72hr Blackout. Will my T.Maxima Survive?

[NanaReefer]

I'm considering a 72hr blackout to treat what may be dinoflagellates. Will my Clam survive?

 

[KorL]

Yes. Should be fine

 

[NanaReefer]

BUMP! Anyone else wanna chime in please?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Will my Clam survive?

Absolutely.

 

[Tahoe61]

My Crocea and Derasa were fine with a 3 day black out. Sorry you're having to deal with Dino.:confused:

 

[Monroereef]

Why not try hydrogen peroxide for dino?

 

[NanaReefer]

My Crocea and Derasa were fine with a 3 day black out. Sorry you're having to deal with Dino.:confused:

Tell you the truth...I don't know what the heck I'm dealing with.
Did 2wks of H2O2 treatment, didn't touch this stuff.
Tried ChemiClean, didn't touch this stuff.
Been removing a 14" sock full of sand every 2wks at the same time removing brown slimy stuff. Within 3-4 days it's back.

 

[Tahoe61]

I looked at the video, nothing definitive noticed that would move me in the cyano vs dino conclusion.

What I saw when I had dino was filament algae the developed within a couple hours of lighting coming on. Those filaments had bubbles that developed as the photoperiod went on during the day. They literally looked like strings of Christmas lights, but no color other than brown snotty looking growth.

I tried everything, water changes, purigen, chempure-elite. It was not until I raised the pH consistently 24/7 with kalk, stopped water changes and cleaned the growth from the rocks and tips of corals daily during a 3 day black out.

I would use a turkey baster and blow the dino off corals and rocks and sandbed and if the lights were on the dino was back in 4 hours.

At the time I was using amino acids and I feel it did contribute to the development. My zoanthid colonies started to die back, these were hardy zoanthid types.

 

[b3ja]

They will be fine.. Ive blackout my tank 3-4 days per week for 1 month..

 

[Reeferdood]

Tell you the truth...I don't know what the heck I'm dealing with.
Did 2wks of H2O2 treatment, didn't touch this stuff.
Tried ChemiClean, didn't touch this stuff.
Been removing a 14" sock full of sand every 2wks at the same time removing brown slimy stuff. Within 3-4 days it's back.

Looks like dinos to me, the last second in the video sold me.
How much H2O2 were you dosing?
I always treat dinos with H2O2 and I have been successful every time without killing any livestock.

 

[b3ja]

For the record.. The dino did not go away permanently with that blackout.. Yes they gone for few days.. But then they come back in few days.. Until i stop any supplimental elemen and put a ton of activated carbon and witnesses a positif dino reduction.. Thats work for my dino ( i heard every dino is different from another)

 

[NanaReefer]

Only product being dosed is BRS 2part. I feed LRS Reef Frenzy 1x daily. There are zero bubbles on this stuff as is typically found on dinos. Nothing on my rock. Only the SB is affected. All corals are doing well. No Snail deaths.
I dosed 1ml per 10g of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 2wks. It had zero effect.
I've gone an entire 30 days without a WC, doesn't seem to get any worse or better.
This is very strange stuff. It behaves and looks more like cyano minus the reddish coloring. Partially diminishing with lights out.