Dino X Nitrate and Phosphate dosing during treatment
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ShepherdReefer
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Hey there, have you received an answer yet? How long has your tank been setup?
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Hi thanks for the reply, I have not received an answer yet. The instructions state no mineral salt dosing so my take on that is not to dose either compound.
Tank is five times months old FOWLR tank, confirmed Procentrum Dinos via a few samples taken off the sandbed.
Will be using Dino X and Hydrogen Peroxide to knock back as much as possible before hitting it with pods, phyto, microbacter 7 and clean to increase diversity and out compete. Will see how I go, finger's crossed.
Nutrients are now where they need to be 10.4 ppm nitrate and 0.1ppm phosphate, after two weeks of phosphate bottoming out.
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Now totally free from Dinoflagellates thankfully, beautiful white sand once more I used Dino X in the evening after working out the exact volume of water - used for two weeks every other day. I also dosed hydrogen peroxide 6 percent early morning every day. The dual combination wiped them out - part 1 of the battle to me!
I am now undertaking part 2 to ensure that Dinos do not return to my system anytime soon after beating them back. Nitrates raised to 20 and Phosphates to 0.2, UV turned off, I am dosing Microbacter 7 daily via my doser, I also dose Microbacter Clean on a Monday and a Thursday and feed live Phyto every other day.
After running minimal blue light for the start of the treatment I am now at 60 percent and about to introduce a small amount of white into the mix - the anenome did stuggle with the lack of light at the start of the treatment but is back to normal now.
My only loss was an urchin that right at the start mowed over a large patch of Procentrum and then stopped and died sadly. If I had lots of corals maybe I would consider Silca dosing rather than Dino X but in my FOWLR predetor tank all seems good now
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