Dinos bleach testing

domination2580 · Jan 25, 2017

I'd prefer not to until the testing amd data is complete

alex.mccann99 · Jan 25, 2017

Had a brief run in with Dino's when I first set up my tank, used someone's older live rock that must have had it. It nearly killed everything in my tank and nothing seemed to work. Dino's don't respond to blacking out the tank and any of the traditional algae killing. Clean up crews won't touch the stuff either. Best Solution that worked almost instantly was Hydrogen Peroxide dosing. I even pulled my liverock out that had corals on it and dunked and scrubbed in diluted buckets of it. It never came back and within a week it was gone for good. Didn't harm a single coral, fish or invert, except for a small torch coral that was struggling anyways.

domination2580 · Jan 25, 2017

alex.mccann99 said:
Had a brief run in with Dino's when I first set up my tank, used someone's older live rock that must have had it. It nearly killed everything in my tank and nothing seemed to work. Dino's don't respond to blacking out the tank and any of the traditional algae killing. Clean up crews won't touch the stuff either. Best Solution that worked almost instantly was Hydrogen Peroxide dosing. I even pulled my liverock out that had corals on it and dunked and scrubbed in diluted buckets of it. It never came back and within a week it was gone for good. Didn't harm a single coral, fish or invert, except for a small torch coral that was struggling anyways.

Some species of dinos aren't even touched by h202. Osteo specifically

CodyRVA · Jan 25, 2017

domination2580 said:
Some species of dinos aren't even touched by h202. Osteo specifically

Are any proven to be unaffected by blackouts? Worked for me, but there are always nuances.

Toomnymods · Jan 25, 2017

subscribing..

domination2580 · Jan 25, 2017

CodyRVA said:
Are any proven to be unaffected by blackouts? Worked for me, but there are always nuances.

Osteo can go through a blackout but they can also form a cyst form amd when the lights go back on they rapidly take over....@twilliard would be more help in that area

CodyRVA · Jan 25, 2017

domination2580 said:
Osteo can go through a blackout but they can also form a cyst form amd when the lights go back on they rapidly take over....@twilliard would be more help in that area

Interesting, how long do the cysts stay in that form? Would multiple blackouts be an option?

domination2580 · Jan 25, 2017

CodyRVA said:
Interesting, how long do the cysts stay in that form? Would multiple blackouts be an option?

@twlliard he can be more help in that matter.

Stonefish · Jan 25, 2017

Following

domination2580 · Jan 25, 2017

I did notice that my two small colonies of Bob Marley opened up today! So far so good for progress...the one colony I dipped and fragged two days ago is very slowly opening but I believe it has to do with me fragging at the same time

domination2580 · Jan 26, 2017

Ok guys everyone seems to be opening nicely. Have only witnessed one Strand of dinos on one plug which I dipped again. Changing the amount and time to compensate....will be sending frags to twilliard to test for dinos....

domination2580 · Jan 27, 2017

Today some pics of the coral after bleach dipping. Some of which I dipped lay night at midnight

domination2580 · Jan 27, 2017

domination2580 · Jan 28, 2017

Very soon I'll be sending frags of some of these to @twilliard for him to test with scope and see if there's dinos....my bet is either none or very minimal if at all Alive...

Pife · Jan 28, 2017

Very interesting! I'm glad you guys are taking an initiative to stop them.

domination2580 · Jan 28, 2017

Pife said:
Very interesting! I'm glad you guys are taking an initiative to stop them.

Tag along! It could be an awesome. Break through!

Pife · Jan 28, 2017

domination2580 said:
Tag along! It could be an awesome. Break through!

I'm planning on it. I've delt with them before and they are horrible.

Willz · Jan 28, 2017

CodyRVA said:
Are any proven to be unaffected by blackouts? Worked for me, but there are always nuances.

Hey Cody, I have a nasty batch that has come back after three days blackout, elevated pH, H2O2 dosing and repeated manual removals. Out of frustration I have been dosing bleach in discrete doses every twelve hours. I have a ton of SPS in the tank that was getting choked out and would have died if I had done nothing. I have two more doses to go and yes the corals look stressed. However after manual removal the dinos are not reforming on the rack and plugs and the places I can't reach or miss are thinning out as well. I am only doing six doses and will be following with robust H2O2 to help keep it in check. I also have several different methods lined up to replenish my bacteria after this. I'm sure it is taking a heavy toll on my bio filtration. This isn't for everyone, but I'm doing it as a last ditch effort before shutting down the tank and trying to restart. I'll try to post results here or in Todd's thread.

domination2580 · Jan 28, 2017

Willz said:
Hey Cody, I have a nasty batch that has come back after three days blackout, elevated pH, H2O2 dosing and repeated manual removals. Out of frustration I have been dosing bleach in discrete doses every twelve hours. I have a ton of SPS in the tank that was getting choked out and would have died if I had done nothing. I have two more doses to go and yes the corals look stressed. However after manual removal the dinos are not reforming on the rack and plugs and the places I can't reach or miss are thinning out as well. I am only doing six doses and will be following with robust H2O2 to help keep it in check. I also have several different methods lined up to replenish my bacteria after this. I'm sure it is taking a heavy toll on my bio filtration. This isn't for everyone, but I'm doing it as a last ditch effort before shutting down the tank and trying to restart. I'll try to post results here or in Todd's thread.

Bleach should kill all the dinos