Oh crap, I DO have dinoflagelates. Well, it makes sense that it got a little worse with the chemi clean. I've also been losing some snails (another symptom of dinos.) On the plus side, I've been taking measures that people recommend for dinos (no lights, frequent water changes, etc.) It seems that unless you get all of it, though, it will probably come back. The guy on the above RC thread link, Redspot321, took a very drastic approach to his dino problem. He did the following:
1) removed all corals from live rock and put them in a separate tank
2) removed all LR and put them in covered buckets with NO light
3) removed all sand and boiled it on the stove, then rinsed the sand
4) after 5 days of no light, returned the LR, and then started to set up his tank again.
I <u>REALLY</u> don't want to have to go through all this. Right now I can only see a few strands of the stuff. So here's what I'm going to do: I'll keep the lights off the tank for the next few days, doing 20% water changes every other day to make sure all nutrients and stuff from die off are removed. The fish should be able to go a few more days without food okay. If <u>ANY</u> dinoflagelates still remain after 4 more days, I'll start a more aggressive aproach, which might involve replacing my sandbed. (If it comes to that, I'll need someone to house my sand star and conch so they don't starve.) I'll keep everyone posted, and FutureInterest, I'm forever indebted to you.
