yraveh
New member
HI everyone.
I was battling dinoflagellate for months. it kills several corals, the sands and rocks were persistently covered with brown slimy layer.
The worst impact was on my green star polyps that were choked under this layer, and the birdnest corals. strings of dino would be attached to the latter.
sounds familiar?
well I searched everywhere for a solution with no avail.
I cut the feeding , up sized my skimmer, changed water(controversial) , changed lighting hours >> none worked. I didnt try the pH since I dont have a pH meter.
eventually I came with the following idea:
I noticed that dino likes to adhere itself to birdnests and other dense low flow surfaces.
I put into the aquarium, ontop of the sand a large 4" filter sock . and a piece of the left over white mesh I used for the DIY screen cover.
they get coated with immense amount of dino.
I would pull them out of the tank fast without letting much water drip back into the tank . I would put them in a clear container, and voila layers of dino would coat the walls and the ~300 ml water would be rown murky with dino.
interestingly to the sock wwould be attached strings of dino, while the mesh had a thick uniformal layer. after 3 days the density of dino on them started to decrease. in 10 days it was all gone. Thnk God its already days without any hint of dinoflagellate.
My 2 cents
I was battling dinoflagellate for months. it kills several corals, the sands and rocks were persistently covered with brown slimy layer.
The worst impact was on my green star polyps that were choked under this layer, and the birdnest corals. strings of dino would be attached to the latter.
sounds familiar?
well I searched everywhere for a solution with no avail.
I cut the feeding , up sized my skimmer, changed water(controversial) , changed lighting hours >> none worked. I didnt try the pH since I dont have a pH meter.
eventually I came with the following idea:
I noticed that dino likes to adhere itself to birdnests and other dense low flow surfaces.
I put into the aquarium, ontop of the sand a large 4" filter sock . and a piece of the left over white mesh I used for the DIY screen cover.
they get coated with immense amount of dino.
I would pull them out of the tank fast without letting much water drip back into the tank . I would put them in a clear container, and voila layers of dino would coat the walls and the ~300 ml water would be rown murky with dino.
interestingly to the sock wwould be attached strings of dino, while the mesh had a thick uniformal layer. after 3 days the density of dino on them started to decrease. in 10 days it was all gone. Thnk God its already days without any hint of dinoflagellate.
My 2 cents