Keys to beating dinoflagellates

[uhuru]

20 20 - you should see a rust tinted cloud around the dinos when you turn off the circulation. it's a very delicate cloud and as soon as you blow at it even a little bit it disintegrates.

At the end of the battle I did have dinos that would not blow off. It was the short thin hairs like yours and stuck to the bare bottom and the panes of the tank. Some of it stuck to the pointed branches of my birdsnest. It was the last of the dinos to go probably about week 5 or 6 of dosing zeovit is when I noticed that stuff finally dying off.

[nismo driver]

20 20 that doesnt sound like dinos your dealing with.

when i got home tonight after a normal light cycle it wasnt too bad, maybe half as bad as it was the last time i ran a full day of lighting.

if i cut all circulation i get the cloud of floating white stringy nasty stuff floating around the tank.

[20 20]

How long after I turn off the circulation should I see this cloud?

Ain't Zeovit expeeeeensive?

[uhuru]

- the stuff reproduces incredibly fast, you should be able to see growth within 5 minutes without circulation to break it up

- I know you're just being humorous but honestly I don't know where that belief comes from that zeovit is expensive, I have an 85g system I'm dosing it on and I only dose like 1 - 3 drops of the additives and not even everyday - IME, now if you have a 500g tank that's a different story but then again EVERYTHING is expensive in that range

[GoldeneyeRet]

Zoom,

I feel your pain.

Keep up the fight you will find something that works!!

Good luck

GER

[TCU Reefer]

I think I've got them under control. I haven't seen any in some time. Just an occasional air bubbles here and there on the LR. I haven't done a WC in a month and it's killing me.

Everything's going so well right now (no dinos, SPS growing and showing good color) but I hate not doing a water change. Should I hold off?

[Zoom]

Originally posted by GoldeneyeRet
Zoom,

I feel your pain.

Keep up the fight you will find something that works!!

Good luck

GER

[20 20]

Turned off all pumps, 15 minutes later still no 'cloud', rusty or white or any other color. Is this a 'definative' test to see if it's dino's? I wouldn't think so, but I figured I'd ask.