Will dipping corals kill dinos?

[Just John]

I have a dinos problem and if dipping frags in something like Coral Rx or something else will kill them, I will set up a 10 gal tank to keep them in while I sort out the dinos in the dt. Some of these frags may not do well with a h2o2 dip, which I assume would kill the dinos.

 

[DE FISH]

No coral dip unfortunately will not kill dinos only pests you can try a H2O2 mixture 50/50 with tank water and a quick rodi water dip but even with those precautions it will only kill off active dinos, encysted will still remain

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a dinos problem and if dipping frags in something like Coral Rx or something else will kill them, I will set up a 10 gal tank to keep them in while I sort out the dinos in the dt. Some of these frags may not do well with a h2o2 dip, which I assume would kill the dinos.

Well, , , not really BUT Ruby Rally Pro which is reef safe claims to attack dino but truly, the first thing to do is remove light which it MUST have as it is photosynthetic. Here is what I recommend but if you decide to skip something- Dont give it light.

Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly

 

[LOVEROCK]

in my opinion no , i have dipped in h202 before and transfer and they are still there

 

[DE FISH]

You need to identify the type of Dino you have. It could be simple as adding a uv steriliser or dosing silicates it’s all dependant on the type you have in your tank. I’ve had good success with Dino x in the past but also success with a uv alone.

 

[Just John]

You need to identify the type of Dino you have. It could be simple as adding a uv steriliser or dosing silicates it’s all dependant on the type you have in your tank. I’ve had good success with Dino x in the past but also success with a uv alone.

I have had a uv sterilizer running and appear to have achieved a good level of silicates with diatom and pineapple sponge growth, but I guess it could be dosed. I have not tried Dino X though.

 

[Keko21]

You need to identify the type of Dino you have. It could be simple as adding a uv steriliser or dosing silicates it’s all dependant on the type you have in your tank. I’ve had good success with Dino x in the past but also success with a uv alone.

Im about to drop the dino x hammer. been fighting amphidinum for a while now with no luck using about every strategy I could find on this forum short of changing my sand. Just keeps getting worse. What corals did you have and did anything suffer with the dino x? And issues with fish or inverts? I have
- hammer
-candy cane
- zoas and palys
- toadstool leathers
- acans
-favias
-goniastreas
- ricordia
-hydnophora

 

[Just John]

Im about to drop the dino x hammer. been fighting amphidinum for a while now with no luck using about every strategy I could find on this forum short of changing my sand. Just keeps getting worse. What corals did you have and did anything suffer with the dino x? And issues with fish or inverts? I have
- hammer
-candy cane
- zoas and palys
- toadstool leathers
- acans
-favias
-goniastreas
- ricordia
-hydnophora

You may find this document by Taricha helpful. It talks about treatment for different types of dinos. I got rid of large cell Amphidium by removing as much of the sand as I could and rinsing it in fresh water and letting it sit out for about two weeks while doing the other recommended stuff you will have already heard about from other threads. I think removing the sand was key in my case.

 

[Keko21]

You may find this document by Taricha helpful. It talks about treatment for different types of dinos. I got rid of large cell Amphidium by removing as much of the sand as I could and rinsing it in fresh water and letting it sit out for about two weeks while doing the other recommended stuff you will have already heard about from other threads. I think removing the sand was key in my case.

Did you remove all at once? I've heard doing that all at once and removing the microfauna that lives in it can mess up other livestock.

 

[Just John]

Did you remove all at once? I've heard doing that all at once and removing the microfauna that lives in it can mess up other livestock.

I removed it all at once, but I did not have any fish in the tank. Only corals that don't need feeding. You could always add some bottled bacteria when you take it out. Let's see what @brandon429 thinks.