How to get rid of dinoflagellates?

Posted By mthomp on 06/29/2010 02:54 PM 
not all symbiotic relationships are good.
I beleave the deff of a symbiotic relatioship is that it is good for both parties. Otherwise it would be concidered a parasite and a host kind of deal.

 

Yes, Both are terms that describe a relationship, good or bad, between multiple organisms.
The term symbiosis (from the Greek: σύν syn "with"; and βίωσις biosis "living") commonly describes close and often long-term interactions between different biological species. The term was first used in 1879 by the German mycologist, Heinrich Anton de Bary, who defined it as: "the living together of unlike organisms".

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis

 

which says not all symbiotic relationships are good. i didnt think of going to wikipedia.

 

Dude your post is right out of the wikipedia deff word for word. Yea you were right about it not always being good.

 

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081214080514AAGxcHk is where i got my answer. so dude  again i didnt think of going to wiki.

 

Ah.

 

You think the dinos are actualy liveing in the coral? That's a interesting theroy.

 

well the other artical i read and i will look it up said that dinos can form a symbiotic relationship with coral. the post i made was a copy and paste from that.

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php#1

basically says to keep your ph up and that should help solve the problem. it goes into differant types of dinos and what i posted earlier was just something that caught my eye. but based on that it leads to me to think that they could be hosting in her coral and one of the reasons it transfered from her old tank to her new one.

 

Wow you lern something new everyday. Thanks for posting the link.

 

NP i hope you or someone else finds something, i would sure like to help her get to the root of the problem, along with possibly helping others for when this arises again.

 

I hear that dinos suck big time! They make cyano look like a tea party.

 

Have you checked your RODI TDS output yet. Last time we chatted you mentioned not owning a TDS meter. Your source water could have silicates would be feeding the dinos.

As mentioned in the chat, it silly to start messing with water chemistry and lighting periods before checking the basics first.

 

Posted By Waverz on 06/30/2010 07:36 PM
Have you checked your RODI TDS output yet. Last time we chatted you mentioned not owning a TDS meter. Your source water could have silicates would be feeding the dinos.
As mentioned in the chat, it silly to start messing with water chemistry and lighting periods before checking the basics first.
+1 if you haven't checked I can bring my hand held tds meater friday and let you borrow it for a week.

 

I'll bring it.

 

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