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Hey all.
So I've been fighting DF for a while now.
(catch up here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1770765)
I'm getting pretty close to giving up. Not sure what I should do with corals, both DBTC and not DBTC.
Non-DBTC, I wouldn't feel good about entereing them as DBTC, selling them, or even giving them away, seeing as how I'm pretty sure they will take the DF with them.
DBTC corals: I don't feel great about passing them around because I don't want to pass the DF around as well.
Should I just throw everything out, count it as a loss (I've lost a LOT of SPS so far...)
At this point I want to take just the fish and inverts into my main tank (everything is still in QT) and give up on the rest.
I appreciate suggestions!!!
Thanks,
Tom
how well do silicate sponges work for this situation? (in order to get the upper hand, no as a permanent solution)
-Tony
"Are you out of your mind Tony, you know better than to mix Blood Sport and reefing."-Tuberider
"I need a Vanilla Ice to English translator 
"-Gresham
Silica is not a limiting nutrient for them IIRC. I've had them and tested below resolution for silica.
My thought was that that if you cans trip silica, they can't form a skeleton. Akin to stripping calcium for coral.
-Tony
"Are you out of your mind Tony, you know better than to mix Blood Sport and reefing."-Tuberider
"I need a Vanilla Ice to English translator "-Gresham
My advice is water changes and reduce lighting to like 1-2 hours a day. It will wax and wane, but this is what worked for me. So well in fact that when someone wanted some for a study, I tried to grow them again but couldn't.
I had that stuff.
I turned off my lights for 3 days straight and got rid of it.
I also started using GFO since then and have had no problems for at least 6 months.
I also was so frustrated with them before.... I did maybe a few days lights out, water changes, little less fish food... then reduced light cycle a little...water changes... another few days lights out... water changes... and eventually it went away... Hang in there.
as the RC post says, I've done two separate 7-day periods of darkness.
I've tried elevating the PH to reduce their ability to photosynthesize.
I'm currently on 4-hour light periods.
I've lost a LOT of SPS (only a few left) and my LPS aren't looking too great.
I was just about to give up... then last night I got pissed.
I found a UV filter I'm going to start running.
I ordered a Phosban reactor that I'm going to run with Phosban and Carbon.
I put a bigger protein skimmer on it, and I'm looking for an even better one.
Any other suggestions?
...game on.
Patience. Really. It will work itself out. I worry with all the changes, you may actually be feeding it....
DF? In all my years this is the very fist time I have ever heard of some one using DF as shorthand. You made me follow a link to figure out you are talking about Dinoflagellates. The common short hand for it is dinos.
No advice, they suck.