dinos, a water quality issue?

[Wiz]

Went to an lfs yesterday. They had a stand alone frag tank with some nice stuff cheap. I was excited until it occured to me the entire rack had dinos all over it. A much lighter brown than the dinos I had. But defanitly dinos. I said to the guy " I wish those frags didn't have dinos". his response: "dinos are a water quality issue, if your quality is good they won't transfer". Am I wrong in believing he is crazy? Lol

 

[Waters]

Yeah, he is crazy lol. I have seen Dinos grow in ULNSs as well as systems that are overstocked and overfed. Dinos have been around forever...they find a way to survive unfortunately. Now whether or not the Dinos thrive in your system is the unknown.

 

[Triggreef]

They're in every system. All the quarantining in the world won't keep them out.

So I wouldn't worry about buying a frag with obvious Dino's.

 

[Wiz]

They're in every system. All the quarantining in the world won't keep them out.

So I wouldn't worry about buying a frag with obvious Dino's.

Really?

 

[Waters]

They're in every system. All the quarantining in the world won't keep them out.

So I wouldn't worry about buying a frag with obvious Dino's.

That may be true but I personally wouldn't buy anything out of a Dino infested system....there are too many strains (some being toxic, some not). I would not risk adding a toxic version into your tank that previously only had, dormant, not toxic varieties.

 

[brandon429]

Have him post here, I'll shoot him a link of two active problem Dino tanks, he fixes them as we watch using only nutrient controls or any other thing he wants to do to improve water quality


I've skipped awesome sale prices on open brains at my lfs due to dinos. Won't touch em

 

[Wiz]

That is the part that kills me. His store is a sponsor of Boston reefers

 

[Hawain_Rob]

Won't a dip in...let's say coral Rx kill the dino?

 

[Waters]

Won't a dip in...let's say coral Rx kill the dino?

Possibility....that is the issue though. There are so many strains that have developed immunity to a lot of our methods of removal that you never know for sure. That is why one method of removing dinos works in one tank but not another. Unless the strain can be identified, all you can do is guess.