Dinoflagellates

[Speedyreefer]

So this is my situation,

I have a 75 gallon fowlr tank and have now gotten dinoflagellates in my tank:rolleye1: I am now planning on breaking down my tank and restarting. My question is what is the safest way to transfer all equipment, rocks, livestock, etc to my new drilled 75 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump. All help is greatly appreciated as I cannot find much help on the subject

 

[Speedyreefer]

Also if anyone has any suggestions for lighting for a reef tank I would also appreciate help with that as well because I want to join the reef community

 

[C.Eymann]

have you tried a blackout period?? Would be easy for you since you have no coral. I don't see the need to tear it down, thats pretty drastic.

 

[Speedyreefer]

I have been fighting it for about 2 months trying blackout for 3-5 days multiple times and manual removal with fairly good results but am worried about it coming back in my new tank from the move to the new tank. I have read that water changes will just fuel the Dino so I have not done a water change for two weeks after reading that.. and was planning on switching to the new tank anyways since I want to be able to use a tank with a sump.

 

[Speedyreefer]

So my main question is what is the safest way to transport equipment and rocks to the new tank without the risk of having dinoflagellates being introduced.

 

[moondoggy4]

Get rock from TBS, or use bleach/acid/ sun dry on your rock.

 

[moondoggy4]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=213 these guys

 

[Noahrooney]

I need some opinions/knowledge of the panorama pro led strips that can be retrofitted in the bio cube 29:
Will three of these modules produce enough to keep any corals? What will I be limited on?

What color combinations truly look the best?

Pros/cons of retrofitting these strips to the hood vs. just removing the hood all together and going with a different light all together.

Anything helps!

 

[Noahrooney]

I need some opinions/knowledge of the panorama pro led strips that can be retrofitted in the bio cube 29:
Will three of these modules produce enough to keep any corals? What will I be limited on?

What color combinations truly look the best?

Pros/cons of retrofitting these strips to the hood vs. just removing the hood all together and going with a different light all together.

Anything helps!

 

[Noahrooney]

did you do something specific to introduce the Dino?

 

[Noahrooney]

Did you by any chance add fish from the Tampa Bay Area into your tank?

 

[Noahrooney]

Cause that would be ridiculous

 

[Noahrooney]

Also heard high levels of flatulence in the room can induce this

 

[Noahrooney]

Maybe red headed girls too....

 

[Noahrooney]

Pamber

 

[Noahrooney]

Yeet

 

[Quiet_Ivy]

So my main question is what is the safest way to transport equipment and rocks to the new tank without the risk of having dinoflagellates being introduced.

Hey Speedy,
We have a huge thread on dealing with Dinos in the Reef Chem section. My first question would be: are you sure this is dinos? There's a lot of weird looking cyano and diatoms out there.

If you reuse your rocks/sand you will get dinos again. Unless you do something incredibly drastic like bleach/acid wash then cook. I may have got my infestation from using rock that had sat outside through a Canadian winter.

hth
ivy