Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

reeferfoxx · May 14, 2018

kecked said:
Took about a month total. I then added iron to two of them to see what would happen. The iron was chelated with edta. Boom it bloomed but not in the controls.

Nice!

fishbox · May 14, 2018

taricha said:
looks like coolia to me (based on 2nd half of 2nd vid)

Thanks for the ID. Now to plan my attack.

kecked · May 15, 2018

Coolia responds to the treatment in this thread. I’m 90% cured.

fishbox · May 15, 2018

kecked said:
Coolia responds to the treatment in this thread. I’m 90% cured.

I have to go back and reread but my plans are as follows:

Get N&P back in order.
Get UV sterilizer going in display.
Get Marinlands filter going (should I put this in the DT?)
After I get a decent decrease in dinos, get mud and sand activator from ipsf.

Am I missing anything?

kecked · May 15, 2018

The micron filter did help but it’s not really needed. Yes in dt if you use it. Make sure you keep the Uv clean.

N5-10 P0.15

FaithKlim · May 16, 2018

I'm still in the early stages of my osteo battle. NO3 is where it needs to be, but I'm still dosing PO4 twice / day. In preparation for going out of town next week I'd like to set it on my doser, however, I'm using Neophos which requires you to shake it. Is there a liquid phos that doesn't require a shake so I can auto dose?

revhtree · May 16, 2018

FaithKlim said:
I'm still in the early stages of my osteo battle. NO3 is where it needs to be, but I'm still dosing PO4 twice / day. In preparation for going out of town next week I'd like to set it on my doser, however, I'm using Neophos which requires you to shake it. Is there a liquid phos that doesn't require a shake so I can auto dose?

How about setting a small powerhead in the container to keep it mixed or will this degrade it?

Kimberely · May 16, 2018

I've decided to start over since I was planning to upgrade to a much larger tank anyway. I don't want to throw out 50lbs of rock though. Curious if there's a way to kill the dinos on my live rock without killing the beneficial bacteria as well? If not, I think I'm going to sterilize it with muriatic acid before transferring it.

fishbox · May 17, 2018

Jebao 36W or 55W for a 40B with a 20 sump? I'll be upgrading the DT to an 80 within the year but hopefully would have good control of the dinos before that.

mcarroll · May 17, 2018

Looking for opinions and not trying to step on any toes so please PM me....does anyone think it's weird that this thread is still being promoted?

reeferfoxx · May 17, 2018

mcarroll said:
Looking for opinions and not trying to step on any toes so please PM me....does anyone think it's weird that this thread is still being promoted?

Not sure if it's being promoted per se but suggested in a Google search. Not uncommon for someone to say h202 helped their Dino's. So regards to the thread, if I search dinoflagellates and h202 dosings, I would assume the meta handlers would pick it up.

mcarroll · May 17, 2018

(PM pls.

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Waterbourn · May 17, 2018

Yeah. I was tired of battling. Here is my story to share on these little monsters. For those that have them dont give up and keep learning from others!!

http://atransgenicworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/dinoflagellates-in-reef-tank-what-why.html?m=1

fishbox · May 17, 2018

Waterbourn said:
Yeah. I was tired of battling. Here is my story to share on these little monsters. For those that have them dont give up and keep learning from others!!

http://atransgenicworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/dinoflagellates-in-reef-tank-what-why.html?m=1

Nice write up [emoji106]

Ert · May 17, 2018

I'm battle a round of dinos now by dosing nitrates and phosphates. My targets are 5ppm NO3 and .1ppm PO4.

NO3 is finally stable at 5ppm after of week of dosing KNO3. MY PO4 how is stubborn and keeps on dropping. I tested (hanna 736) this morning at 8am which read zero ppm. I dosed NA3PO4 and brought it up to .25ppm. I tested at 12 pm 4hrs later and my PO4 read .07ppm. Thats crazy that the tank is consuming that much PO4. 0.18ppm within 4 hrs??

The Dinos are going crazy, basically the ugly tank stage.

The corals looks fine but a lot of them are wrapped with the stringy dinos. This suxs

mcarroll · May 18, 2018

Ert said:
Thats crazy that the tank is consuming that much PO4. 0.18ppm within 4 hrs??

It's pretty amazing, but not unusual at all – dose more more than the calculated rate if you're not detecting any residual PO4 after 24 hours.

I'd add at least +1 mL to each successive PO4 dose you do, maybe even a lot more depending on the volume of water you're dosing. Lacking PO4 in the water at this stage can be a big, big problem. There's no apparent downside to having a little too much.

Once you DO detect residual PO4 after 24 hours, then resume calculated maintenance doses for your target level.

Ert · May 18, 2018

I’m trying to monitor the PO4 every 4-6 hrs as to continue dosing to keep levels above .10ppm. The Dinoos have exploded and are everywhere. I suppose this is normal and the ugly stage, right?