Dinoflagellates and coral frag management

[helwrj28]

Hi there, I'm in the process of managing dinos in my DT and I was curious what is recommended as the best way to remove them from my coral frags.. I've tried blasting them and increased flow but the dinos are still prevailing and some of my soft coral (Zoas, GSP, leathers), are not looking too happy. Any help is most appreciated!

 

[Uncle99]

You need to have them outcompeted by the good guy algae and bacterium. These are the true cleaners.

How old is the system.?
Length of time water chemistry stable?
Level and stability of nitrate and phosphate?
Do you dose live phyto?

When we create an environment that the good guy processors like, Dino’s just disappear over a month or so.

They really are not hard to deal with provided water chemistry is on-point, day in day out.

 

[Hawkeyesown11]

I've had a couple run-ins with dinos in my newish tank (8 months). Turkey basting and overfeeding to raise my nitrates and phosphates did the trick.

 

[helwrj28]

My system has been up for about 2 years, but it's only been about 3 to 4 months since I've added coral..

I have been so vigilant about keeping the nutrients low, and unfortunately I never really considered the possibility of dinos as a consequence. The outbreak happened about 2 weeks ago and ever since I've been trying to raise nutrients. Right now nitrates are sitting at 5-10 ppm and phosphates at .08-.10 ppm.. I've also been dosing MB7 and silicates...

Haven't dosed phyto but will consider..

Just keep staying the course then? And also any other recommendations to keep dinos off coral (as some are not too happy!)?

 

[helwrj28]

Any other recommendations on how to remove dinos from frags? It's stuck on some coral tissue and the coral are not happy!