Is This the Dinoflagellate Treatment We’ve all been Hoping for?

[Reef Builders]

Being a reef aquarists, means dealing with nuisance algae, parasites, and other pests… Cyanobacteria, AEFW, Red Bugs, and who here remembers that pink cotton candy algae (Callithamnion)? But dinoflagellates are usually just a pit stop in the succession of algae in a new tank. Like diatoms, we would just ignore Dinos and usually they went […]
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[Lithoman]

If I see any signs of them.... its 82 degrees for me..

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[andrewey]

As you are aware, quite a few of us are trying this exact method on the giant dino thread. We should have data from a dozen hobbyist or more pretty soon to see how well this works across different tanks. Thanks for sharing!

 

[RyanHoan]

I have a very light dusting of Dinos on my sandbed (species unknown, but they do leave the sandbed during blackouts). I'll gradually increase my temp from 76 to 82 and report the outcome.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I'm currently as in for about 4 months now going through dinos on a fluval 13.5, it's doing my head in. so far I'm trying mainly blues with 1 hour of white per day, dosing peroxide. I'm also dosing nitrates and phosphates, and not doing water changes, could it be as simple as raising the temp? why 82⁰? Also how fast can you safely increase the temp? I'm currently at 78.6⁰. I have a few corals and a bubble tip in there and don't want to kill anything. I must admit I'm tempted to raise it if it cures it. Has anyone else done this?

 

[Rtorres508]

chemiclean worked for me. It almost made me put a hammer through my tank! But 3 days of total blackout and 2 more scoops of the recommended dose and it was gone.

 

[LOVEROCK]

As you are aware, quite a few of us are trying this exact method on the giant dino thread. We should have data from a dozen hobbyist or more pretty soon to see how well this works across different tanks. Thanks for sharing!

how long ago was has this been running a week yet?

 

[LOVEROCK]

I'm currently as in for about 4 months now going through dinos on a fluval 13.5, it's doing my head in. so far I'm trying mainly blues with 1 hour of white per day, dosing peroxide. I'm also dosing nitrates and phosphates, and not doing water changes, could it be as simple as raising the temp? why 82⁰? Also how fast can you safely increase the temp? I'm currently at 78.6⁰. I have a few corals and a bubble tip in there and don't want to kill anything. I must admit I'm tempted to raise it if it cures it. Has anyone else done this?

try it and report back ! perhaps raise it .5 within 24 hours

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

try it and report back ! perhaps raise it .5 within 24 hours

Thanks I'll take it slow. I'll report back on how it goes, also how long should I leave the temp at 82 once I get there? I've heard a week minimum.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I'm already up to 82.2 now as I've it fluctuates from 82.0 to 82.4 when the heater goes on and off. This is the dino I have that's on may glass sand and a couple corals.

 

[Rtorres508]

My tank and coral were covered in it! Lost about 200 different zoas, Acans, dendros, black sun coral and a couple scolys fighting it. Daily cleaning and running through an entire box for filter socks I bought from someone and still couldn’t keep up with it smh. Chemiclean and it was gone!!!

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

UV

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I'm 4 days in of the raised temp. No noticable difference as of yet good or bad, I was just worried my bubble tip would get annoyed and start walking around but not yet. So fingers crossed by the end of Monday I will start seeing something happening. This is my tank today ( sorry only running blue light at the moment)

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I am now just over 1 week at raised temp, I cleaned the glass Sunday and I'm still dosing phosphates to get that up and the dino doesn't seem that bad. I do still have stringy bits on the rocks and a couple corals. I'm looking to leave it a whole week without doing anything apart from feed the fish and dose the po4 that I have been doing the whole time. I will report back again in a week to see if what I have has gone, or come back worse

 

[Marc2952]

I am now just over 1 week at raised temp, I cleaned the glass Sunday and I'm still dosing phosphates to get that up and the dino doesn't seem that bad. I do still have stringy bits on the rocks and a couple corals. I'm looking to leave it a whole week without doing anything apart from feed the fish and dose the po4 that I have been doing the whole time. I will report back again in a week to see if what I have has gone, or come back worse

Any updates?

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Any updates?

Nothing much to report other than the glass is still fairly clean since I cleaned it last sunday, I still have a few stringy bits on the glass and nea my hammer coral. Excuse the blues

it is still alot better than before.

 

[loui]

Any new updates on this?

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I'm still running my tank at 82 and I dont feel the tank has got any worse or any much better over since the 25th of may. The only thing I have done is clean the glass. I admit the sand does look cleaner though.

 

[SCHAULJ]

Trying this approach as well.

 

[jeffrey750750]

I too have tried everything under the sun and have many many corals. I was beating it but still had it in my tank. I also raised my temp to 82 degrees and they are gone. I had dinos for about 6 months, I'm leaving it at 82 indefinitely.