Dinos only on corals

[Miami Reef]

I don’t have a dino infestation, but a few new acroporas with that came with tissue recession is getting dinos on it.

It‘s making the recovery of the corals not great.


I observe that the dinos are only on dying/dead coral tissue. Healthy corals don’t get dinos on them.

I would like a suggestion.

 

[Miami Reef]

Phosphates: 0.04ppm.

However, I had these dinos (ostreo) on coral tissue with high phosphates > 0.10ppm.

Dinos are directly feasting on stressed coral’s tissues.

Most of my corals are very healthy. It’s just the ones that don’t come in perfect condition that gets this issue.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Do you have any Lugol's Iodine you could dip them in? Sometimes that will help, but if the Acros have dinos on them, 99% they are done unless you can save a piece by fragging.

 

[Miami Reef]

Oops.

I assumed it was dinos, but I just microscoped it and it was just diatoms from my silica dosing.

Whoops!

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Oops.

I assumed it was dinos, but I just microscoped it and it was just diatoms from my silica dosing.

Whoops!

Still try my suggestions above. You can pull that coral out of death.