intense sadness
 

Looks like I'm startin over. The dinoflagellates are finally dead but they still won. Lost my blue maxima as well. :cry: Relocated some of the zoos to another tank.

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We'll all help you rebuild it - you know that. I'm going to go out in the fall and I bet some Calgary reefers will donate some frags for you.

Rats, rats, rats, rats, rats. That is just dismal - so sorry to hear and see it. Need a hug? :wink:

I'll start prepping some new zoos for ya.

Actually Alan, almost all of the zoos survived :biggrin: but if you've got some new ones, I can certainly take them off your hands :wink:

Christy :)

Hi Christy, sorry to hear news like that. You've been fighting this battle for awhile now and I thought everything was turning around there for you.You didn't lose that maxima due to dino but possibly to heat did you? Don't give up! Regards Ken

I don't know about the heat, Ken. There was only a couple of days where the temperature was elevated to about 87 or so in mid June. The tank has been holding steady at about 82 for most of the summer so far. The clam didn't start to go downhill until last week when I noticed some of its mantle wasn't fully extended and was looking kind of pinched. Could have been a delayed reaction to it maybe?? I'm not sure.

Christy :)

Christy, sorry to hear about it. The clam should be fine with the heat. As you know, mine hit 89f every day for all last summer and a bunch of days this summer.
How did ou finally kill off the dinos? My tank has been sitting dark now for 2 days, and it looks like that might be working. Of course they could come back when the lights come back on! :rolleyes:

Brad,

I think these bloody dinos can continue living even with the slightest amount of light so I covered the tank in blankets and towels for almost 4 full days. There was NO light getting in. By the 3rd day they were mostly dead but I just wanted to really make sure and since I didn't have any sps to worry about I figured what the heck :wink: Maybe try one day fully covered along with your 2 days of darkness. They sure are a PITA to get rid of. :rolleyes:

Christy :)

Christy
Sorry to hear about your tank :frown:
I don't know much about dinos/diatoms,but isn't there a diatom filter for such a thing?Before you know it,you'll have the tank up and running,looking better than ever :biggrin:

I always thought diatom filters were for suspended algae/particulates?? Maybe someone can clarify? It sure would have been nice to get rid of those dinos with a filtration unit.