My battle with dinoflagellates

[Llorgon]

Originally Posted by Frogger

Good to hear. Great write up.



Bet you never thought you were going to be such an expert in such a short time.

Thanks. I definitely did not think I would learn so much already. The dinos haven't been fun, but I've learned a lot about tank balance.

Here are some pics of the tank today and when I had dinos. I no longer have dinos, but I have a ton of gha.

I can now start trying to get rid of the gha and focus some attention on a couple unhappy corals.

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[Frogger]

Good luck, it always a process, manual removal outside the tank might be the best option.

[ReefMadness]

it's amazing what can happen in 3 days with just a UV sterilizer when you're fighting amphidinium dinos.
I ended up having to deal with prorocentrum dinos for over a year until I could safely say I won. they were definitely a different beast as they never leave the substrate so UV isn't effective. I found success with algae and introducing some more established live rock.

[Dash]

Hi Llorgon,
Congrats on winning the battle. What a process!
Not sure if you need any free chaeto (with pods, brittle stars, etc) - just let me know.

[Llorgon]

Originally Posted by Frogger

Good luck, it always a process, manual removal outside the tank might be the best option.

I have been trying to manually remove some each night by hand. I haven't made much of a dent yet. Some spots are hard since it's attached to the rocks really well and doesn't want to be pulled off.

Originally Posted by ReefMadness

it's amazing what can happen in 3 days with just a UV sterilizer when you're fighting amphidinium dinos.
I ended up having to deal with prorocentrum dinos for over a year until I could safely say I won. they were definitely a different beast as they never leave the substrate so UV isn't effective. I found success with algae and introducing some more established live rock.

It is pretty amazing how well UV can work. I think it's the opposite though. Amphidinium are in the sand and don't go into the water column. That's what I had in my sand and the UV had no effect on them.

Originally Posted by Dash

Hi Llorgon,
Congrats on winning the battle. What a process!
Not sure if you need any free chaeto (with pods, brittle stars, etc) - just let me know.

Thanks! I may take you up on that soon. Although the last stuff you gave me didn't last very long. Maybe second time will work better!

[hillegom]

Some people have success with Hydrogen Peroxide treatments for GHA

https://www.nano-reef.com/forums/top...on-and-photos/

[Dash]

Originally Posted by Llorgon

Thanks! I may take you up on that soon. Although the last stuff you gave me didn't last very long. Maybe second time will work better!

I have a great big ball I have to harvest soon.

[Razor Ramon]

Great to hear you hung in there and won !
Big Mexican turbos eat the green !