Dino’s are back

[Michael v]

Found long strings. Looks like worms coming out of the rocks. As soon as I turn on the lights they shrink back in. I’m thinking of doing a 72 hour blackout. My question is do I continue my feeding routine? Thanks for any feed back.

 

[lelandmarine]

Can you post pictures? Can you give more information about how old/big the tank is. Can you give information about your nitrate/phosphate levels in the tank. I’m still relatively new but I’ve not heard of dinos reacting negatively to light? Maybe someone else can chime in on that

 

[zalick]

Doesn't sound like dinos. Sounds like worms. Can you get a picture?

 

[Michael v]

Can you post pictures? Can you give more information about how old/big the tank is. Can you give information about your nitrate/phosphate levels in the tank. I’m still relatively new but I’ve not heard of dinos reacting negatively to light? Maybe someone else can chime in on that

I increased the amount of food I gave my fish. Also decreased amount of time the lights are on. My PH is 4.8 ALk 8.4 phosphate level is 27 nitrate 25. It seems to be helping. I haven’t done a total black out yet.

 

[Diver4242]

It looks like you have worms, not dinos, so be thankful.

I've been battling dinos for two months now. I've been doing the Dr. Tim's regimine. I've been doing it without the Refresh, which he said to pass on, due to concerns about my snails and crabs.

So black-out for 3 days, then Refresh, etc. The first time it almost eliminated them, i though they were gone. But if I left my lights on for more than an hour or two, I started to see them come back

Then I did the black-out and Refresh regime again, this time four days blackout, followed by the Refresh treatment. The tank looked great. Now they're coming back again.

I'm going to try Dino-X next, this sucks.

 

[Michael v]

Thanks I think you’re right b

It looks like you have worms, not dinos, so be thankful.

I've been battling dinos for two months now. I've been doing the Dr. Tim's regimine. I've been doing it without the Refresh, which he said to pass on, due to concerns about my snails and crabs.

So black-out for 3 days, then Refresh, etc. The first time it almost eliminated them, i though they were gone. But if I left my lights on for more than an hour or two, I started to see them come back

Then I did the black-out and Refresh regime again, this time four days blackout, followed by the Refresh treatment. The tank looked great. Now they're coming back again.

I'm going to try Dino-X next, this sucks.

It looks like you have worms, not dinos, so be thankful.

I've been battling dinos for two months now. I've been doing the Dr. Tim's regimine. I've been doing it without the Refresh, which he said to pass on, due to concerns about my snails and crabs.

So black-out for 3 days, then Refresh, etc. The first time it almost eliminated them, i though they were gone. But if I left my lights on for more than an hour or two, I started to see them come back

Then I did the black-out and Refresh regime again, this time four days blackout, followed by the Refresh treatment. The tank looked great. Now they're coming back again.

I'm going to try Dino-X next, this sucks.

Thanks for your reply. I think you are right. I haven’t seen any other signs of Dino. When I had it before I used DinoX and it worked good for me. Good luck with your tank. I wish you success.