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It's never too late. It's like an algae, just gotta beat it.
Brown stringy stuff growing over all my softies
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It's never too late. It's like an algae, just gotta beat it.
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If it helps, The dinos only get worse during lights on. This morning before my lights even turned on, There was nothing on my corals. I’ve 100% noticed it gets worse during lights on. Tirning them off now as we speak!
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I did not. I thought thats what my diatoms/cyano/dino whole hysteria issue was, but was only able to ID diatoms under a microscope. Nothing is out of the question though!
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More and more sounds like Dinos. They use light for energy - lights out and they go into the water column looking for an energy source. If you are lucky, it's ostreopsis like I had. Very easy to beat, higher nutrients + UV.
Thanks, I was on the early days of Dino's and we didn't know how to beat them Now we do, so problem solved.
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Will do!
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Watched the BRS video on dinos and I’m planning on over feeding with a lights out. Gonna try really hard not to peak now! lol
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It's a lot easier and cheaper to dose the exact elements you need.
- Nitrates: Spectracide Stump Remover from Lowes. Last time I bought it it was $5.
- Phosphares: Aquavitro Activate is what I use, under $20 and will probably last longer than the tank.
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I keep my Nitrates at 15-20 ppm, phosphates 0.04 - 0.08. Test weekly, dose weekly.
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It is Dino and do a treatment program which is easy and inexpensive:
Starting tonight and for the next 5 Full days. . . . Turn lights off. If you have corals, you can run BLUES only at 5-10%. Today and each day, blow the Dino loose with a turkey baster and net or siphon each day. Clean filters daily also.
During the day add 1m/l per 10 gallons of liquid bacteria.
During the night , add 1 m/l per 10 gallons of hydrogen Peroxide.
Feed fish as normal, BUT . . . DO NOT FOOD TO CORALS OR ADD NoPox TO THE TANK AS IT IS FOOD FOR THE dINO.
Starting tonight and for the next 5 Full days. . . . Turn lights off. If you have corals, you can run BLUES only at 5-10%. Today and each day, blow the Dino loose with a turkey baster and net or siphon each day. Clean filters daily also.
During the day add 1m/l per 10 gallons of liquid bacteria.
During the night , add 1 m/l per 10 gallons of hydrogen Peroxide.
Feed fish as normal, BUT . . . DO NOT FOOD TO CORALS OR ADD NoPox TO THE TANK AS IT IS FOOD FOR THE dINO.
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This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
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I think I’m going to make a build thread of what I will be doing and what my progress is like getting rid of dino to help others! Hopefully they can also get to see this thread, but felt like i should make it more official and hopefully let other know what worked/didnt work for me since i know theres a lot of conflicting info out there on getting rid of dinos! I’ll attach a link to the thread in this one just in case someone comes along and needs help and wants to see my progress! Thanks again for all the help guys!!!
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I have no problem with getting one however I have an all in one tank and have no clue to install it.
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Wait lol it goes in the tank? Sorry I’m still super new at this.
No it needs to be plumbed. Some are hang on the back. Raising no3 and po4 so they aren't undetected also helps but grows hair algae a lot. Clean up crew will help with that later.
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Green Killing Machine looks like it could go in the tank, would any UV sterilizer work?
