mwilk19
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I have mine on a separate pump. I run it at about 250 gph .
Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?
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mwilk19
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That's just about the same one I have. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JDTXHI6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Be advised that it's big.
mwilk19
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This is the pump I bought to run it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PBALAE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Beardo
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I had success with UV for Ostreopsis, Prorocentrum and Coolia once I upsized to the appropriate size. I was running a 57 watt unit on a 270g tank without success. Then installed a 114 watt unit and they were pretty much gone in a week. Installed inline on return and run 24x7.
Beardo
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Quartz sleeve separates the bulb from the water
From the myriad approaches to Dino controls, UV is the most consistent among techniques. Oversized uv deserves an enduring award for its service to this hobby
Not every tank responds, but a stat significant amnt of them do we can read
When something better comes along, uv use w scale back but that’s not happening regarding dinos so far
the thousands of posts about it curing dinos is where the momentum originates
Not every tank responds, but a stat significant amnt of them do we can read
When something better comes along, uv use w scale back but that’s not happening regarding dinos so far
the thousands of posts about it curing dinos is where the momentum originates
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mcarroll
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Fixing nutrients is what allows UV to work. But it does not work against all types of dinos.
Fixing nutrients + a few things has actually worked.
In fact, in a significant number of cases, just fixing nutrients is all it took.
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mcarroll
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Whoa....mods messing with my account maybe?
I’ve never seen that many duplicate posts from one press of the send!
I edited one word and I think it happened again.
Anyone know how that happened?
I’ve never seen that many duplicate posts from one press of the send!
I edited one word and I think it happened again.
Anyone know how that happened?
kschweer
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It may not seem like it to you but we have better things to do than that! Lol
My ostreopsis / large cell amphidinium problem persisted, throughout nutrient balancing, until UV was added. On the surface, it appears that the UV was the true "cure" but I doubt without the nutrient balancing the UV would have solved the problem. My thought is that the UV helped diminish the dinos to a point where other algaes and fauna could grow and outcompete the the dinos.
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mcarroll
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Exactly...that was my only point.
In the past lotsa folks have applied UV and failed while a few succeeded.
That's what half a solution looks like and how it works.
"You win some you lose some," to put Sun Tzu's quote into fewer words.
This seems to apply to most situations in life – not just algae outbreaks.
Life is still rough. But in the case of dino's, it seems like we have at least a passing understanding of both sides of the equation.
We're winning decidedly more than we're not.
Someday it would be fun to add up what the thread's "batting average" really is.
ok so this morning i noticed my tang pooping white stringy stuff is it possible he ate the dinos thinking it was algae and now its inside him?
That looks like chaeto poop to me. I've seen that from my foxface when he gets a hold of chaeto.
kschweer
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I removed the duplicate post you were concerned with. If it was anything more than that you would have been notified. No conspiracy here.
Interesting. Could some have made it's way into the tank from your return?
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