Essential items needed to get rid of dinoflagellates in a saltwater tank.
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Dinoflagellates identification
In order to accurately identify dinoflagellates, you will need a telescope with at least a x400 magnification. Don’t buy electronic microscopes as they do not tend to give you the magnification required. The two microscopes below tend to be the better models to use.
- This is an ideal microscope for home school or for students in elementary to high school to learn sciences
- 360 degree rotatable monocular head offers five magnification settings 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X & 1000X
- Widefield all optical glass elements includes single lens condenser with disc diaphragm
- Monocular offers five magnification powers up to 1000X
- Single lens condenser with disc diaphragm
- LED Illumination powered by wall-power
Adding Copepods and Phytoplankton to help get rid of dinoflagellates
By adding phytoplankton and copepods you are encouraging more diversity, and ultimately competition in your aquarium.
- Seed Your Aquarium & Feed Finicky Fish
- Contains nutritious Tigriopus & Tisbe Copepods plus 4 strains of live phytoplankton
- Premium live food for Mandarin Dragonets, Seahorses, LPS, SPS & NPS Corals, Wrasses, Anthias, Pipefish, Clown Fish, Blennies, Clams, & other Finicky Fish & Inverts
Raising Nutrient levels to ensure they do not bottom out
Dinoflagellates emerge most commonly when nitrate and phosphate levels hit zero. If this happens, you will need to raise them by dosing.
- Recommended for advanced reef aquarists for maintaining low nutrient reef aquariums
- May be used with MicroBacter7 Reef BioFuel NeoNitro or Katalyst to improve health and coloration of inhabitants
- Lowers ammonia nitrite and nitrate concentrations without the use of chemical filtration media and pollution
- Recommended for advanced reef aquarists for maintaining low nutrient reef aquariums
- May be used with MicroBacter7, Reef BioFuel, NeoPhos, or Katalyst to improve health and coloration of inhabitants
- Lowers phosphate concentration without the use of chemical filtration media and pollution
Dose sodium silicate (water glass) to outcompete and get rid of dinoflagellates
By dosing water glass, you are introducing measured amounts of silicate to your system on a daily basis. Silicate will encourage an increase in diatoms, which in turn will outcompete and get rid of dinoflagellates.
- PRODUCT INFO: Sodium silicate solution, also known as waterglass, or liquid glass is a colorless water-based liquid. Dries to a clear solid form that can withstand temperatures up to 2000F
- USES: Commonly used as a high temperature adhesive for ceramic fiber blanket, boards and other refractories. Sodium silicate is also used in making pottery, ceramics, concrete sealing, automotive repair and fire protection.
- SIZE: 4 oz bottle
Testing phosphate when you are dosing Sodium silicate
A known result of adding sodium silicate to your aquarium, is that it can throw your phosphate readings out when using a Hanna Checker. To get an accurate reading use the test kits below.
- The phosphate test kit will detect lower concentrations of phosphates
- The phosphate test is highly reliable and accurate
- The phosphate test kit includes a professional colorimetric comparator
- Phosphate pro test kit is an advanced colorimetric test with comparator
- Measuring the level of phosphate in reef aquarium to an exceptionally high resolution of 0. 014 ppm P-PO4
- This test kit, when used in conjunction with the nitrate pro test kit, enables accurate dosing of NO3: PO4-X (biological nitrate and phosphate reducer)
Accurate ICP-OES analysis of your water
To gain invaluable insight into your system, and ensure you are not lacking, or indeed have too much of something untoward, sending your water off for analysis is a good idea.
- Includes a Prepaid Label to Ship your Water in
- Includes Salinity and KH unlike competing test kits
- Major elements: chloride, sodium, sulphur, magnesium, calcium, potassium, bromine, strontium and boron
- Testing Elements Include: Na, Ca, Mg, K, Sr, B, Br, S, Li, Be, Ba, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Si, As, Sb, Sn, Cd, Se, Mo, Hg, P (PO4), Pb, I.
- The results of this test provide you with the most detailed analysis of marine aquarium water you've ever seen, enabling you to understand exactly what's missing, what's excessive, and what to do about it.
Adding a UV Sterilizer to get rid of dinoflagellates
The final piece of the puzzle to get rid of dinoflagellates is the addition of a UV Sterilizer that is suitable for your system volume. Ensure that you purchase a sterilizer that can equates to 1W per 3 gallons of aquarium water. For example, if you have a 100g aquarium, make sure that the sterilizer is at least 36W. Please do not buy the Green Killing machine.
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