anyone with a magic cure or answer?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by jslaney

The antibiotic I used was called Erythromycin, it is generally sold to cure ick and other bacterial infections in you LFS.

This is what the Red Slime remover product is

[Joe Reefer]

I had a dino outbreak in my last tank. Its a real pain in the rear. I always had a feeling it was from the sandbed, it just wasn't "live" enough if you know what I mean. It was full of worms and snails but i think it was lacking in other beneficial bacteria and such. It seemed to just become a detritus trap and fueled the fire more. In retrospect and reading a few recent articles published I had the sandbed idea all wrong.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Be careful with Erithromycin. If you decide to use it, I would dose half the recommended amount. I did an awesome job wiping out half my livestock with the stuff at one point.

[fkshiu]

It does sound like dinos rather than cyano. One way to be sure is to try a does of the Chemi-Clean (be sure to follow the directions to a "T"!). If it does nothing then you know its dinos.

Not sure if it's the magic bullet you're looking for but a tactic I came across on RC is an extended blackout period for several days.

This is of course in addition to the standard recommendations of feeding/stocking less, employing macro algae/phosphate removers and water changes.

[niloc16]

i thought about making a blackout but how long could the corals go without light before they died. i dont mind them browning but there is some pieces i really dont want to lose

[skylord]

Here is an article worth reading....

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php


Scott

[SuperFudge]

Colin,

Get some Calcium chloride, and shut down your reactor for two weeks.

At the very least, we can write off one potential culprit.

Mine has been a source of problems in the past, everytime i shut it down for a few weeks.....the problems go away, i just couldnt say wether it was the media, the Mg granules, or the c02 fueling the problem.

Marc.

[michika]

Originally Posted by niloc16

i thought about making a blackout but how long could the corals go without light before they died. i dont mind them browning but there is some pieces i really dont want to lose

I have done up to 4.5 days with no issues. I think the trick is to really black it out. I covered mine with towels so no light got in. I would assume the fish, corals, and clams, all thought it was just a really long evening.

[christyf5]

If your snails are dying its definitely dinoflagellates. Siphon as much as you can and try reduced light levels. I wouldn't do more than a couple of days if you have any prized corals, either that or get someone to babysit them (dip them before they go into any other tank). Then black out the tank for longer than a couple of days. These things are horrible to get rid of, they are persistent and resistant to most treatments. I battled them for a year and the only way I finally got rid of them was to remove the sandbed, powerwash the rock and completely restart the system (worst case scenario IMO).

Things I tried that you may have success with:

increased pH
increased alkalinity
increased skimming
reduced photoperiod
no photoperiod (blankets over the tank too)
adding a refugium
dripping kalk


And some links to read:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...inoflagellates

Good luck.

[tang daddy]

niloc sorry to hear about your losses! does anyone maybe even christy have any pics of what it looks like the dreaded dino so that others can detect it better if god forbid we ever get it.