What fixed your Dino’s

[Philipgonzales3]

Dumb question. Noob here that is still cycling. Does everyone get dino's? What about diatoms?

 

[Cory]

Dumb question. Noob here that is still cycling. Does everyone get dino's? What about diatoms?

Most everyone gets diatoms. Not everyone gets dinos.

 

[saltyhog]

Trust me I was scared at first, but after reading a lot I found i only had to dose .003ml per gallon. And in my case it was only .3ml once a day for 4 days. Every day the Dino's were half what they were the day before. After 3 days they were completely gone. I still dosed the 4th day to be sure. What even suprised me was the fact the corals seemed to love it. I had great polyp extension and could even see better colors on my sps. I would not hesitate dosing it again.

That is super interesting. Do you know what species of dino you had? Did you confirm the diagnosis with a microscope? I don't ever want dinos again but if I do I may try this.

Dumb question. Noob here that is still cycling. Does everyone get dino's? What about diatoms?

Not a dumb question at all. Dinos...dinoflagellates are most often caused by very low nutrients...read zero nitrates, zero phosphates. They are a scourge that seems to be getting much more common lately but still only a small fraction of reefers have to deal with them. Diatoms utilize silicates as their food source and almost everyone gets them during the early stages of their tank. As soon as the silicates are used up they go away. Sponges can utilize silicates and some people actually dose silicates to encourage sponge growth.

 

[Chad3407]

That is super interesting. Do you know what species of dino you had? Did you confirm the diagnosis with a microscope? I don't ever want dinos again but if I do I may try this.

I do not know which strainI had but I had a good nutrient level and they still kept getting worse. I feel all my problems came from using vibrant to help with algae issues. That caused my nutrients to drop so I had to dose for nitrates and phosphates. Others told me to black out the tank for days but I didn't want to effect the corals or fish so I gave bleach a shot.

 

[Reefnewb]

Lotta good info here guys. Great job!

 

[jd371]

My tank suffered an outbreak of dinos 2 years ago that I was able to get rid of within a month and it hasen't returned since. Didn't want to use chemicals so I opted to break out my UV that I had in storage ( removed earlier because of space issues) along with a canister filter I wasn't using. Put the canister/UV set up next to the tank on a timer to run overnight when the dinos are not attached to the substrate or rocks and in the current, I also positioned the PH's to move the water towards the intake of the canister filter. The set up pulled water directly from the tank and discharged into the filter sock in the sump that was changed out everyday. There was no media in the canister besides just some filter material that was also changed everyday. Every night before the lights shut off I would spend a few minutes blasting all the surfaces to free up the dinos and get them floating in the current for the canister filter to pick up. Did this routine for about two weeks and by the third the dinos where practically gone, I continued to let it run even after there was no signs of dinos just to make sure and broke it down soon after that.

 

[Prem001]

Pretty sure you had diatoms. Diatoms die once silica is gone. And since you changed your water supply the silicate was also gone. 0 tds water wont have silicate in it. Dinoflagellets are a different beast. They dont need silicate. Not even sure what they need but seem to grow from nothing. They form long stringy bubbles and if you shake them up they will grow back in a matter of minutes because they swim.

Thank you I think where I was getting my water from the guys there were probably in denial that they are actually messing people tanks up and don’t want to admit it. But I am happy that it worked it self out and I got my tank back . Now I feel like I have a brand new tank because everything is doing so much better .

 

[jgvergo]

Well, I voted for "3 day blackout"...but...after a couple of months the Dinos are back :( So, there should be a way to vote for "nothing"!

 

[Chris Villalobos]

How about adding beneficial bacteria to combat dino and cyano?

 

[JDowns]

Once I stopped GFO and Pellets (or Vinegar) and just let my nutrients naturally rise and dosed 1/4 MicroBacter7 weekly, dino's went away on their own.

 

[._Z_.]

How about adding beneficial bacteria to combat dino and cyano?

I haven’t had luck with this method alone. Combined with the other strategies, adding bacteria may help

 

[Ultra Aquatics]

When I first setup my most recent tank I had a bad dino outbreak.

Dosed vibrant and did a 3 day blackout. Dino's were gone within a week.

 

[Burrito]

i had osteosis and attacked it from multiple levels, Feed ALOT, removed some marinepure, lowered my fuge photo period, didnt clean anything or do water changes and i think most importantly added a properly sized UV. took about 8 days and it went away. i still have have all the "fixes" running except cleaning and water changes, i resumed those

 

[Chris Villalobos]

This is a really interesting argument for using macrophage bacteria, and feeding the bacteria balanced nutrients and aerated water. I guess macrophage bacteria will actually eat dinos.

 

[Swoody]

Trust me I was scared at first, but after reading a lot I found i only had to dose .003ml per gallon. And in my case it was only .3ml once a day for 4 days. Every day the Dino's were half what they were the day before. After 3 days they were completely gone. I still dosed the 4th day to be sure. What even suprised me was the fact the corals seemed to love it. I had great polyp extension and could even see better colors on my sps. I would not hesitate dosing it again.

This is good info.... what % chlorine did you use? Reg Clorox I believe is 3%, .....

 

[Chad3407]

This is good info.... what % chlorine did you use? Reg Clorox I believe is 3%, .....

Yes regular 3%