Dino issue

[slepine08]

I have a 14g biocube. Its been moded with Panorama LEDs and stunners. Tanks been up for well over a year. I currently do not run a Protein skimmer but I have found one that I may be able to mod....

I've been told to turn off all light sources and blackout the tank for 3days.

I just read the hydrogen peroxide but I have clams and wanted to know if that will harm them?

I have purgean ,chem pure elite, and phosorbe

help?

[cowboy572]

I am fighting the same battle you are with diatoms and dinoflagellates. And everything I was going was counter productive, the feed off of water changes. I talked to Louis at ER and he recommended the same thing. He said, to take the lights out a step further by wrapping the tank, so no light gets in. I read on RC thread guys were doing a combination of lights out and peroxide. I've been a little to scared to try either one. Someone on one of the RC threads recommended a product that I want to try, Fauna Marin Ultra Algea X. BRS sells it so I'm going to give it a try. For additional help my uv sterilizer is going back in and I'm going to step up a gfo reactor I just aquired.

[slm222]

I never heard of what y'all were talking about so I wanted to figure it out and came across this. Thought it was a good read
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

[rrasco]

I've read that Continuum Clean-M works well on dinos. I just started using Clean-M instead of Dr. Tims, but not to treat dinos.

Sherita has had success dosing her tank with H2O2 (peroxide) for dinos. H2O2 won't harm your clam, if dosed appropriately. I've dosed my tank plenty of times and I have a large clam.

[electricrcplane]

The dinos will just come back if you dose H202. I used Continuum Clean-M to successfully get rid of dinos, What I did was a big dose according to the label and a does everyday for 4 days and it completely wiped out the dinos. I also kept the tank dark during the four days except for 30 minutes or so to feed the cirtters.

[cowboy572]

I just order a bottle of the Continuum to help put my tank back in line.

[EpicWin]

Hey guys. Bad news on the fauna Marin alga x. It doesn't work. Neither does peroxide nor blackouts. In the past when I have had them and gotten rid of them it was the tank doing it all on its own. Don't waste your hard earned money on the algae x though. Not only did it not work for me, it killed a bunch of my fish.

[ramsey]

I've heard from several people that peroxide DOES work. It's cheap enough and I haven't had any problems using it.

[Flyride95]

I have knocked Dino's out of my aquarium by wrapping it in towels so no light gets in and heavily dosing peroxide. 4 days is all it took.

[electricrcplane]

I tried peroxide and it didn't work so I'm guessing it depends on The strain you have.

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[ErikH]

OD your tank on kalk or blackout for 7 days. It worked for me on 200g that was thoroughly infested.