Well, another Dino - proven antidote.

[George03]

having a microscope is a great tool, to get a bearing on what is going on. Ostreopsis. Been battling and beating it back for 2 weeks, and got to the point were the toxins are starting to take affect on my corals, all of which survived so far, but it is time for the secret weapon. I was using H202 and RAZOR, nightly stirs and filtering. My new-ish setup, did not stand a chance with the nutrient crash they kept coming back. Final solution, being just steps from a full on teardown. It calls for 1/2 tsp per 30 g, so I put in a tablespoon. These ostreos would have been ready to get back to work at first light, but clearly are dead cells, about 99.9 percent that I see are dead. This is a colony I pull off of the filter gate. Watching optimistically for today, and will be dosing for a few days. A .50 cent solution, and doesn't care about balance P or N or A, or anything else.

 

[George03]

coral strand

 

[taricha]

Glad that you found it helpful. For any wondering, this is 5.4% polixetonium chloride

This is the same cationic polymer algaecide that you can find in algaecide products from API, Tetra, Fritz, and many others.
Some have found it helpful vs dinos. Others have not.

 

[George03]

Yes I suspect it is a commonly marketed product, since it is a commercial formula. I took some picts this morning. I will add what else I did so far. I purged out the AIO sump, it collected a lot of filth. I installed a fluval 107 for my 25G JBJ, the sump is clean, I used a 107 fluval for years on my FW 28G. I put in filter silk where the carbon should be. Put the skimmer where the sock should be. I was pristine for one day, next morning some brown spots, I made a nuclear baster with a heavy dose of algecide and pumped in to the sand bed. I could not make out any thing with certainty. This morning, got more or less a tan coating that covers most of the pink fuji. Tank is going on 3 months. In my other treads I traced out my details, it was live rock in a naive tank exploded with ostreopsis. Anything brown is terribly threatening to see. However, I am hopeful. There are signs of a lot of new life now, and the dinos are either lethargic, hard to find or dead. What I wanted to share was I got a dose of chaetomoroha and macerated it, shreaded by hand, crushed a bunch, and put it all in the Display tank for a day. It was a mess. I do not have a long term outcome yet. But, I have pictures of some, and much more activity after the 3rd day. Is what I am hoping that would be expected for pushing the dinos back to dormancy. Thanks for reading and any observations. Unfortunately I don't have any zoomies on film yet.

 

[Lavey29]

Some observations, you don't have near enough rock in your tank which is where your beneficial bacteria colonizes. Harsh chemicals wiped out what minimal biome you probably had in your new tank so you are starting from ground zero again. You mentioned starting with "live rock" ? Was this real live wet ocean rock from a vendor like Tampa Bay? Or just some used LFS rock? The rock in your picture does not look like live rock. The worst thing you can do to a new tank is start dumping harsh chemicals. Buy a few pieces of real live wet ocean rock from Tampa Bay and Jumpstart your biome again. Refer to the attached link for dino ID because none of the pictures in your threads show a definite ID. Keep in mind every reef tank has dinos in it but only 3 types ever really bloom to problems and only if certain conditions are present. Corals can recover. I've had corals completely dead for years come back. I've removed dead corals from the tank and 2 years later the same coral started growing from a tiny spore that must have remained on the rock like DNA left over.

https://www.reef2reef.com/attachments/dinoflagellateid12_12_2019-pdf.1324729/

 

[George03]

yep, LFS live rock. I had asked what critters I might fine and she said, some diatoms, but that is water under the bridge. These dry rock I used to home the corals for the interim. It was definitely Ostreopsis per my other post. Yes it is a start over. I think I will just age these ones and dose coralline algae from here. Dormancy is the nature of many microbes, seeking an opportunity, i.e. wiki red tide. It was an interesting and educational experience. I had to break down my original structure which sadly resembled an octopus, in order to get around the tank for the triage stage so this is really the recovery room you see it now. Beauty of a small reef; options.