how to get rid of dinoﬂagellates

121a · 07/20/2008, 07:25 PM

i have a 27gal with a 10g sump with some macro algae and these dinos came out of no where about a month ago. I did a kalk+vinger+ro/di top off and it worked for a day and it came right back. What could be causing this??? i have a 250w halide and actinics. all the levels are zero (not ca or phosphate which i do not know) and ph is 8.11 (low i know i'm getting it up).

121a · 07/21/2008, 07:48 AM

dino***ellates, i don't know why the title came out like that.

rich415 · 07/21/2008, 11:18 PM

I turned my lights off for two and a half days straights. Only turning the lights one in order to siphon out the dead, dying, and still living dinos. after this, I still have a very tiny amout left that I continiusly siphon. I also lowered my photo period from 11 hours to eight.

Hope this helps

Rich

121a · 07/22/2008, 08:56 AM

it does. I'm going to do 4 days of no light and hopefully it will kill all of it.

07/20/2008, 07:25 PM	#1
121a Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 803	how to get rid of dinoﬂagellates i have a 27gal with a 10g sump with some macro algae and these dinos came out of no where about a month ago. I did a kalk+vinger+ro/di top off and it worked for a day and it came right back. What could be causing this??? i have a 250w halide and actinics. all the levels are zero (not ca or phosphate which i do not know) and ph is 8.11 (low i know i'm getting it up).

07/21/2008, 07:48 AM	#2
121a Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 803	dino***ellates, i don't know why the title came out like that.

07/21/2008, 11:18 PM	#3
rich415 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 172	I turned my lights off for two and a half days straights. Only turning the lights one in order to siphon out the dead, dying, and still living dinos. after this, I still have a very tiny amout left that I continiusly siphon. I also lowered my photo period from 11 hours to eight. Hope this helps Rich

07/22/2008, 08:56 AM	#4
121a Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 803	it does. I'm going to do 4 days of no light and hopefully it will kill all of it.