Fighting Dinoflagellates in 2020 🤓 (Amphidinium Dinoflagellates)
Amphidinium Dinoflagellates, that is what I have. In order to beat this stubborn specie of dino, I am taking the following steps: Raise NO3 to 10 – 20 ppm, maintain PO4 to .1 – .15 ppm, dose Silica, Bacteria blend (Microbacter7), and Phytoplankton (Reef Nutrition Phyto Feast Live). IMHO those are probably making the most impact, on the side I do run Green Killing Machine UV once in awhile, pull skimmer cup whenever I cannot maintain the higher nutrient level (but keep running the skimmer for aeration, huge thanks Daniel for this tip among others ones, I was just shutting the skimmer off), pulled Chaeto from refugium (also to maintain higher nutrient level), run a 1 Micron filter sock, and adding Reef Enhance. The main regiment has been going on for 3-4 weeks, things seems to be going in the right direction – tune in for the next few weeks to see if this is the right way to go. I am currently contemplating a 5 days black out, slightly skeptical due to the nature of Amphidinium but it does not hurt to try and weaken the dino. If I end up going this route, you will see it in a future video with the result.
Here are some fantastic sources for battling the different types of dino, like Amphidinium, Ostreopsis, Prorocentrum… etc:
First, huge thanks to Daniel (@dnyceli on Instagram), he has been an invaluable reference during my current battle with Dino, I learned a lot in regards to different treatments as well as overall tank husbandry, thank you! 🙏
Dinoflagellate Identification Guide on R2R (Excellent guide by Jonathan Begnaud [taricha])
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellate-identification-guide.671466/
Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether? (~500 pages Dino fighting thread on R2R:)
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-%E2%80%93-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/
Amphidinium Dinoflagellate Treatment Methods on R2R:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/amphidinium-dinoflagellate-treatment-methods.365850/
Dinoflagellates in the Reef Tank – What, Why, and How? (A Transgenic World by Chris)
http://atransgenicworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/dinoflagellates-in-reef-tank-what-why.html
Timestamps:
0:00 TL;DR on what I am doing to fight Amphidinium Dinoflagellate
3:53 Identifying dino under a microscope (Amphidinium)
5:38 Treatment plan for Amphidinium dinoflagellate in my reef tank
9:59 20% off Merch Sales!
12:15 Dosing Phytoplankton for bio diversity (Reef Nutrition Phyto Feast Live)
14:36 Dosing Silica to induce diatom bloom (Brightwell SpongExcel)
19:44 Trying out Reef Enhance
21:48 Two weeks update – Cyano, Diatom coming in
27:13 KiZHXlo Monocular Microscope 40X-1600X
28:29 Lyretail Anthias transitioned to male, and got super mean!
30:17 4 weeks update – Slow but steady wins the race?
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