Willistein
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thanks, yeah this stuff is a real PITA
dinoflagellates
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Willistein
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Well, the lights out definitely knocks the dinos down a lot. Everything looked great last night. I could see lots of places where the dinos had turned to white strands (presumably dead). I've heard and read that sometimes it just takes a couple iterations to get them all. I'm still using H2O2 but I really don't think it has any effect on my particular strain. I'll post a new FTS soon.
sleepydoc
Team RC
How are things looking 4 days after 'lights on?' I'm about 30 days into cycling my 120 gal and It's looking like I've got dinos. Arrgh. At least I don't have any fish or coral to worry about yet. I'm assuming there must have been some spores in the live sand I bought. The rock was dry and dead, so I don't think it could've come from there.
Either way, I'm going to turn out the lights for several days to see what happens. Maybe I'll just dump some Clorox in the tank!
Either way, I'm going to turn out the lights for several days to see what happens. Maybe I'll just dump some Clorox in the tank!
Willistein
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yeah, I wouldn't think you'd see dinos that quickly, but who knows.
Everything looks pretty good in the tank. It still seems like there are a couple little places where dinos have hung on so we'll just monitor it and repeat the lights out thing as needed. I can tell you it definitely doesn't harm corals.
Everything looks pretty good in the tank. It still seems like there are a couple little places where dinos have hung on so we'll just monitor it and repeat the lights out thing as needed. I can tell you it definitely doesn't harm corals.
sleepydoc
Team RC
Hope they're not dines...
Hope they're not dines...
Not positive they're dinos. Stuff's only been growing for about 2 or 3 weeks, but it's green algae-looking stuff on the surface of the rocks that has bubbles on it at the end of the day and in the last 3 days has started to have some mushy balls of stuff as well. (I guess you could call it snotty)
I've got some flat, brownish stuff on the sand that I think is diatoms, but the stuff on the rocks is different. I've attached some pics. Not the best, but the best I could do.
Hope they're not dines...
Not positive they're dinos. Stuff's only been growing for about 2 or 3 weeks, but it's green algae-looking stuff on the surface of the rocks that has bubbles on it at the end of the day and in the last 3 days has started to have some mushy balls of stuff as well. (I guess you could call it snotty)
I've got some flat, brownish stuff on the sand that I think is diatoms, but the stuff on the rocks is different. I've attached some pics. Not the best, but the best I could do.
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brad65ford
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Subed,, I'm fighting a similar battle with Cyano for a few months now. I was afraid to do a 4 day lights out with my Corals and fish though. How did your fish do with that long of LO?
ejdustin
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I have been fighting what I think is dinos for about 2 months. I have tried everything other than lights out. I am too afraid it will hurt the corals or stress the fish out. What I am going to try is to go get a solid plastic cutting board and place it on the aragonite just so it covers the dinos. Hopeing this will be like lights out except not for the fish or corals. The plastic will block all the light so as long as I cover all the dinos it should go away.
Phishguy
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Im not sure that is dinos.. I know there are different kinds but that doesn't look like any Dino's I've seen.. I think one I the characteristics of most dinos is that it looks very stringy and covered in bubbles filled with I believe nitrogen.. I have tons of coral and fish and have done lights out several times over the years. Everything will be fine for a 3 day blackout... Some people even choose to do this once a month or bi-monthly. It is the most effective way of ridding nuisance algae in my opinion.
Willistein
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So, to revive this thread, I ordered some Fauna Marine Ultra Algae X that has had rave reviews. I've been dealing with the dinoflagellate problem for a couple years now. Lately it hasn't really affected the corals too much, but it is a constant nuisance. Like many have attested, water changes only fuel their growth and the lights out period was only temporary. I will post progress pics. It should be here by Saturday and I'll start the dosing then.
smtank
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Three months of dino almost made me sell my tank. A couple years and I would have thrown in the towel, hats off to you for keeping on keeping on.
It took me several weeks after the black out of 4 days to finally feel comfortable with the dino being gone.
I had to back off the lighting period to no more than 3 hours a day, manual removal daily and maintaining a higher pH, oh and no water changes.
Hope this product brings you some resolution.
Willistein
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Well, it seemed to work for a while, but they're back to some degree. It seems like they are maintaining a low level presence. It doesn't seem to bother any of the sps tips like it used to though. I think I'm going to try another round of the algae x and combine it with lights out for three days our so. All in all I'm not nearly as frustrated and the corals are doing much better.
GeorgeMonnatJr
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That's good news. Did you have any crustaceans that appeared to be harmed by the chemicals?
