Year long struggle with dinoflagellates. - Page 2

Michael Hoaster · 05/08/2017, 09:12 AM

Glad to hear of your success! Way to hang in there and figure it out! Your story is encouraging. It's nice to see this type of thread have a happy ending!

Sackson · 06/06/2017, 02:54 PM

They're back. After I readjusted my lights to around the 15,000k range, the dinos returned after a month or so. Back to square one.

taricha · 06/07/2017, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sackson

They're back. After I readjusted my lights to around the 15,000k range, the dinos returned after a month or so. Back to square one.

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SantaMonica · 06/15/2017, 09:11 PM

What is your current export?

MGP · 06/25/2017, 08:29 PM

Not sure how most people feel about this but I was struggling with a brown, what I assume were dinoflagellates, for many months. I recently added a UV sterilizer to my sump and have it running 24/7. Now when I suck up the algae with weekly water changes it doesn't grow back. I think a lot of the Dino was getting into my water column when I was cleaning and settled on every surface, hence why I could never get rid of it.

Now my tank is much better and macro algae is taking the opportunity to grow since the Dino's are no longer stripping my water of all nutrients. I'm hoping the macro algae will now outcompete and put an end to my Dino problem once and for all.

Only side effect is most of my filter feeding worms have died, guess the UV sterilizer killed the food they filtered from the water column

05/08/2017, 09:12 AM	#26
Michael Hoaster Registered Seaweedist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 5,807	Glad to hear of your success! Way to hang in there and figure it out! Your story is encouraging. It's nice to see this type of thread have a happy ending! __________________ As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance, our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018

06/15/2017, 09:11 PM	#29
SantaMonica Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Posts: 2,511	What is your current export? __________________ Inventor of the easy-to-DIY upflow scrubber, and also the waterfall scrubber that everyone loves to build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1424843

06/06/2017, 02:54 PM	#27
Sackson Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Northridge area, Los Angeles Posts: 22	They're back. After I readjusted my lights to around the 15,000k range, the dinos returned after a month or so. Back to square one.

06/25/2017, 08:29 PM	#30
MGP Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 92	Not sure how most people feel about this but I was struggling with a brown, what I assume were dinoflagellates, for many months. I recently added a UV sterilizer to my sump and have it running 24/7. Now when I suck up the algae with weekly water changes it doesn't grow back. I think a lot of the Dino was getting into my water column when I was cleaning and settled on every surface, hence why I could never get rid of it. Now my tank is much better and macro algae is taking the opportunity to grow since the Dino's are no longer stripping my water of all nutrients. I'm hoping the macro algae will now outcompete and put an end to my Dino problem once and for all. Only side effect is most of my filter feeding worms have died, guess the UV sterilizer killed the food they filtered from the water column