Originally Posted by Myka (Post 563272)

In the life Kingdoms, dinoflagellates don't fall into any of the four typical Kingdoms (animal, plant, fungi, bacteria), they are of a weird Kingdom called Protist. This group isn't well defined, and I would have a tough time describing. There are many different types of dinos from parasitic to symbiotic. In fact, zooxanthallae are a type of dino. Most of the time in our reefs the nuisance dinos we get feed off nutrients and light and most of them release toxins as they reproduce to impede or kill corals and invertebrates.

Essentially, dinos are treated like hair algae, diatoms, and cyano primarily (but not solely) by nutrient reduction. Elevating pH is another stab to take at it, but can be risky and often ends up with dinos coming back when the pH is again lowered if the nutrient issue hasn't been resolved.



I already explained that the thread was originally just "How to get rid of Hair Algae", but many people would ask "What about X?" So I would add a tid bit here and there. I also already explained that I will include more details about dinos and cyano if you would like (even though the treatment is essentially the same as hair algae). So I'm not sure what you're arguing here...?? Have some patience I will add more in the next while.