This is how I beat back dinos

[Back where it all began]

I have a 75 with no sump. A hob reef octopus skimmer. I came up with a bad case of dinos.
Here is what worked for me.
I purchased a bottle of Remediation by Aquavitro from my lrs. It’s a combination of bacteria similar to what’s used in treatment plants.
I did a two day lights off, but ambient room light okay.
I added a uv sterilizer and now my sand and rocks are clean.
My parameters have always been stable at
Nitrate 10-15
Phosphate0.08
Salinity 1.026
Temp 78.
I run a nutrient rich tank and still got dinos.
Interestingly, according to several reliable sources,
Dinos, diatoms and Cyano are the three most common and important organisms in ocean reefs. Just not in ourctanks.
My corals and fish are thriving.
I’m more and more convinced that it’s not the nutrient level but the available physical space for a bloom. Something changes, perhaps something we do not measure, a physical space on the sand/rock opens up and one of out three hated guests start to thrive.
I’m sure that I’m not the first to connect these dots, but just my two cents worth.

 

[reef lover]

Interesting...thanks for sharing.

 

[Idoc]

Did you ID the type of Dino? Some are easy to remove... others not so much, lol. But, this is very encouraging news for someone battling dinos!

 

[ScottR]

Another win for UV! Helped me with mine.

 

[Back where it all began]

I didn't do a microscopic review, but Im sure I had the easier dinos to treat. Sometimes it's all about luck.

 

[Kellie in CA]

UV did the trick for me too. I didn't verify the type I had, but there were no bubbles and it covered my entire sandbed. I've had some for quite a while, but a month of dosing aminos made them explode.

The only thing I did was add the UV sterilizer and dose MicroBacter7 for the past week. They are almost gone, just a bit still hanging out in the really bright spots of the tank.

 

[Squirrellyman]

I have a 75 with no sump. A hob reef octopus skimmer. I came up with a bad case of dinos.
Here is what worked for me.
I purchased a bottle of Remediation by Aquavitro from my lrs. It’s a combination of bacteria similar to what’s used in treatment plants.
I did a two day lights off, but ambient room light okay.
I added a uv sterilizer and now my sand and rocks are clean.
My parameters have always been stable at
Nitrate 10-15
Phosphate0.08
Salinity 1.026
Temp 78.
I run a nutrient rich tank and still got dinos.
Interestingly, according to several reliable sources,
Dinos, diatoms and Cyano are the three most common and important organisms in ocean reefs. Just not in ourctanks.
My corals and fish are thriving.
I’m more and more convinced that it’s not the nutrient level but the available physical space for a bloom. Something changes, perhaps something we do not measure, a physical space on the sand/rock opens up and one of out three hated guests start to thrive.
I’m sure that I’m not the first to connect these dots, but just my two cents worth.

Thanks. My lfs just made the same recommendation about Aquavitro Remediation. I’ll try it out, given your success. For UV, I have the24W Green Killing Machine... I couldn’t spend hundreds of dollars on a UV sterilizer. Not surprisingly, it didn’t make a dent in it.
But I may have the large cell amphidinium... sounds like it, but I haven’t put it under a scope (yet). If it is, that stuff doesn’t go into the water column.

 

[Back where it all began]

Thanks. My lfs just made the same recommendation about Aquavitro Remediation. I’ll try it out, given your success. For UV, I have the24W Green Killing Machine... I couldn’t spend hundreds of dollars on a UV sterilizer. Not surprisingly, it didn’t make a dent in it.
But I may have the large cell amphidinium... sounds like it, but I haven’t put it under a scope (yet). If it is, that stuff doesn’t go into the water column.

Hope it works! I use a Aqua Ultraviolet uv as I didn’t want to spend a high amount too. I still think it is beneficial. I never looked at mine under a scope. My lfs is really a great place, like this forum. They are very up to date and we had a long discussion about various nasties. We concluded, right or wrong, that everything will grow where it can, so the idea behind the remediation was to close any open physical spaces and maybe outcompete the dinos etc. I still add a small dose of remediation to my tank now even though it’s been many months and everybody’s happy.