Dino battle

[collosalness]

Or at least what I assume to be Dino.

I don’t have a microscope, so unable to verify, but what I did notice was this started when my nutrients bottomed out.

75g reef, the algae is brown appearing, almost reddish brown. Blows off rocks. It appears to stay on the sanded and gradually working its way up the rock.

What I’ve done so far:
Raising no3 and po4,

Last set was 10 nitrates and 0.02 phosphates. Seems like I keep having to dose more and more phosphates

Been doing manual removal.

Have 25w UV running.

Also tried dosing microbacter 7.

Any thoughts? Just wait it out until the micro biome reach equilibrium?

 

[Ziggy17]

This will give you plenty of info. I’d recommend going to Mack’s FB page as well.

 

[BryanM]

.02 phos is still really low, maybe non existent... I run 8-20 nitrates and .1-.3 phos, and have finally gotten past this battle.

I'd try and get phos up more, and I'd probably vacuum sand daily, and consider running less light for a few days.

 

[Brad Wilkins]

I recently had a Dino outbreak covering my sand bed that lasted 4 months. Apart from the dino's the sand also started to get sticky and clumpy. I believe it stemmed from my defective M2 return pump that was dosing contaminates and killing my coral. It wasn't until i got things back under control and added a Mandarin to the tank, i realised my pod population had also crashed due the contaminates, so i caught ruffly 2000+ Copepods and Amphipods to put back in my tank and within two weeks the Dinos were gone and the sand is now pristine and no longer clumping.

 

[collosalness]

i've been vacuuming daily. but obviously not sustainable as i have to work as well. i have been following trends- initially dosed neophos to a level of 0.08 quickly, and it disappeared. presumably it is now being consumed. i'm playing catch up and trying to not overshoot, although i suppose at worst i'll have tons of algae for my tangs to eat.

 

[collosalness]

looking at that PDF (very helpful, thanks) unfortunately it looks like i have the prorocentrum. looks like i'm in for a long battle...

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Check these two threads out

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...

www.reef2reef.com

A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide

As the title suggests, this is intended as a short guide on what to do when you suspect dinoflagellates are trying to overtake your system. It is an attempt to boil down the protocols discussed across 11,000 posts in this "Are you Tired" thread...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[collosalness]

Check these two threads out

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...

www.reef2reef.com

A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide

As the title suggests, this is intended as a short guide on what to do when you suspect dinoflagellates are trying to overtake your system. It is an attempt to boil down the protocols discussed across 11,000 posts in this "Are you Tired" thread...

www.reef2reef.com

Yeah saw those threads thanks.

Sounds like I’m in for a long battle..