FuEl Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 If they form a film and trap air bubbles and resemble cyanobacteria but they are BROWN, they are dinoflagellates. I'm having a bout of them right now as I had disturbed my liverock and sand while I tried to catch out a bugger. Been reading about how to get rid of them. So far I have obtained these information. Hope it could be useful to other reefers. Mostly they occur when you disturb your setup after it has been established. Things you could do to get rid of them are as follows. 1)Siphon the top of your sandbed to get rid of excess nutrients every few days and replace the water with newly mixed sea water. 2)Lower salinity and keep pH on the higher end (according to Anthony Calfo) That's about all I could dig up...hope it was useful. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member moron_clown Posted June 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 14, 2004 thanx for the useful info fuel.i've suffered countless algae outbreak in my less than a year old tank.i find changing water the most useful..these outbreaks happens even when my po4 reads zero. Quote Reef Journal Gf's 6ft FOWLR My previous 4X2X2.5 (Retired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twrs Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 To fight those algaes instantly, get yourself some blue and reg legged hermit crabs. They'll gladly eat those dinos or any nasty algaes off your sand and rocks till they disappear within a few days. In the meantime, keep your nitrate and phosphate low so they won't appear again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I highly doubt that claim. There are a lot more tasty things for them to eat than toxic cyano or dinoflagellates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tineng Posted June 15, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 15, 2004 how about maxican turbo snails? saw a bunch of them slowing moving across my sandbed and it turns white......but then i'm not really sure if they are just turning over the sand or eating the dinoflagellates..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Waterchanges work the best. Mine almost gone already. Only changed one coralife bucket of water. Maybe change again 3 days later.. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Kalib Posted June 15, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 15, 2004 For those without reef tanks, can try doing a blackout. I did a 4day blackout and hey, all the dinoflagalletes are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Acanthurus pyroferus Posted June 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 16, 2004 For those without reef tanks, can try doing a blackout. I did a 4day blackout and hey, all the dinoflagalletes are gone. 4 days thats alot...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Acanthurus pyroferus Posted June 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 16, 2004 I highly doubt that claim. There are a lot more tasty things for them to eat than toxic cyano or dinoflagellates. and why not? clean up crews react differently in our tanks then in the wild so their behaviour takes a turn to other things in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Kalib Posted June 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted June 16, 2004 4 days thats alot...... Yup But for FOWLR, who cares. 4days is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryansimon Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 the fishes just swim around in darkness thats all. I used to do blackouts when I had no corals within my tank. it works very well if you ask me. (= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegoh Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 and why not? clean up crews react differently in our tanks then in the wild so their behaviour takes a turn to other things in the tank. Blue leg hermit will cause more problem then eat up the dinoflagellates. That is personally experience. Or maybe the one I got has a different personality than other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ligerton Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Blue leg hermit will cause more problem then eat up the dinoflagellates. That is personally experience. Or maybe the one I got has a different personality than other. Hi bro, could you share your bad experience with blue leg hermit? I just bought one. Thought it will cleand the browny sand bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 imho..just do your normal maintainence n dun worry too much bout them. As your tank matures they will disappear. Patience is the word...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anemone Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 my blue-legged very clumsy. kept on knocking over corals, clams, etc. look for the dwarf hermits. not as strong so wont knock over much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegoh Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hi bro, could you share your bad experience with blue leg hermit? I just bought one. Thought it will cleand the browny sand bed. My ex-blue hermit will happily snip away all my macro-aglae. It also tried to snip at my fishes when they r sleeping at night. Occasionally, it also disturb my tube anemone. Also, it usually eat meaty stuff, not diatoms or algae. However, it did help to disturb the sandbed when it "walk" around searching (sieving) for food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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