I would think it does act on the dinos within the tissue of the coral. I'm sure the ones that perish are just absorbed or broken down by the coral cells.
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I monitor the tank all day for any signs of zooanthelle expulsion or loss.I would think it does act on the dinos within the tissue of the coral. I'm sure the ones that perish are just absorbed or broken down by the coral cells.
I didn't change any water during the 3 days as the half life is short just like h2o2
My wife has a book on every medication out there with any wanted info
I monitor the tank all day for any signs of zooanthelle expulsion or loss.
So far no findings of this reaction.
The zooanthelle is a dinoflagellate which made me worry that I would loose the corals.Oops...sorry I thought you said on the dinoflagellates in the coral tissue. Why would it harm the zooanthelle?
Half life is determined by how fast the drug is eliminated/metabolized by the organism is used in. Those half life figures are for humans or the drugs intended target use. In our tanks I'd be reluctant to guess if/how fast it's eliminated by our skimmers, the inhabitants of the tank and the test of our filtration system.
Sorry no intentions on hijacking your thread at all. Just information thank you for sharing with meManny, I'm glad that you gave my method a try and I'm glad that it worked for you. It just goes to show that weather you use my or twilliards method there's some major progress being made to treat one of the worst things we have to deal with as reefers! That is one of the things I love about this hobby, there is always treatments or processes evolving that push ahead from where we are now in the hobby. Also manny thank you for trusting that my process will work even though you and I do not know each other or have even spoken to one another other than on here. Also a big thank you to Twilliard for chiming in on this topic!
No worries bud, I'm glad that you are sharing what you have been doing!Sorry no intentions on hijacking your thread at all. Just information thank you for sharing with me
The zooanthelle is a dinoflagellate which made me worry that I would loose the corals.
Zooanthelle are a family of dinoflagellatesI'm confused. I thought zooanthelle were algae, not protozoans? The target life forms typically don't metabolize/breakdown the antibiotic, usually it's the infected animal that does. In the aquarium I really don't know what eliminates it other than our filtration (carbon, skimmer, etc.)
If it does not kill sps, does it make zooanthelle sterile as it does the pest dinoflagellates?
Well it's now been 3 days since i uncovered tank and returned to my normal lighting schedule...no dinos!Manny, I'm glad that you gave my method a try and I'm glad that it worked for you. It just goes to show that weather you use my or twilliards method there's some major progress being made to treat one of the worst things we have to deal with as reefers! That is one of the things I love about this hobby, there is always treatments or processes evolving that push ahead from where we are now in the hobby. Also manny thank you for trusting that my process will work even though you and I do not know each other or have even spoken to one another other than on here. Also a big thank you to Twilliard for chiming in on this topic!
Well it's now been 3 days since i uncovered tank and returned to my normal lighting schedule...no dinos!
Don't know if it's too early to tell but they might be gone!...[emoji16] [emoji106]
Yessir!That's great Manny, I knew that it would work for you brotha, thanks again for having faith. now you can get back to enjoying your tank instead of dealing with them things! Keep me updated bud.