Do we know if these tablet kill dinos to being with? Can someone do a test on it outside their tank first.I thought about this. And tablets to make drinking water. But dumping one of those tablets in my tank freaks me out, honestly.
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Do we know if these tablet kill dinos to being with? Can someone do a test on it outside their tank first.I thought about this. And tablets to make drinking water. But dumping one of those tablets in my tank freaks me out, honestly.
No idea but would be a good test in a sample of water first.Do we know if these tablet kill dinos to being with? Can someone do a test on it outside their tank first.
Well if you find death in the sample send some tabs my way and I'll test them slowly in my system.No idea but would be a good test in a sample of water first.
Ahhh well lucky you... ok. You have these tablets or was that someone else? Let's get a tablet into someone hands who has dinos and a scope and go from there.I don't have Dino's but have had them and always hoping a cure can be found in the event of them reappearing. Otherwise I'd do a test.
Yes it was me. Happy to send them out if someone wants to test.Ahhh well lucky you... ok. You have these tablets or was that someone else? Let's get a tablet into someone hands who has dinos and a scope and go from there.
If you aren't ready to go bleach, try strong UV with slow flow. Some suggestion that prorocentrum lima might leave the substrate and go into water column at night, like ostreopsis.I haven't read the entire thread. With that being said, is there a specific treatment or one that has worked for prorocentrum dinos?
Haha relaxing haaaa.Yes it was me. Happy to send them out if someone wants to test.
Mind i might as well have Dino's. My Radion has decided to die and now the tank is darkness.....
I thought fish keeping was supposed to be relaxing.
It's traumatic that's what it is.
I don't know for certain. I was looking for information on how to kill or destroy dino cysts and I came across Aquamira tablets. They are used by hikers to sterilize water from creeks, ponds. Based on the information I found they kill all kinds of bacteria, viruses, but what caught my attention is "it kills Cryptosporidium cysts" and other nasties. I have not tested them in my tankDo we know if these tablet kill dinos to being with? Can someone do a test on it outside their tank first.
Amen. Saying "x worked" or "y didn't work" is nearly useless if we don't identify the strain.What kind of dinos do you have? We're they just on the sand? Did they create the long strings? Growing over corals?
This seems to also be a factor we have to keep in mind. Not everyone has the same dinos in their system. Personally mine only grow on the sand and do not create the long snotty strings. They have more of a "carpet" look.
Hmm look like this would be a balancing act on keep the tank from crashing. However if they are used for that then consumed by humans then it can be to bad.I don't know for certain. I was looking for information on how to kill or destroy dino cysts and I came across Aquamira tablets. They are used by hikers to sterilize water from creeks, ponds. Based on the information I found they kill all kinds of bacteria, viruses, but what caught my attention is "it kills Cryptosporidium cysts" and other nasties. I have not tested them in my tank
Off their site:Amen. Saying "x worked" or "y didn't work" is nearly useless if we don't identify the strain.
Ostis can be distinguished with no scope. Nothing else has the microfiber in the mucus matrix to make strings that long. It also is the most bubbly. Plus it grabs hold of things in the highest flow possible.
I haven't ever had proro in my system before so I can't play with finding a way to differentiate between prorocentrum and amphidinium.
I don't have those tablets but sound pretty good.Off their site:
Chlorine dioxide, a well established disinfectant, is generated when the Aquamira[emoji768] Water Purifier Tablets come in contact with water. Chlorine dioxide is iodine and chlorine free. The unique formula works by releasing nascent oxygen, a highly active form of oxygen, which is a strong oxidant and a powerful germicidal agent. Chlorine dioxide has been used by municipal water treatment plants to kill a variety of waterborne pathogens since the late 1940s. Unlike free chlorine (familiar as household bleach) or other halogen chemicals (such as iodine), chlorine dioxide does not create potentially harmful by-products.
Aquamira’s key benefits are clearly evident when compared to the other common portable water treatment chemical: iodine. Most importantly, chlorine dioxide is a significantly stronger oxidant than iodine, with greater pathogen killing power. Unlike iodine, chlorine dioxide does not discolor water, nor does it give water an unpleasant taste. In fact, chlorine dioxide is often used to improve the taste of water by neutralizing unpleasant flavors.
Yours also seem like a solid option.
I'd say these are becoming as common as aiptasia.
Metro has around an 86% success rate. Whilst didn't kill off completely there were clearly signs it knocked them back.
So metro + Nitazoxanide + algae + fungal remover.
This way we can target the cells and its food source.
Yes, I think metro is severely underrated. It might be the only chemical means we have that actually selectively hurts dinos.
Ooh, a disagreement. Interesting!
By "dinos", I mean the species from the groups ostreopsis, amphidinium and prorocentrum that actually form blooms in our tanks. These are all benthic/epiphytic and photoautotrophs.
Not talking about free swimming planktonic heterotrophic species that never form blooms in a reef tank.
By algae, I mostly mean GHA, turf, macroalgae, and similar, although single cell microalgae ("phytoplankton" to us) has interesting properties too.
I'm gonna have to poke around so I can cite sources on this, but there really is no evidence for the main dino species in our tanks ingesting cells of anything.
If you aren't ready to go bleach, try strong UV with slow flow. Some suggestion that prorocentrum lima might leave the substrate and go into water column at night, like ostreopsis.
Would be good to find out, and zero risk.
Anyone have an ID on these guys? Have treated with bleach 3 times, done two blackouts, and currently am using H2O2 to slow their spread. They keep coming back:-/