Dinoflagellates Help

I have this algae so bad it is a really nasty looking tank. I have been boiling my rock and letting it dry out, My question is I have alot of rock's with life on the rock. How do I get the Dinoflagellates off of the rock's with life on them. Right now I am looking at a good two month's to clear out the problem. But my only thought for the coral's attached to rock's is to gently chip out under them and clean them with a tooth brush and boil the rest of the rock. What other alternatives do I have?

ALSO

At what temperature does Dinoflagellates die off at?

So far I have only lost about 3 mushroom's.

Thank you for yourt time.
I also have turf and LHA, but can get a crew from John for that when the time comes.
Thank's again,

Coldshot

 

Hey Danny!

Have you checked water quality before jumping in and boiling the rocks? I had a bad dino problem when I first setup my previous tank. They were everywhere for months. I turned the lights off for days and they would come right back. Got my nitrate to zero and they were STILL there. I put in a phosphate reactor and they slowly diminished. So check your phosphate level. Even a very small amount will keep them around IME.

Another thing I have read is that elevated pH will help (you, not them). The article said to raise it to 8.4 or higher.

Hope this helps and everything is well.

Ivan

 

Right on irr0001,start dripping kalk(read up on how,it's very important,you can very easily make a siphon drip bottle out of a water bottle or something similar and yes,aim for about 8.4 ph)If what you have is dinos,another thing to do along with the lights out is to reduce flow in the tank(turn off a powerhead or 2)good flow actually feeds them,preform your blackout for about 4 days(your corals will be fine during this time).Thanks to Inwall75 for passing this info to me,and it worked like a charm.

 

I do not know how long my Rose Anenome will do with out l.ight's. I will look into a phosphate reactor next month when I get paid.and set it like it is until I get it in board and see where it is at after a couple week's (unless it is really high. SSDI doesnt give me alot to work with) How much are reactor's for a 55 long? I will call later to local shop's, THank's !

 

Phosphate reactors aren't too awful expensive. 50 bucks or so? A phosphate reactor is a great thing to have. I think a lot of people overlook them. I would work on raising your pH to REALLY solve the problem though.

 

siphon it out of the rocks that's what I did when I had the issue. +1 on the phosphate reactor it's worth it.