This is meant as a semi-joke, but the fact that you had 3 blooms in your tank is probably because you only did a blackout and did not ID them.I recommend blackout or raising temperature for a few weeks before any chemical cures or expensive equipment
For me, raising temperature has resolved 3/3 dinoflagellate blooms I've had occur in my tank - I didn't even get to ID them before they were gone
No, it's cause I made dumb mistakes 3 times in a row. I never ran blackout on my personal tank, but on other tanksThis is meant as a semi-joke, but the fact that you had 3 blooms in your tank is probably because you only did a blackout and did not ID them.
But, agree with not using chemical cures for that.
I am being triggered, reading peroxide, fluconazole….oh boy. I guess I call it a day….No, it's cause I made dumb mistakes 3 times in a row. I never ran blackout on my personal tank, but on other tanks
1st time I used so much peroxide to kill algae that the whole benthos was messed up, way back when
2nd time I scrubbed scrubbed scrubbed the filter too clean
3rd time I scrubbed the filter again, and then ran fluconazole for bryopsis.
Now when I clean the filter I only clean one component and I do it gently lol
This what I see with max zoom on my Amazon scope. Can see the opening with different dinos type like amphidinium and Ostreopsis. Ostreopsis spins while amphibian has opening and seem like it slidesOstreopsis confirmed, thanks for the microsoce @popper. It could be clearing up on it's own maybe? Was much worse a couple weeks ago. I'll up my phosphate dosing and see what happens.
Maybe get one of these cheap small UVs in case that doesn't work:
AA GKM3W Mini Internal UV,Black,AAUV3W-B
hygger Aquarium U-V Light with Timer, 360° Protective Shield Clean Light for Green Water and Algae Clean, Mini Algae Control Lamp for Freshwater and Saltwater Tank (5W for 13-40 Gallon)
Ostreopsis swimming:
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