Im 2 for 2. After treatment, Never returned
I’m over trying to get them out of my tank. Tried it all. Nitrates at 10ppm phosphate 0.07ppm, tried dosing microbacter 7, pods, 36 watt UV light running 24/7, raising PH, more flow, raised temp to 83°, H2O2 dosed, Dino-x, and did multiple 5 day blackouts. I’m just done with the frustration. Lol i have had the dinos for 5 years now, and i only have a purple tang left so it’s not a big deal to restart the tank now.
Hoping for the same results! Did you start with dry rock or live?
Both. What are you doing to treat dino?
Nothing anymore. I’m done with that tank. But i tried literally everything recommended in the forums. H2O2 dosing, microbacter 7, 36 watt UV, removed all sand, got nutrients to 10ppm nitrate and 0.07 phosphate, stopped water changes, siphoned them into a filter sock whatever nights i was around to do so, dosed pods, raised PH, and I’m sure there are a couple I’m missing. Iv just had it with them and ready to restart the tank. The reason dinos started in the first place was from carbon dosing about 5 years ago.
Super frustrating! When you restarted did you use dry or live rock? I want to use dry so i don’t have hitchhikers, but i know dry rock is apparently prone to dinos.
When did you notice dinos? How far into owning the tank? Just the word gives me the heebie jeebies.
So about 5 years ago i started the tank with about 60lbs of dry pukini rock from BRS it went through the normal ugly phases of cyano, but that only last a couple weeks. It was a great looking tank for about a year. That’s when i started seeing elevated nitrates and water changes weren’t doing much so i decided to carbon dose with vinegar. I guess i went to fast and a week or so into the dosing i started to see dinos, and haven’t been able to beat it since. So it was roughly a year into the tank being setup.
