I beat Dino!

[Hemlawk]

Pretty simple actually. I ran Phosguard during an approximate 80 hour blackout. After the blackout I removed the phosguard and treated the system with DinoX (from BRS) for 2 days. And that's about it. I'm currently dosing Nopox and beefed up my cuc. (phosphates were 0.25, nitrates 0.0)...

 

[Mike N]

Thanks for sharing your strategy. How long have you been dino-free?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Were there any invert losses?

 

[zachxlutz]

How long has it been since the blackout?

 

[Hemlawk]

Hi

No invert loss. Both shrimp are healthy. Crabs are OK and snails when I see them seem fine.

It's been 4 days since the blackout. No dyno return, yet. But I am battling green algae and some gha.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Thanks. Like everything, I have only read totally mixed reviews on its use. Nice to get a first hand report. Thanks!

 

[Hemlawk]

I also wanted to say thanks for any info I learned here and Rico's Reeftank stream. Those are some knowledge peeps.

 

[Scurvy]

Nice!

 

[zachxlutz]

Hi

No invert loss. Both shrimp are healthy. Crabs are OK and snails when I see them seem fine.

It's been 4 days since the blackout. No dyno return, yet. But I am battling green algae and some gha.

You dosed the dino-x after the blackout, correct? What were your nutrient levels before and after the blackout? What was the status of the dinos after the blackout and before the dino-x dosing?

 

[Hemlawk]

You dosed the dino-x after the blackout, correct? What were your nutrient levels before and after the blackout? What was the status of the dinos after the blackout and before the dino-x dosing?

Phosphates were 0.25, nitrates 0.0.
I have yet to check phosphate again, nitrates still 0.0.
Yes I dosed DinoX after the blackout. The Dino was pretty much gone after the black. There were some white/bleached pieces that I plucked out.

 

[zachxlutz]

Phosphates were 0.25, nitrates 0.0.
I have yet to check phosphate again, nitrates still 0.0.
Yes I dosed DinoX after the blackout. The Dino was pretty much gone after the black. There were some white/bleached pieces that I plucked out.

Interesting. Phosphates .25 or .025?

 

[Hemlawk]

Hanna checker said 0.25 which is pretty high. Apparently my wife and house sitter were overfeeding my tank. They liked to see the fishies eat... :/

 

[zachxlutz]

yeah .25 is fairly high. Sounds like you have a bit of a nutrient imbalance with NO3 coming up 0 and PO4 that high. Do you carbon dose?

 

[Hemlawk]

yeah .25 is fairly high. Sounds like you have a bit of a nutrient imbalance with NO3 coming up 0 and PO4 that high. Do you carbon dose?

I do not dose carbon. I'm still fairly new to reefing. This is my first tank and I started in March...

 

[Collin S]

Please update this in a month
A lot of people think they have beaten Dino's and have them pop back up after a month once they rebound.
I have had this happen multiple times.

 

[Hemlawk]

you guys were write: looks like its creeping back... :/

 

[zachxlutz]

you guys were write: looks like its creeping back... :/

Are you still carbon dosing with the NO3PO4x? What are your nutrient levels, currently? Have you been manually removing/blowing the dinos off the affected areas?

 

[Hemlawk]

Last I checked a few days ago:
Nitrate-0
Phos - 0.08
(i haven't checked cal/dkh/mag)
I stopped nopox a few days ago, especially after the phosphates dropped.

I'm honestly about to reboot the system. I have lots of acid bathed Pukani...

 

[zachxlutz]

I'd surmise that your nutrient imbalance has created a system in which only dinos can grow and not be outcompeted by more "desirable" algaes. I'd work on getting your nutrients in balance, rather than starting over.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@Hemlawk, just so you're aware, NOPOX is carbon. All it did for me was grow cyano, and once I saw that I stopped. Cyano went away in a few days, then came the GHA infestation. I'm manually removing that and fighting it with a refugium growing GHA for now... Might try chaeto again but I can't keep it alive historically. I'm slowly winning the battle with GHA. Slow and steady wins the race, like my cousin the land turtle when he raced that rabbit.