Dino?
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akleasure
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Yes, that's dino. I'm not certain of the exact type. It's definitely the worst thing I've ever battled and took about 6 months to get rid of. A UV sterilizer could potentially fix the problem. There's a method in the files section of a Facebook group that ended up helping me. The group is "Dinoflagellates Support Group Reef".
fsas89
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I am not sure of the type im sorry, but I just did beat dino this last week. I just went all out and bought a UV sterilizer, turned off my skimmer, and every afternoon I rinsed as much of it I could through a filtersock into a 5g bucket and replaced the water back into the tank. No water change. check your nitrate/pho. Mine was both 0, which is the reason I had dinos in the 1st place. so daily I dosed nitrate and phos to bring level up slightly. and on alternating days I dosed microbacter 7 and dr. tims waste away. reduced lighting slightly and turned whites down temendously. this helped me beat it within 3 weeks!
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Sorry for the other reply, But congrats on beating dino!!!! Did the uv sterilizer really hwlp because they're a bit pricy and hard to setup without a sump, I also can't do the filter sock method or skimmer But I am dosing microbacter 7 and I will start to dose waste away and will lower lights but surprisingly my nitrates are at 20? I'll try another test kit and I'm not dosing nitrates which I will do but I am doing a fowlr with dry rock so could I do a blackout and dose dino x or vibrant? Since my dino goes away in the morning thanks!
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COwCOw
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Alright! I'll check out that group and try out a uv sterilizer and for a uv sterilizer could you set it up without a sump because i currently have a canister filter.
akleasure
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Um... it's doable. You would need to pull water out of the tank, have it go through the UV sterilizer and then back into the tank. So it would be totally separate from the canister filter.
The canister filters they sell with UV sterilizers in them kind of suck, so I would not recommend one of those.
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COwCOw
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Alright! I'll do it with tubing thanks you very much for the group suggestion!
akleasure
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You're welcome! Best of luck!
attiland
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This is large cell Amphidinium. Silica dosing will work. UV don touch it.
you can read about the stain and treatment here;
Amphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods
This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...
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Also here is my fight experience from my build tread.
Build Thread - The heater failure build
I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...
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good luck and be patient.
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COwCOw
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Thank you!!!!! I thought it was Amphidinium too but thank you for confirming!!!! Thank you so very much!!! Also will dino x or vibrant work?This is large cell Amphidinium. Silica dosing will work. UV don touch it.
you can read about the stain and treatment here;
I have attached a file helps in idAmphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods
This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...
Also here is my fight experience from my build tread.
Build Thread - The heater failure build
I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...
good luck and be patient.
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COwCOw
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Also When dosing silicates would i need a silica tester or just go with the instructions without testing.This is large cell Amphidinium. Silica dosing will work. UV don touch it.
you can read about the stain and treatment here;
I have attached a file helps in idAmphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods
This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...
Also here is my fight experience from my build tread.
Build Thread - The heater failure build
I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...
good luck and be patient.
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COwCOw
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Also when I dose silica Im afraid of dealing with hair algae etc are they easy to take care of and if I make a HOB refugium would it prevent them from blooming like crazy?This is large cell Amphidinium. Silica dosing will work. UV don touch it.
you can read about the stain and treatment here;
I have attached a file helps in idAmphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods
This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...
Also here is my fight experience from my build tread.
Build Thread - The heater failure build
I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...
good luck and be patient.
rizon25
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I had Dinos when I ran my radion lights for 12 hours at full brightness, lost my fish to velvet, and had phosphates of zero and nitrates at 5ppm. I ended up turning off my skimmer, reduced my chaeto reactor from 10 hrs to 6 hrs at night, and fed my tank a lot of food. It was easier to dose neophos so I did that instead to bring my phosphates up to 0.03 to 0.05. I also dosed silica once and put in a live rock I bought at my local fish store as well as an abundant amount of copepods. I used mocrobacter 7 as well one time. I also bought a green machine uv sterilizer 24watt on my 45 gallon. I now have no dinos after a month of working on them.
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COwCOw
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Oh, congrats on beating dino! But when you dosed silica was there a major algae bloom when dosed? Also if there was algae from it was it easy to take care of the algae? Thanks In advance!I had Dinos when I ran my radion lights for 12 hours at full brightness, lost my fish to velvet, and had phosphates of zero and nitrates at 5ppm. I ended up turning off my skimmer, reduced my chaeto reactor from 10 hrs to 6 hrs at night, and fed my tank a lot of food. It was easier to dose neophos so I did that instead to bring my phosphates up to 0.03 to 0.05. I also dosed silica once and put in a live rock I bought at my local fish store as well as an abundant amount of copepods. I used mocrobacter 7 as well one time. I also bought a green machine uv sterilizer 24watt on my 45 gallon. I now have no dinos after a month of working on them.
Uncle99
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First I balanced the nutrients finding elevated nitrates of 26ppm and likely the cause. Reduced with water changes to 14ppm.
I used Dino-X, dosed after lights out, alternate days, change socks each morning, UV off, Carbon off, Skimmer off, no macro algae.
Gone in 4 doses, 8 days. It’s an algaecide. Worked well, bothered nothing.
I lightly vacuumed the sand surface of them just before lights out each night when they were still mostly on the sand.
I used Dino-X, dosed after lights out, alternate days, change socks each morning, UV off, Carbon off, Skimmer off, no macro algae.
Gone in 4 doses, 8 days. It’s an algaecide. Worked well, bothered nothing.
I lightly vacuumed the sand surface of them just before lights out each night when they were still mostly on the sand.
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COwCOw
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Alright thank you!! I was also wondering if dino x was safe and worked, Thank you for confirming and was the dino Amphidinium? Thanks in advance! also congrats on beating dino!
Uncle99
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I don’t know, it just hugged the sand like a dust only when lights on, then when lights out, up into the water column they go.
The stuff worked well.
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COwCOw
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Oh alright thanks!!!!! also AWESOME TANK!!!!I don’t know, it just hugged the sand like a dust only when lights on, then when lights out, up into the water column they go.
The stuff worked well.
Uncle99
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Good luck
