B (return pump) Eshopps Skimmer psk-75 Aqua UV Sterilizer Additives Zeovit K-Balance Zeovit Flatworm Stop (mixed with K-Balance 1:1) Zeovit Zeobak Zeovit B-Balance Zeovit Coral snow Salt ESV B-Ionic Salt Here are some pictures that where taken with an iphone and with only 2 ATI coral plus T5 bulbs on turned on because I suck at taking pictures with all of them on.

I have a nano, so if lights go out, I will put everything in buckets and put it on my running SUV full of gas lol.. Other preparations for the storm: 24" Ariens snow blower Went grocery shopping 2 cars full of gas Still need at least 24 beer bottles

I have a 6 bulb ati as well and my next purchase would be 3 blue + 3 coral +.

A lot of people would tell me that uv sterilizers do not work and that kept me from buying one, but this was my last shot before throwing the towel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So i bought a 8w aquauv unit new and 2 days after 95% of dynos are gone! The uv is inline with the return pump and water quality improved greatly! I still clean the rocks daily with a turkey baster and move the gravel with my hand to release any existing dynos. Hopefully by eow they are all gone, crossing my fingers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

According to username Pants (I consider him an expert on dynos), if you take any sample of saltwater from our tanks, you will find dynos in it. All algae types are competing for space and for some reason, in my setup, dynos are beating other algae types such as diatoms and hair algae. Well see, right now I see spaghetti like brown algae on the crushed coral substrate & some brown snot like algae on the rocks. From my experience with this algae I can tell you it looks almost exacly the same as the one I had before but I havent confirmed this yet with a microscope since I dont have one.

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I think they are dyno's again... I am not sure why they came back but it is very stressful. I bought new rock, sand, cleaned the whole tank 7 equipment with water & chlorine & still have them... I am thinking that my light is causing them to outbreak but I cannot explain myself why? On my previous tank, when I had LEDS, it was dyno free but when I changed to the ATI fixture, they came up. The ATI fixture has been proven to work on tanks, maybe my bulb combination is causing some spectrum that dyno's like?

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I agree with you that Dynos are present in every tank, the strain that I had is called ostreopsis (verified by Pants) which is the most toxic dynoflangellate out there. It all started when I changed from LEDS to an ATI powermodule, so probably because the light was stronger and I was doing an ULNS, it caused an outbreak. But also, if it was caused by strong light and the usage of zeovit, why other tanks that have the same setup have amazing growth, color, etc and no dynos? Maybe the rocks that I had where leaching some chemical that dynos like? Maybe since the tank is placed next to a window that has red curtains add some light spectrum that feeds these devils? Who knows...

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My plan is to start fresh with rocks, sand & nothing from the other tank. I will dip all SPS in revive & melafix to kill any unwanted pests and in addition, I will buy from reputable sources that I see that are pest free. I did a fresh water dip on all fish and according to user named Pants (very knowledgeable in Dynos), this will kill these cells. If I get dynos after this, I will give up and sell everything!

In addition to basic 4 zeovit additives I will only dose: Zeo Spur2 Zeo K-Balance Zeo B-Balance Zeo Flatworm Stop Zeo Cyano Clean (as needed) Zeo Amino Acid Concentrate Fish Calcium & Alkalinity to maintain balance

Thank you I checked the parameters yesterday and so far so good, im waiting for this bacteria bloom to settle so I can add a few SPS.

Greetings all! So, as some of you know, I was fighting a Dynoflangellate outbreak for the past 3-6 months & was unsuccessful. I tried a lot of additives & methods & still Dynos won. I also tried to save some of the corals & fish in hospital tanks, however due to a recent family emergency (unexpected loss of my father), the hospital tanks crashed. I lost all corals, and was only able to save some fish & 1 pistol shrimp... Enough with the bad news, so I bought new rock & sand from the LFS and started a dead rock cycle last month. I had enough zeovit supplies to start a zeo tank again so I did! Here are the details: Main tank: DIY 22g low Iron Glass Sump tank: 15g high Lights: ATI Powermodule 6x24w (b+, c+, p+, b+, c+, b+) Skimmer: ESHOPPS PKS-75 ATO: DIY with relay Return Pump: Mag Float 9B Water Movement: MP10WES & Return Pump Controller: Reef Keeper Lite Basic Dosing Pump: Marine Color 3 head dosing pump (CAL, ALK & diluted ZeoStart3) Heater: Eheim Jaegar I recently bought a clean up crew from the LFS & all fish & inverts are transferred after a fresh water dip. I know that inverts are sensitive to this but I couldn't risk getting a dyno seed again! He is doing good after one week. Diatoms cycle is done and now I am almost ready for some corals.. My plans is to have SPS only, we will see how it goes...

It happened to me recently, lost all my corals and I was fortunate enough to save all my fish... I am currently going through a cycle again.

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So as some of you may know, I recently took my shallow 22g down due to the Ostreopsis Dynoflangellates algae. I lost all around 75% of the corals in the tank and the other are in a hospital tank where the dyno's are still present. Fish & inverts are all ok. I have some corals, fish & inverts that I would love to keep in my tank's reboot. I bought new rock, new sand & I have sanitized all the equipment & tank with chlorine, vinegar & peroxide (all at different times). 1. For fish, I would like to do a fresh water dip and transfer them to the new tank, is that a good idea? 2. What to do if I want to keep some soft corals such as ricordea's & zoanthids? Fresh water dip? 3. What to do if I want to keep 2 LPS (Miami hurracane chalice & green favia). Some of these things have been with me for years, specially my clown pair.. I cant sell & I dont feel like trading anything into a LFS to avoid dynoflangellates contamination. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Your most important thing is the ATO. If you have it full proof, then you will be ok. Make sure the system is stable, restarts perfect in a power loss & no new equipment has been added recently. Do a good water change before you leave.

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