Dinos: Prorocentrum - Let's beat this!

Jason mack · Feb 17, 2020

Lithoman said:
Fighting Dinos myself... will keep watch and see how you progress.. Good luck..

Hows your tank doing now ?

Coral Reef Keepers · Feb 17, 2020

ScottB said:
It is an amazingly common theme: Dinos after Chemiclean. I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times I have heard this. Must be something with the erythromycin killing off some competitive bacteria allowing the dinos to take off. That, or people mistaking dinos for cyano which seems like a stretch.

It happened to me. Had cyano real bad so I decided to use chemiclean. About a week after the treatment.... BAM! dino outbreak. Stringy snot everywhere! Never again!

ScottB · Feb 17, 2020

If I load a google search tab and type in "di" the first hit is the dinoflagellate battle bible. It was written by several prophets over the years with @taricha and @dwest carrying the torch forward these days. Let me know and I can link you the dino ID guide from taricha.

Lithoman · Feb 17, 2020

Jason mack said:
Hows your tank doing now ?

Its looking 1000 times better thanks to you.. Thanks again..

bdare · Feb 17, 2020

@Randy Holmes-Farley - Do you think this would be safe to dose in order to raise silicate to encourage a diatom bloom?

Jason mack · Feb 17, 2020

Found this on ebay ..and its cheaper ...this is what I used

Aquaman102 · Feb 18, 2020

Was a bit frustrated when I got home yesterday. Dino's on the sandbed were looking a bit more stringy. That variety is prorocentrum (validated by microscope). Guess I'm dealing with two type since some is showing up on the rocks now too.

I dosed some more Microbacter7 last night and will only have about a 4 hour light cycle today.

ScottB · Feb 18, 2020

Aquaman102 said:
Was a bit frustrated when I got home yesterday. Dino's on the sandbed were looking a bit more stringy. That variety is prorocentrum (validated by microscope). Guess I'm dealing with two type since some is showing up on the rocks now too.

I dosed some more Microbacter7 last night and will only have about a 4 hour light cycle today.

Procentrum prefer sand but can also attach to rocks. Only large cell amphidinium are almost exclusively sand bound.

Either way, the treatment is the same for all but amphid.

Aquaman102 · Feb 18, 2020

ScottB said:
Procentrum prefer sand but can also attach to rocks. Only large cell amphidinium are almost exclusively sand bound.

Either way, the treatment is the same for all but amphid.

Ok, my tank is already "dirty". NO3 > 20 pmm. Phos at .14. I did hook up my 25 Watt UV, DT to DT. It's small, but better than nothing I guess. I will continue dosing Microbacter7 and keep elevated nutrients.

ScottB · Feb 18, 2020

Aquaman102 said:
Ok, my tank is already "dirty". NO3 > 20 pmm. Phos at .14. I did hook up my 25 Watt UV, DT to DT. It's small, but better than nothing I guess. I will continue dosing Microbacter7 and keep elevated nutrients.

Good nutrient levels for the fight. How big is display again?

Aquaman102 · Feb 18, 2020

ScottB said:
Good nutrient levels for the fight. How big is display again?

It's a 120 gallon DT.

bdare · Feb 27, 2020

Today's test results:

Mg: 1365
Ca: 485
Alk: 8.5
Nitrate: 14ppm
Phosphate: .9 ppm

I wasn't too fond of any of the Silica solutions available on Amazon so I bought the more expesive SpongExcel from Bightwell aquatics today. Will start dosing when it arrives tomorrow.

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bdare · Feb 27, 2020

After looking like it was going away there appears to be a slight come back.

Jason mack · Feb 27, 2020

The silicate will help...once the diatoms kick in and starve the dinos out

ScottB · Feb 28, 2020

bdare said:
Today's test results:

Mg: 1365
Ca: 485
Alk: 8.5
Nitrate: 14ppm
Phosphate: .9 ppm

I wasn't too fond of any of the Silica solutions available on Amazon so I bought the more expesive SpongExcel from Bightwell aquatics today. Will start dosing when it arrives tomorrow.

SpongExcel - Silica Solution

Overview Ionic silica solution for enhancing growth rates of sponges and gastropods. 1 drop per gallon of water increases ionic silica concentration by ~0.20 ppm. May be employed in silica-limited systems stocked with sponges to improve water quality by increasing the rate of natural latent...

www.bulkreefsupply.com