Amphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods

[taricha]

also @bh750
You said you are noting increased pod presence. See if you can tell what sorts of critters are active in and at the margins of the dino patches. Some are definitely more willing to consume dinos than others.

For me: isopods, amphipods, tanaids are what grazed on our at edges of dino patch.

 

[taricha]

...and to a lesser extent, a large cerith ate some too.

I shouldn't say that. The cerith was moving his mouth in the same area where amphidinium dinos were, but I never saw any ingestion. So I shouldn't say I saw something I didn't actually observe.

 

[Javamahn]

also @bh750
You said you are noting increased pod presence. See if you can tell what sorts of critters are active in and at the margins of the dino patches. Some are definitely more willing to consume dinos than others.

For me: isopods, amphipods, tanaids are what grazed on our at edges of dino patch.

Taricha what product are you using to add pods specifically those wonderful tanaids. I want an army of those lil critters

 

[bh750]

Absolutely. My conch was great at clearing patches of the brown dinos coating the sand grains, and to a lesser extent, a large cerith ate some too.

Amazing breakthrough (at least for me). So excited. I have two of them and had this hunch they might be responsible for some of the damage to my Dinos.

 

[bh750]

also @bh750
You said you are noting increased pod presence. See if you can tell what sorts of critters are active in and at the margins of the dino patches. Some are definitely more willing to consume dinos than others.

For me: isopods, amphipods, tanaids are what grazed on our at edges of dino patch.

Sorry, I've never actually seen them on my sand or inspected under my scope. I just see them all over my fuge(s), in chaeto, sump. I also now have two fish that survive 100% on them (theyve never eaten anything I feed the tank).

 

[taricha]

I got a couple of live rocks labeled "Caribbean" years ago.
Almost all my cool hitchhikers - baby urchin, tanaids, chitons that graze the film algae only under the sand, a kind of pistol shrimp that lives entire life in a groove in the rock - came from these three live rocks.
Probably dinos too, but whatever.
You can order gammarus shrimp (amphipods) a few places. Or just buy a bag of chaeto from another hobbyist, and ask if it comes with amphipods in it.

Taricha what product are you using to add pods specifically those wonderful tanaids. I want an army of those lil critters

 

[piehunter]

I believe this is Amphidinium due to its movements although would love a second opinion
Thanks

 

[taricha]

I believe this is Amphidinium due to its movements although would love a second opinion
Thanks

I agree. Amphidinium.

 

[piehunter]

Got myself a bottle of Spongexcel so ready to give it a go

Current results : 40 to 50 ppm No3
0.50 ppm Po4
0 ppm Silicates

I have the sandbed removed and the dinos is only on the rocks

Are them test results perfect for nutrients in the system ?

 

[taricha]

Plenty of nutrients.

Got myself a bottle of Spongexcel so ready to give it a go

Current results : 40 to 50 ppm No3
0.50 ppm Po4
0 ppm Silicates

I have the sandbed removed and the dinos is only on the rocks

Are them test results perfect for nutrients in the system ?

 

[piehunter]

Plenty of nutrients.

Sweet nearly think my nitrates are too high

hopefully silicate dosing kills them once and for all

 

[piehunter]

Mine sticks to the rocks oddly .. nice cocktail of cyano and gha

 

[piehunter]

Mine sticks to the rocks oddly .. nice cocktail of cyano and gha

If I was to blast the rocks off can UV kill the cells that go through it or not ?

 

[taricha]

If I was to blast the rocks off can UV kill the cells that go through it or not ?

It would kill anything that stayed suspended and went through UV.

 

[Waterbourn]

I posted this in the other dino forum but since I had amphidinum this makes a good home too.

Here is my story with amphidinum. Keep up the good fight and keep sharing. What yall shared with me in these forums is how I won the battle.

http://atransgenicworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/dinoflagellates-in-reef-tank-what-why.html?m=1

 

[piehunter]

I posted this in the other dino forum but since I had amphidinum this makes a good home too.

Here is my story with amphidinum. Keep up the good fight and keep sharing. What yall shared with me in these forums is how I won the battle.

http://atransgenicworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/dinoflagellates-in-reef-tank-what-why.html?m=1

Really enjoyed that mate have gave me hope In the fight

 

[piehunter]

Been dosing silicates for the past week or more and haven’t seen a full on diatom bloom yet although dinos are reducing vastly and not returning like usual when I blow rocks of forcing them into the UV .. Could I maybe be turning a corner and need to maybe up the dose and outcompete the dinos instead of essentially pausing them so to say

 

[JAMSOURY]

Same here, I’ve been dosing for two weeks and have not seen any diatoms. I increased my dosage of silica but still nothing.

 

[piehunter]

Same here, I’ve been dosing for two weeks and have not seen any diatoms. I increased my dosage of silica but still nothing.

Have you noticed that your dinos have reduced or is everything just like it was ?

 

[JAMSOURY]

Have you noticed that your dinos have reduced or is everything just like it was ?

It looks like all my Dino’s on the sand are staying the same. I’m dozing about 50 drops of silica in my 180g. Not getting any Diatoms and also not getting any readings of silica when I use the test kit (salifert). Might need to get a Hanna like everyone said to really see how much silica I have. Salifert has been reading 0. Marinedepot sent me a replacement test kit and I’m still getting a reading of 0. Possibly my brightwell silica is a bad batch and not doing anything?