Dinos on Corals

[Idoc]

Couldn't get a response last week, so gonna ask again... maybe I'll get lucky and find someone who knows, lol.

Any advice on how to "clean" a coral from a dino-infested tank before moving to a dino-free tank? You think a peroxide dip would be enough?

 

[wesman42]

Couldn't get a response last week, so gonna ask again... maybe I'll get lucky and find someone who knows, lol.

Any advice on how to "clean" a coral from a dino-infested tank before moving to a dino-free tank? You think a peroxide dip would be enough?

Unless the new tank is well established with lots of biodiversity, I wouldn't even risk it. You can't kill every single one 100%. Otherwise, I've moved over frags from a dino infested one, to another well established one with nutrients under control, but not 0 without any problems at all.

 

[TessGlo]

I wouldn't even risk it

I would also advise caution. I've transferred dinos to another tank, where an outbreak then occurred, even though it was a 2 year well established tank. It wasn't as bad as my newer tank but I wouldn't have guessed it would be that virulent

 

[Idoc]

Unless the new tank is well established with lots of biodiversity, I wouldn't even risk it. You can't kill every single one 100%. Otherwise, I've moved over frags from a dino infested one, to another well established one with nutrients under control, but not 0 without any problems at all.

I would also advise caution. I've transferred dinos to another tank, where an outbreak then occurred, even though it was a 2 year well established tank. It wasn't as bad as my newer tank but I wouldn't have guessed it would be that virulent

Oh, shoot.... definitely not what I was hoping to hear! The dino-infected tank is my Coral QT/grow out tank...i hate losing the corals I have had in there over the past 6-10 months! They are not looking well now that the dinos have taken over. I've dosed H2O2 the last 3 days and that has helped, but they are still present. Its not an easy environment to maintain any sort of nutrients in since there's no fish in the tank.

I was thinking of breaking down the QT tank, disinfecting everything, then starting back up. Then, immediately start the new "clean" environment with nutrients by dosing nitrates/phosphates to higher initial levels and attempt to keep those levels elevated. Then maybe run extended light schedule to promote some algae growth with those nutrients. Maybe then the algae will have a leg up to out compete the dinos and keep them from returning. Think this sounds like a practical plan?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

That would work yes.

Keeping in mind , we all have dinos. Just like cyano. You just need to out compete it and not give it the right conditions to thrive.

I’ll add, some folks have had success with boosting bio diversity with a fuge , Fiji Mud , Garf grunge etc.

 

[wesman42]

That would work yes.

Keeping in mind , we all have dinos. Just like cyano. You just need to out compete it and not give it the right conditions to thrive.

I’ll add, some folks have had success with boosting bio diversity with a fuge , Fiji Mud , Garf grunge etc.

Adding Fiji Mud in mine got rid of them in under 2 weeks. This was in conjunction with keeping my nitrates and phosphates above 0. I also added chaeto at the same time in case I overdid the dosing...and they came with a bunch of pods.

 

[reefsofty]

Oh, shoot.... definitely not what I was hoping to hear! The dino-infected tank is my Coral QT/grow out tank...i hate losing the corals I have had in there over the past 6-10 months! They are not looking well now that the dinos have taken over. I've dosed H2O2 the last 3 days and that has helped, but they are still present. Its not an easy environment to maintain any sort of nutrients in since there's no fish in the tank.

I was thinking of breaking down the QT tank, disinfecting everything, then starting back up. Then, immediately start the new "clean" environment with nutrients by dosing nitrates/phosphates to higher initial levels and attempt to keep those levels elevated. Then maybe run extended light schedule to promote some algae growth with those nutrients. Maybe then the algae will have a leg up to out compete the dinos and keep them from returning. Think this sounds like a practical plan?

tru uv it killed all the dinos