Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

[JAMSOURY]

It will work fine as long as you have at least 1 watt of UV for every 3 gallons of tank water. So you’ll need 70 watts or so.

What I did for my 180 gallon tank was run both a 55 watt jebao (inexpensive) and a 57 watt aqua UV(more $$) during my big dino episode. After my dinos subsided, I now only run the aqua uv unit.

Have your dinos been identified? UV is not effective for amphidinium.

Cool thanks!

Yeah, I got ostreopsis, so im looking to size this up correctly

 

[Pennywise the Clown]

I've just cleaned my 55w jeboa UV sterilizer and the amount of salt that came out was ridiculous. No way that it was working as well as it should.
Might be worth checking yours if it's been running a while. Mine was running for just 6 months.

 

[dwest]

I’ve heard that from others. Oddly, mine was perfectly clean of any salts when I inspected mine after about 6 months. I did find some black specks, presumably from the the breakdown of the shell of the unit.

 

[Ernie C]

Can you tell me what size pump/flow you’re putting through this?

Its actually a small power head, i'm not sure the GPH for it but it isn't much. My guess would be like 150 to 200 gph.

 

[taricha]

What I did for my 180 gallon tank was run both a 55 watt jebao (inexpensive) and a 57 watt aqua UV(more $$) during my big dino episode. After my dinos subsided, I now only run the aqua uv unit.

Quoting for agreement. I like the idea of using big cheap watts during the outbreak and smaller higher quality for more consistent occasional use.

 

[JAMSOURY]

Just saw this video. Looks interesting if anyone might want to give it a try.

 

[Clownfishy]

@JAMSOURY , thanks for the video, very interesting. Especially vodka dosing, something we have all been told not to do! Bacteria dosing is something I just started and again some people say you should does bacteria and some say you should not be dosing bacteria!

 

[JAMSOURY]

@JAMSOURY , thanks for the video, very interesting. Especially vodka dosing, something we have all been told not to do! Bacteria dosing is something I just started and again some people say you should does bacteria and some say you should not be dosing bacteria!

I agree! I’m also wondering if all corals (especially sps) will be fine after the hydrogen peroxide and vodka dosing?

It would be interesting if anyone is able to attain long term success with this method without raising nutrients to battle the dinos.

 

[Neoalchemist]

@JAMSOURY , thanks for the video, very interesting. Especially vodka dosing, something we have all been told not to do! Bacteria dosing is something I just started and again some people say you should does bacteria and some say you should not be dosing bacteria!

This just seems like walking multiple very narrow tightropes for a very long time. Also I went the bacteria route for a couple of months and man it got expensive. Ordering bacteria every week put put a pretty big dent in my reefing budget.

 

[Entz]

I seen that video and am tempted to try it if mine come back. The only issue I have with peroxide is it can be hard on shrimp, depending on how much gets back into the tank.

One for me , one for you Vodka dosing though

 

[JAMSOURY]

This just seems like walking multiple very narrow tightropes for a very long time. Also I went the bacteria route for a couple of months and man it got expensive. Ordering bacteria every week put put a pretty big dent in my reefing budget.

I agree, with this method, with the stuff listed is around $50-60. Still worth it considering how much damage dinos can do. Mine keep coming back if my nutrients hit low, so I may give this a try.

 

[Neoalchemist]

I agree, with this method, with the stuff listed is around $50-60. Still worth it considering how much damage dinos can do. Mine keep coming back if my nutrients hit low, so I may give this a try.

I definitely think it can work given the right circumstances. But it didn't for me and I gave it a pretty good go. That's why I spent a lot of money on bacteria kept trying to give it more time. Silicate doseing was what turned the corner for me. And it was pennies compared to multiple bottles of waste away and re-fresh.

 

[3000kelvin]

Thought I'd add to this thread since it helped me greatly when researching my dinoflagellate problem.

I assumed I had a diatom bloom in my tank until the snotty mucus started to appear. After some research I realized it was in fact dinoflagellate. I don't have a microscope so I'm not sure which strain I had. After much reading I decided that my plan of attack was going to be with Dr. Tim's products. My outbreak was bad, but not as bad as some of the photos I saw posted in this thread and in other places online.

I followed this recipe card and after 12 days, I believe the treatment was a success.

I did a 3-day black, dosing Dr. Tim's Re-Fresh as prescribed. Once I removed the cover from my tank, I went to work scrubbing as much rock as possible with an old toothbrush since I found some small snot patches on a few places on my live rock. Since I have a 29g BioCube, I purchased the BioCube skimmer at my LFS and ran it for a few hours starting on Day 4. Once I finished the treatment, I dosed Vibrant aquarium cleaner and it appears that the dinos are gone.

As for my fish, shrimp and snails, they survived but I did lose my blue-legged hermit crabs and after the blackout, my corals looked great.

Hoping this helps someone.

 

[Dsantamaria29]

Need Help With ID:
Off Glass,

Off Rocks

This was off the Sandbed..

 

[dwest]

The rocks and glass look good. The sand dinos look like amphidinium to me.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/amphidinium-dinoflagellate-treatment-methods.365850/

 

[saltyhog]

I finally got the fittings and pipe I needed to hook up my new Aqua UV unit and retire my beast Jaebo. Still not pretty but much less ugly than the big ole Jaebo. Plus I cut notches for the plumbing and I don't have a hole for my fish to jump out of. I can also open the end door again to change my carbon more easily. Still trying to clean it up a little.

 

[Neoalchemist]

I finally got the fittings and pipe I needed to hook up my new Aqua UV unit and retire my beast Jaebo. Still not pretty but much less ugly than the big ole Jaebo. Plus I cut notches for the plumbing and I don't have a hole for my fish to jump out of. I can also open the end door again to change my carbon more easily. Still trying to clean it up a little.

Looks nice. Hopefully someday I can pull mine off completely

 

[Neil57]

Can I get an ID on these Dinos. They have been taking over my tank lately. I have elevated my Nitrate to 14 to 16 by dosing potasium nitrate and the Phosphate is .04 and I started dosing phosphates to get it a little higher. I have also been dosing hydrogen peroxide as well. I seem to have reduced the amount of dinos but they are still showing up. Here are a couple pictures of what I have in the tank. I haven't figured out how to load the video yet. What more can I do to get rid of these things??

 

[saltyhog]

Those are ostreopsis, although I can't be sure there aren't any other species in there. A video of them moving rather than a still would help figure out if it's only ostreopsis.

 

[Ernie C]

I finally got the fittings and pipe I needed to hook up my new Aqua UV unit and retire my beast Jaebo. Still not pretty but much less ugly than the big ole Jaebo. Plus I cut notches for the plumbing and I don't have a hole for my fish to jump out of. I can also open the end door again to change my carbon more easily. Still trying to clean it up a little.

Which UV is that? I’m going to eventually try ditching my Jebao and trying setup in the cabinet but right now everything is fine so just waiting a bit to recover some $$$