We all hate them, Dinos! I have a cure...

[FL_Reefer]

I have noticed lately a bunch of people dealing with Dino. It's one of the worst things we have to deal with in this hobby and will make you want to pull your hair out! So, I thought I would share my method on how I beat Dino. It may work for you, it may not but when we have Dino and we are watching our corals and snail die away, we will give anything a try right?We all know how many different strands of Dino there are but I have been real successful with this process. Also I have tryed H2O2 dosing with no success in that treatment.

Here is the process that I have used to get rid of Dino in 2 different tanks, also my LFS had it in there display tanks (full sps) and used this process as well with the same results, NO MORE DINO! Never has come back either! Here we go:

Black out for 3 days, I'm mean no light at all, do not feed your fish either, they will be ok.
Day 1: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 2: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 3: dose Dr. Tim's re-fresh
( recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 4: uncover, clean protein skimmer and all filtration. Return to normal light schedule.

This process worked for me with great results, I hope it will help and work for you!

 

[MonsterReef]

I have noticed lately a bunch of people dealing with Dino. It's one of the worst things we have to deal with in this hobby and will make you want to pull your hair out! So, I thought I would share my method on how I beat Dino. It may work for you, it may not but when we have Dino and we are watching our corals and snail die away, we will give anything a try right?We all know how many different strands of Dino there are but I have been real successful with this process. Also I have tryed H2O2 dosing with no success in that treatment.

Here is the process that I have used to get rid of Dino in 2 different tanks, also my LFS had it in there display tanks (full sps) and used this process as well with the same results, NO MORE DINO! Never has come back either! Here we go:

Black out for 3 days, I'm mean no light at all, do not feed your fish either, they will be ok.
Day 1: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 2: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 3: dose Dr. Tim's re-fresh
( recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 4: uncover, clean protein skimmer and all filtration. Return to normal light schedule.

This process worked for me with great results, I hope it will help and work for you!

What do they look like I think I might have them a brown substance that appears on my rocks and on my glass I can clean my glass today and they will pop back up on it tomorrow so my question is if I do a complete blackout will it damage my Coral are my fish I read your post yes but still kinda Leary because I do have Coral that requires light antonyms

 

[MonsterReef]

I have noticed lately a bunch of people dealing with Dino. It's one of the worst things we have to deal with in this hobby and will make you want to pull your hair out! So, I thought I would share my method on how I beat Dino. It may work for you, it may not but when we have Dino and we are watching our corals and snail die away, we will give anything a try right?We all know how many different strands of Dino there are but I have been real successful with this process. Also I have tryed H2O2 dosing with no success in that treatment.

Here is the process that I have used to get rid of Dino in 2 different tanks, also my LFS had it in there display tanks (full sps) and used this process as well with the same results, NO MORE DINO! Never has come back either! Here we go:

Black out for 3 days, I'm mean no light at all, do not feed your fish either, they will be ok.
Day 1: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 2: dose Dr. Tim's waste away (recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 3: dose Dr. Tim's re-fresh
( recommended dose on the bottle)
Day 4: uncover, clean protein skimmer and all filtration. Return to normal light schedule.

This process worked for me with great results, I hope it will help and work for you!

And 2 nems

 

[FL_Reefer]

There will be no issues with the fish or corals. Do you have any pics? Just to make sure it is dino

 

[MonsterReef]

 

[MonsterReef]

On glass

 

[MonsterReef]

 

[MonsterReef]

I even gets on my corals. Grrrrr

 

[FL_Reefer]

It's kind of hard to see on my phone, is there any that look like snot bubble stretching toward the light? Kind of stringy?

 

[MonsterReef]

Not many every once and a while

 

[FL_Reefer]

I'm thinking that it's not dino, definitely looks like some hair algae though and we all deal with the brown on the glass unfortunately lol

 

[maxim.dockx]

Is it advised to do this method for a new tank with dinos.

If this is dinos

 

[Russ265]

Is it advised to do this method for a new tank with dinos.

If this is dinos

this is possibly dino mixed with cyano.
it could also be diatoms mixed with cyano.

but there is a maroon cyano there

here is how i ID dino...
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aghhh-dinos-again.250910/

to the OP. not sure how that works but willing to try. atm though... peroxide has them beaten to what i cant see anymore.

 

[maxim.dockx]

This is normal in the beginning of a tank right? Does the prescribed method for getting rid of it help? Or is it just something i have to go true

 

[Russ265]

This is normal in the beginning of a tank right? Does the prescribed method for getting rid of it help? Or is it just something i have to go true

yeah. its called the "ugly" stage

 

[maxim.dockx]

Okay. Ill bear with it then and do weekly wc

 

[FL_Reefer]

Russ, the way that this process was explained to me is the the bacteria in the Dr. Tim's will out compete the dino for a food source, basically killing the Dino because they will not have enough "food" to survive. (In a nutshell)

 

[twilliard]

Oh the dreaded dinoflagellates
Cell size and numbers is what makes this hard to beat down, well kill.
The reproduction rate of the individual cell is staggering along with a unique cell structure makes it tough.
They are fun to watch under the scope though! Funny little guys
Stay tuned!

 

[FL_Reefer]

You have any pics you could share under the scope twilliard? It is crazy how fast they reproduce, slimy little buggers!

 

[ali.farzinrad]

It's kind of hard to see on my phone, is there any that look like snot bubble stretching toward the light? Kind of stringy?

I don't know what to do with these algae on my glasses
What ever I do, they come back again
I'm really getting tired of them.