concerned about dinos harming corals

[924er]

Hello Guys,

Ive just confirmed that my tank has dinos, and its the toxic kind (ostreopsis). I am doing what I can to beat them with UV, pods, phytoplankton, and raising nutrients but my main concern is the toxicity and the effects on my coral. I am running fresh activated carbon. Should I set up a QT tank to hold my corals until the dinos clear up or am I just being paranoid? I am basically all euphylia and LPS

 

[MACHO]

Hello Guys,

Ive just confirmed that my tank has dinos, and its the toxic kind (ostreopsis). I am doing what I can to beat them with UV, pods, phytoplankton, and raising nutrients but my main concern is the toxicity and the effects on my coral. I am running fresh activated carbon. Should I set up a QT tank to hold my corals until the dinos clear up or am I just being paranoid? I am basically all euphylia and LPS

Really depends acros definitely can be harmed and some more sensitive euphylliq can be harmed as well that’s up too you though. As far as research goes acros are the main culprit. I believe that if you catch it on a coral or invert you can just blow it off.

 

[924er]

Really depends acros definitely can be harmed and some more sensitive euphylliq can be harmed as well that’s up too you though. As far as research goes acros are the main culprit. I believe that if you catch it on a coral or invert you can just blow it off.

yeah ive heard acros are sensitive to it.. I just noticed 2 snails died so I guess they infested some toxicity.

My torches and hammers dont seem to care at the moment, but my frogspawns are retracted but no tissue loss. I am going to be running fresh carbon weekly just to make sure toxins dont get the best of them.

I think setting a QT tank will probably stress my corals just by moving them to a different tank plus it wont be cycled soon enough...

 

[sixty_reefer]

If you got fish I would start setting up a quarantine tank, this dinoflagellates can kill fish to.

 

[bayareareefer]

yeah ive heard acros are sensitive to it.. I just noticed 2 snails died so I guess they infested some toxicity.

My torches and hammers dont seem to care at the moment, but my frogspawns are retracted but no tissue loss. I am going to be running fresh carbon weekly just to make sure toxins dont get the best of them.

I think setting a QT tank will probably stress my corals just by moving them to a different tank plus it wont be cycled soon enough...

Doesn’t carbon fuel Dinos? Lowering your nutrient levels therefore more dinos

 

[Dkmoo]

Doesn’t carbon fuel Dinos? Lowering your nutrient levels therefore more dinos

I think you are thinking about carbon dosing. Thats different from running a carbon filter