H202 and Algae

[Braedo_Reef]

Hello,

I have a 10 mixed reef with a clown fish and a cleaner shimp and tons of coral. have been battleing some GHA and what I think is Dinos (brown, stringy, bubbles, worse during the day and dissapears at night) for months. I just lost 2 sps frags to the dinos smothering. I think this all stemmed from my nutrients bottoming out a few months ago.

I now dose PO4 and NO3 to keep PO4 at 0.04-0.06 and NO3 between 5-10.

I am seeing threads about dosing H202 1mL/10g/day for Dinos and other algaes. Whats your guys opinion on the safety of this for my clown and cleaner shrimp? I will obvisouly be very careful not to overdose. From what I am seeing, this should be safe if I stick to recommended dosage.

Thoughts?

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[Spare time]

If the dinos disappear at night, a uv sterilizer should destroy them. I personally am not a fan of hydrogen peroxide dosing because its indescriminate

 

[Braedo_Reef]

If the dinos disappear at night, a uv sterilizer should destroy them. I personally am not a fan of hydrogen peroxide dosing because its indescriminate

this tank is 10gallons and no sump so UV would not be possible i believe

 

[Spare time]

this tank is 10gallons and no sump so UV would not be possible i believe

You can add a cheap internal uv sterilizer until the dinos are gone. The green killing machine is my favorite but there are plenty of random brand ones on amazon

 

[Braedo_Reef]

Day 3 of dosing 1mL H2O2 after lights out. with basically no improvement. Plan is 7 days total.

 

[Subeti]

Did you succeed?

 

[Braedo_Reef]

Did you succeed?

negative

 

[Miami Reef]

Raise phosphate to 0.10ppm at minimum. Install a uv sterilizer like @Spare time suggested. That should help. You can turkey baste the dinos to encourage them to go into the water column, thus, sterilizing them.

 

[Braedo_Reef]

Raise phosphate to 0.10ppm at minimum. Install a uv sterilizer like @Spare time suggested. That should help. You can turkey baste the dinos to encourage them to go into the water column, thus, sterilizing them.

Will do. Thanks