Dinoflagellates Help!!
 

Well i now have Dinoflagellates what should i do? Raise PH?

Looks just the ones here in the pic below



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Fauna Marin Algae-X was specifically formulated to solve this issue.

Who sells that in calgary and will it kill other beneficial organisms in the tank?

Hydrogen Peroxide did wonders for me along with elevating pH and limiting light for 5 days. I tried 2 bottles of Fauna Marin Algae-X with limited success, soon as I stopped using it the dino came back.

How much peroxide and how does it do with lps coral?

Google for suggested ratios, if maintained you should not lose anything.

I use 1ml per gallon of water you think is in the tank.

Thanks for the help I got in there and pulled most of it out and did a water change. Started my photo period one hour later and now the tank is looking better. The Astrea snails and lawn mower blenny are kicking ass. I should be ok!

My tank is lps dominated. Everything ended up fine. Remeber to keep the tank oxygenated.

I will sometimes use h2o2 to dip a piece of rock i can remove or a frag if it has algae on it. For that, i use a 1:1 ratio. Take a toothbrush to scrub anything off. Also works great for hair algae. You can get h2o2 at a pharmacy. I use 3%.

I didn't raise my ph but did limit light to 4hrs a day. Lps seemed fine.

Do you have air running or just letting the skimmer take care if it, do you use kalkwasser?

Sorry i just realized i posted a mistake. I used 1ml for every 10G of water..NOT per gallon.

My skimmer does a good enough job. It takes in water from the surface and releases bubbles at the surface.

My vertex skimmer doesn't release any bubbles at all should I be concerned

Just monitor your fish. Doesn't hurt to throw in an air pump but i don't think you'll need it.

So looks like its under control, cutting down the photo period by 2 hours helped huge. I notice at the end of the day it starts to come back but then the lights go down and its fine. Just have to be patient i guess! Thanks for the help everyone!!! :biggrin::biggrin:

FYI, hydrogen peroxide breaks down in to oxygen and water. It's sometimes used to oxygenate tank water in power outage emergencies. It also breaks down pretty rapidly, so there's not a whole lot for the skimmer to remove.

Ah that's good to know thank you!