Get rid of Hair Algae and other Nuisance Algae

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I know it's a dinoflagellates but it should be in the same topic as algae as it is a common problem with similar effects as algae and often confused for algae. I mean there should be some inclusion in a sticy threat for dino and cyano as well, otherwise if the person's problem is not an algae, he or she will be on a dead end with this thread. Or maybe another new thread for dino and cyano but that would be more confusing I would think since most people put all of these in the same bag.

Just my thoughts.

Reefwars: From what I read there are a few strains of dino and some react really bad to high PH and some are not affected. I got rid of mine in 3 days gone for 4 months now, never saw it again. Honestly it is easy to treat that way, does not affect the other creatures in the aquarium if done slowly and a PH of 8.4 is not that drastic, but it was enough for me. You might want to tell your friend to try that and see if it work for him. I am 100% positive on the ID on mine because I have a microscope and use it to ID everything I can before treating. Mine looked like little grain of corn. Under the microscope, the cyano look very very much like a hair algae!

just out of curiosity where i have never had to treat for dino's do you raise the ph during the night when its low? or do you just gradually raise it during the day and i know it has to be down slowly to prevent ph shock thans