Dino's can be pretty hard to get rid of but if you are diligent you can wipe them out within a weeks time. There is a great article HERE that will greatly aid in the fight to eradicate the problem.

The main things to do are:

- Period of darkness for 48-72 hours
-Raise the Ph with kalk to 8.4-8.5
-Add good bacteria to out compete the bad
-Run a Po4 remover such as GFO
-DO NOT conduct any water changes!!!
-Siphon out what you can
-Running a 100 micron filter will aid in capturing any free floating Dino's

I would NOT add a carbon source such as Vodka,sugar, or vinegar as these will only compound the issue.

Concerning red cotton candy looking algae, I have seen it the past and it is easily treatable by:

-Completely stopping vodka dosage
-Adding or increasing bacterial dosage
-Siphon out what you can

The red Cotton candy looking algae is most commonly reported in carbon dosed systems such as Zeovit, Prodibio, and Vodka.

I had an issue with both Dino's and Red cotton when I was dosing Vodka alone. It wasn't until I began to dose Brightwell Microbacter7 along with the vodka that the problem subsided. The good bacteria now keeps the bad in check and prevents it from taking over again.

Good luck.

-Sonny

 


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chris link
05/04/2009 4:38pm

Good tip on adding bacteria, hadn't heard that before

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Igor
05/08/2009 2:16pm

Thanks for the tips, the first time I heard it called red cotton, after searching for months. Describes my problem exactly.

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Sir P link
06/16/2010 9:36pm

Thats my problem- red cotton/dynoflagelattes. Been looking for a good way to get rid of them, and had a fealing it had something to do with my dosing. Thx Sunny!

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