Dinoflagellates.

Billybatz9 said:
Anyone have dino-x left over? I would like to buy the bottle of dino-x if you have some left. PM me. Maybe it will work on my kind. I am desperate. lol
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I would try everything else before dinox. I wish I had never used it. It wipes out all the pods and good stuff. I have been battling Dino for 6 months. I am finally getting some good results by adding a lot of pods, black outs and siphoning them out every couple days. Dinox did not work for me and I think did more bad than good, but that is just my opinion and experience. Dino's are the devil!
 
shamus said:
I would try everything else before dinox. I wish I had never used it. It wipes out all the pods and good stuff. I have been battling Dino for 6 months. I am finally getting some good results by adding a lot of pods, black outs and siphoning them out every couple days. Dinox did not work for me and I think did more bad than good, but that is just my opinion and experience. Dino's are the devil!
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Thanks for the advice. I just feel like crap. I want to enjoy the hobby and this algae is ruining it and making me waste more money than I have too.
 
Believe me I understand. I have had every algae you can have and Dino has been the most difficult thing I have had to deal with. Just be patient and be persistent and you will win. Nothing happens fast in a reef tank. Read all you can in is thread and other threads and try to do what the others have suggested. I think the pods and phyto is the way to go. UV sounds like it works too if you can use one. I don't think there is a magic potion or treatment that will get rid of it overnight. Apply more than one method others have used and don't give up. Good luck
 
alston2 said:
I hope this isn't veering off topic here, but since so many of you have them - can I get a recommendation on where to get a good scope? My notes (probably from talking w pants) tell me 4 or 10 objective and 40x magnification but a quality lens is most important. Any brand suggestions? I'm not sure how I would assess the lens. TIA.
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Not Toys R Us. :) Seriously about 3 of my friends with kids have toy scopes, and none of them work. I'd actually try your local university/technical college /mad scientist organisation; they will probably have lots of used ones up for much less than a new will cost. (Mine's from uni surplus. Now if I could just find slides for it..)

hth
Ivy
 
karimwassef said:
I'll share a personal ally - urchins. The cheapest ones you can find. Get a bunch.

I've never had one die and they eat up cyano, diatoms, algae and bacterial growths. They're pretty indiscriminate and they shift the tide of war.

Well, they did for me anyway.
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Hey, cool.. did you have snails die though? I think urchins are very cool animals, but I know I have a snail-killing variety of dinos.

Ivy
 
DDon said:
Thanks Ivy, I appreciate it.
I was thinking of dipping everything, but wasn't sure what might be effective on dinos.
I was also thinking about spaying any exposed rock that corals are attached to with hydrogen peroxide.
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Looking through an older thread on dinos at lunch for ideas and ran into this:
Here's a link to someone experimenting with his dinos: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1962886&page=36
Pretty good info for dipping.

hth
Ivy
 
mathman7728 said:
my corals seem really happy...good growth, some with good color others with OK color others more brown that i like to see.

interesting that there are different views on what that photo represents....is there someplace/someone that is the expert on IDing this stuff?
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There was a grad student/ post doc? named Pants who was doing a thesis on dino taxonomy. Before I had them, unfortunately. He was collecting samples from aquarists. He's probably long graduated by now, but his website is here:
http://www.algaeid.com/identification/

Here's youtube videos of some of the more common dinos: (also by Pants) https://www.youtube.com/user/YorickSanchez/feed

I would post the pic you have to wetwebmedia's question of the day. They do have experts on staff. That's how I found out I had dinos, then I came here. Kind of backwards. :)

hth
Ivy
 
Quiet_Ivy said:
Hey, cool.. did you have snails die though? I think urchins are very cool animals, but I know I have a snail-killing variety of dinos.

Ivy
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Snails, hares and crabs died. Urchins just munched on.

Helps to be as ancient as the diatoms on the evolutionary chain.
 
Ahh I must of missed that Karin. My tank currently has Dino but I also have very high phosphate and nitrates so if they are still around after I get my levels down I may try this. I am just wondering if this is a better route compared to uv.
 
Well if it works it could be a cheaper route over uv. A uv for my system would be $500 while I could get a good diatom for $200 or less.

Not saying it is better. In fact I think uv is a better choice overall because you get other benefits out of it
 
260G. I was looking at the Emperor Aquatics. I have always read the twist and other brands are not worth the money and are not effective.
 
Green hair algae seems to be out competing the dinoflagellates in my gfs tank. I saw a huge reduction yesterday. Hair algae is all along the sandbed and is starting to grow on rocks. If this works, I will grab the hair algae and grow it in my tank.
 
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