One thing that is important to know Amalee is your reef is a dry rock start, those systems lack every suppressive control that mature tanks have so care methods need to match the environment being worked
as you research dino prevention, actions that helped in live rock systems won’t transfer over as easily. Your search needs to be what has worked to stop dinos in brand new dry start tanks. Stay on top of manual removal until you find a way, don’t allow the tank to set its own invasion massing
no algae challenge tank is benefitted from allowing takeover.
when you do find the way about ten thousand people would like to know, dry rock starts and dinos are linked, they’re common we see in post patterns.
Nobody has a clear way to beat them, or they wouldn’t be the number one scourge in reefing. Your reef looks great because you commanded it to...this is independent from growth potential until food webs and competition species are gained in tank maturation. be sure and siphon spot remove any new growths, the tank will select for them until some aspect of the full dry rock start is altered.
when dry rock systems age and become coralline systems, you get to work less. Don’t be discouraged about the direct care it takes to make dry rock systems look clean, only three years left then chill mode begins~
the correct uv sterilizer is what you want, it will help in the ways you want for the tank. reacting to chemistry measures won’t work, the tests you are using have been shown to have fifty point reading spreads compared to other tests in threads. Need to focus on direct kill+ tank maturation to earn less hands on work
