Does anyone here have experience with Top Marin's Ultra Aglae X? Meant to kill Dinos.

[Smite]

My Dinoflagellets are returning in my DT. It isn't bad yet and I'm sure a total blackout will knock it back, but to be honest I'm fed up with these dinos. Every time my tank starts to really color up and things start growing these guys start taking over the sand bed and rocks again. I've really been on top of my water changes, 25g every week in a 70-75g system which makes their comeback even more frustrating.

If I do decide to give this treatment a shot I'll take pictures along the way to share here. I have a mixed reef with coral and inverts of all kinds. NPS, SPS, LPS, Nems, Gorgs ect.. So it would be a good test tank for sure but would hate to lose anything in my system. :tongue (2):

I've read a handful of reviews on this Ultra Algae X and how it eradicated their dinos, never to return. I'm not a big fan of adding chemicals in my tank if I don't have to, which is why I've had this on hand for months now. Its always sold out in the states it seems.

I'm just curious if anyone here has had experience with it? It claims to be coral AND invert safe if dosed correctly. I don't know my exact gallon amount minus rock and sand so I'll be draining my DT to find out exactly how much I need to dose.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/fauna-marin-ultra-algea-x.html?gclid=CL_7xdTY4sQCFU6VfgodBJkAwA

The instructions are a little vague, but really stresses not overdosing.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=ultra+algae+x+instructions.&form=IE10TR&src=IE10TR&pc=HPDTDFJS

 

[Fly5150]

I used it a while back on my frag tank. It worked pretty well. If they come back worse when you finally water change, maybe your adding silicates when you do your water change? I think mine came from the rock I added. Where are you getting your water from? I think [MENTION=3047]Adrock[/MENTION] has a silicate test kit.


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[Smite]

I'm making my own now. I'll try to take in a sample and see whats up. Maybe there is something I'm missing.

 

[reeferside]

I'm making my own now. I'll try to take in a sample and see whats up. Maybe there is something I'm missing.

I'm assuming you've tried raising ph, blacking out tank, and/or H2O2?

 

[james-lee]

I'm assuming you've tried raising ph, blacking out tank, and/or H2O2?

+1! I used 10 ml of h202 every 12 hours during a 4 day black out and never saw them again. The h202 never harmed anything as well.

 

[Smite]

10 ml per how many gallons? What corals were in the tank?

Raise pH to what level?

Thanks

 

[james-lee]

I used 1ml per 1 gallon but did it every 12 hours during the lights out period so instead of a 20 ml dose one time I split it. I had a 6 line wrasse, cb shrimp, a lot of snails and hermits, serpent star, macro algae, gsp, xenia, gorgonia, and ricordias. All were fine . I did feed them well the day I started lights out. Ran my skimmer cause all the die off.

 

[reeferside]

I read that you should start out with 1ml per 10ga.

1ml per 1 ga seems like a lot to dose but what do I know?

 

[james-lee]

Yeah my dino outbreak was pretty bad. Im sure the 1:10 ratio is for SPS tank. Better to start small and ramp up but my 1:1 worked wonders for me combined with lights out and feeding tank every 3 days.

 

[Smite]

A little bummed. Went lights out Thursday night, unplugged my ai sols. Total black out. walked by my tank and saw a gleam of blue....."What the hell?!" ..................I didn't unplug my t5 timer! Only set at 2 hours a day but **** me no lights out I guess. Peaked in and the sand bed looks clean. Fed the fish since the lights were on but not sure if I should count those 2 days now. Crrrraaaaapppppiiiiiieeeeee

 

[james-lee]

Now would be a good time to dose microbacter7. Once the dinos die off up your beneficial bacteria to put compete the bad stuff.

 

[adrianocampo]

I'm having trouble with dinos! tried black out for 3 straight days with h202 still 2 days later, theyre back. how did the fauna marin product work. did you ever try it?

 

[Smite]

Dang did you do a total blackout? Like wrap the tank with black trash bags? Turn off the fuge light ect?

I never ended up using it. I'm actually dealing with it again, possibly. I' still have it on hand and am thinking about giving it a go.

Try searching dinoflagellets or member sonnus' posts. He responded to someone's post last year regarding dinos and laid out a way to eradicate them by raising your pH to 8.6-8.7 for a few months.

 

[adrianocampo]

Dang did you do a total blackout? Like wrap the tank with black trash bags? Turn off the fuge light ect?

I never ended up using it. I'm actually dealing with it again, possibly. I' still have it on hand and am thinking about giving it a go.

Try searching dinoflagellets or member sonnus' posts. He responded to someone's post last year regarding dinos and laid out a way to eradicate them by raising your pH to 8.6-8.7 for a few months.

Complete blackout. Covered and all. So frustrating. I'll look up that post right now


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[BeanMachine]

Now would be a good time to dose microbacter7. Once the dinos die off up your beneficial bacteria to put compete the bad stuff.

Dinos arent bacteria though are they?

 

[adrianocampo]

Dinos arent bacteria though are they?

They're the devil.


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[Smite]

Complete blackout. Covered and all. So frustrating. I'll look up that post right now


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****. Sorry to hear that Adrian. That's usually my go to for buying some time atleast.

If you are dosing or soaking food in vitamin C I'd cut that off until you figure it out. I've had dinos under control, dosed vitamin c to improve color and bam, they came back full force.

Have you tried running phosban or another type of median that binds silicates? I wouldn't run it long term but it might help you eliminate your water source being the problem.

 

[Smite]

Sorry I meant SeaGel not phosban

 

[james-lee]

Dinos arent bacteria though are they?

You are right Cody they are form of algae. I probably ment to say dose mb7 to out compete the Dino's for nutrients. I'm getting senile lately that or I type faster than what I'm thinking lol