Dino out break

[Michael v]

I realized to late where I went wrong. I decided to add a bio pellet reactor to my tank. This is not a bad thing but I did it before I really needed to. My nitrates where between 5 and 10 ppm. My phosphate was 1. After turning on the reactor both dropped to 0. I’ve turned off the reactor and hopefully things will bounce back on there own. I was thinking of dosing hydrogen peroxide if it gets worse. It’s not real bad yet. Hard not to panic. Any advice?

 

[Kalibur2]

You have to raise nutrients. Start feeding more again. Also try to identify what type of Dino’s it is. There is a thread with all the info.

 

[Michael v]

Thank you I’ll do that.

 

[Michael v]

I took your advice and found some great information I can work with. Thanks again

 

[nezw0001]

good luck. Dinos are a real pain! I ended up taking my skimmer and filter socks off line, dosing nitrates and phosphate, feeding more, adding pods (lots!), adding a UV, and doing the Dr. Tim's protocol before they finally went away. The interesting thing is even now, almost a year since i had dino issues, anytime i clean the sump out they flare up.