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ReeFi Uno 2.0. I haven't seen anything else that I like as much as these lights.

Nopox is a good way to bottom out your nitrates.

In my experience, dinoflagellates can come when you have higher phosphate than nitrate. If your nitrate is 0 and your phosphates are .06, that could be the issue. Skimmers are good at reducing nitrate but not as good at reducing phosphate. In my systems, if I don't dose nitrate, I end up with phosphate higher than my nitrate like you have. I recommend getting a high range Hanna checker for nitrate. Then dose nitrate until you get to about 5-10 ppm. You can use Neonitro by Brightwell, or make your own solution from sodium nitrate. Good luck!

It's probably dinoflagellates. What are your water parameters? Specifically, what are your nitrates and phosphates?

I've got some of the Bali Green Slimer (the original with big polyps). I can bring a frag for you to the next PNWMAS meeting on April 23rd.

Tank is doing well, despite some cyano on the sandbed.

Thanks for hosting, @obrien.david.j! I enjoyed seeing your system again and had a great time!

Come also for a good chance to win an Oregon Tort frags. https://www.pnwmas.org/forums/topic/52243-march-2023-pnwmas-meeting-12th/

FYI: This is the legendary Reefgen Justin's Green Goniopora that is the hardiest and fastest growing goni I know of in the hobby.

I'll be there!

I'll bring UV sterilizers and a chiller

No, I have that many so I can turn them down low and get really good coverage with no shadows for my SPS. I used 5 Uno 1s for about a year as my SPS grew out.

ReeFi Uno V1 and V2 combo going strong!

I've got Beach Bum monti and I am coming to the Sunday club meeting.

We have data from Aquabiomics that shows it does not harm the good bacteria at the doses that Chris, Jake, and you used. It works very similarly to low doses of Cipro, and targets bad bacteria like Arcobacter and those that cause SCTLD. You can see in the microbial community graph below that before treatment my tank community was dominated by the bad bacteria (large orange bar) and after treatment it looked much more like a typical reef tank microbial community (even representation of many different bacterial groups).

I'll be there. Looking forward to it!

Witch hazel is not very effective in my experience. I would use Oxolinic Acid. I can send you dosing details when you source some.

Have you tried dosing Iron? I was having an issue a while back and it turned out that I was deficient in Iron. Within 3 days of dosing Iron, the dinos disappeared. My latest challenge is dealing with Cyano.

Here's a recent case involving a group of coral sellers that were getting corals from the Philippines. It's no joke to get caught up in one these busts! https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/10-charged-illegally-trafficking-corals-philippines

I moved these posts here at the request of Rudy, since he thought the discussion was interesting and didn't want it to derail the phytoplankton classified advertisement it was in. I thought that was a good suggestion.

Yes, that's a money cowrie. I should try putting names on a photo. That would be fun!

Loving these ReeFi Uno 2.0s!

My frag is #6. I removed the frag from the original plug and glued it to a new one. It measures about 25 mm. This is my lowboy frag system that is about 90 gallons, including the sump. Reefi Duo Extreme leds. I keep alk around 8 and Ca around 400. Nitrate is 15 ppm and Phosphate is .09 ppm.

I'll be there!