[tastyfish]

Originally Posted by tastyfish

So far, it has been 4 months since my first (& last) bout of Dinoflagellates. How is everyone doing so far?

Originally Posted by karimwassef

I'm still in good shape. I saw a dusting on a rock where a glued coral had died... I turned the UV back on 24/7 and it's gone.

I keep thinking they have made a return, but it's not dinoflagellates in my case, more like diatoms as it's still a relatively new tank

Originally Posted by mannyhernz

Im dino free..but the dirty method left me with gha all over my rocks. I had a question for any of you that had the gha sprout up after dinos...should i attack the gha with heavy gfo or just take it slow and remove it over time? I have some turbos, trochus, and a lettuce nudi putting in the work but as we all know they like to take naps after heavy meals..

I think balance is probably one of the most important things here, you don't want to cause swings, so tackle whatever is feeding the GHA, but do it gently and ensure you are encouraging competitive micro fauna/flora.

Originally Posted by KritikaL

my tank is very clean never seen phos or nitrate in it :S using elos and salifert and red sea pro ive never had any algae in the tank. but i have had huge dino blooms and twice i have done 3 day blackouts with lots of filter floss and skimmer on very wet and 3 times it has been like a system reboot... however i'm still trying to find that balance of the right amount of light. I had this lighting schedule for 1.5 months with no appearance of dinos and then bam one day at the tips of some hysterix it shows up, and slowly over the next couple of days you start seeing it on the rock and then if i keep the lighting as it is im sure the tank will be covered in 4-5 more days.. so i'm gonna hit it with a 3 day blackout as of tomorrow and hopefully they will be gone! again.

My main concern when i do these blackouts is my alk/calc consumption. so make sure you test your kh daily when you do this.

I carried on with dosing Triton during my blackout, however I did a much longer blackout than 3 days which seems to be enough to get the dinos in to the water column (enough to make people think they are gone) but not enough to actually do them any harm.

After 5/6 days, the sump was getting deep in dead dinoflagellates (I was siphoning out regularly), by 8 or 9 days, this was markedly reduced suggesting that most if not all had perished and were siphonable.

I've not had a return outbreak yet, so hoping this stays true.