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So I'm pretty sure I have Dino algae. Pic will be included. I also have hair and cyano. Hard to tell tho because the sink is getting so bad. Going lights out all day tomorrow and buying some mb7 to try that out.

Alk 8.4
Ca 430
Salinity 1.025
Nitrates 0.00 as of yesterday
Phosphate 0 (Hanna). Maybe cuz the algae is using all of it

Please let me know what I should do. I should mention I have a few grand in sps and zoas in my tank. Thanks in advance guys

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Following along, I have too much in the frag tank and I'm dosing vibrant :(
 
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Dino's are so interesting... I ran into them when I had a nano and honestly one day they were just gone... I kid you not I battled them for months trying different things online and flow... changing oxygen and nothing... just poof gone... ran the tank for over year afterwards with no problems... so weird
 
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If you have sand remove it. Resolved it for me. I tried the h202, blackouts, raising nutrients, no waterchanges, tons of water changes etc, everything i read i tried. When i moved from the apartment to the house i got rid of the sandbed, went with 85% new water and havent had dinos since. Been about a year since that happened. Fought the dang things for about 7 months prior.
 
So it went away when you moved the tank correct? Could it have been other things also that lead to it?
 
I suppose it is possible but very unplausible.

When I was dealing with the scourge, any treatment I tried worked for a couple days to a couple weeks and the dinos would then grow resistant to that method.

The longest lasting I had was when I did 3 day blackout, with 1 week of h202 at triple dose reccomended prior and after. Then I dosed Dr tims one and only, this kept me dino free for nearly a month. And killed half my coral. Then it all came back.

I was ready to shut down the tank after the move if it didn't stay away.

Come may it will be 1 year without dinos (when I moved the tank to the new house :)

I don't mean to be doom and gloom, but if you have a sandbed, cut your losses and remove it. It's the only think I can attribute my dinos dissipating to. Good luck friend, I don't wish those little jerks on anyone.
 
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I removed my sand, cleaned it the sink with tap water, drained it, and then put it back. Haven't seen dinos in at least 3 months.
 
Ok so I had this problem about a year into setting up my tank. It was horrible and yes it killed the CUC which only compunded my issue. As finding dead decomposing snails are just more food for the algae. The thing about dibos is they still rely on a nutrient source and can feed off your light. Hiwever if light is the only thong keeping them alive they are on their way out. The most important thing is to find the nutrient source. So here was my steps to victory.

1. Develop a way to export as much as you can. Don't be cavalier and try to vacuum it out or blow it off the rocks and hope to catch it in the water column. Pure waste of time. The best way I found was to set up egg crate suspended in my tank with mesh netting wrapped around it. Place this in a high flow area and make sure it gets lots of light. Every day when your lights start to dim take it out and wash it off. You will be amazed at how much this will collect in just a day.

2. Make sure your RO system is removing all the TDS from your water. I was initially using mine without a TDS meter. Only to find out I was feeding my tank water that read anywhere from 5-10 TDS. Fueling the dinos.

3. Locate the initial and major nutrient source. Are you a heavy handed feeder? Sand bed? Expired carbon in your reactors? Trust me something is feeding these beasts.

4. Be diligent and patient. This is the most difficult part. But through exporting as much of it as you can and slowly lowering your nutrient source you will find victory. Don't be fooled by the 0 reading on your nitrate phosphate tests. You are testing the water column. Water that the algae has already fed off and gives you false readings. If you could manage to test the water coming right off your rocks or close to the sandbed you may find a different result.

I hope my reply helps. I did not use any medication or reef oil (same as snake oil but for reef tanks) and came out victorious. However I almost threw in the towel a few times because just when you think it's gone......BAM it's back. Atleast until you find the source of the nutrients.
 
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qterry22 said:
Ok so I had this problem about a year into setting up my tank. It was horrible and yes it killed the CUC which only compunded my issue. As finding dead decomposing snails are just more food for the algae. The thing about dibos is they still rely on a nutrient source and can feed off your light. Hiwever if light is the only thong keeping them alive they are on their way out. The most important thing is to find the nutrient source. So here was my steps to victory.

1. Develop a way to export as much as you can. Don't be cavalier and try to vacuum it out or blow it off the rocks and hope to catch it in the water column. Pure waste of time. The best way I found was to set up egg crate suspended in my tank with mesh netting wrapped around it. Place this in a high flow area and make sure it gets lots of light. Every day when your lights start to dim take it out and wash it off. You will be amazed at how much this will collect in just a day.

2. Make sure your RO system is removing all the TDS from your water. I was initially using mine without a TDS meter. Only to find out I was feeding my tank water that read anywhere from 5-10 TDS. Fueling the dinos.

3. Locate the initial and major nutrient source. Are you a heavy handed feeder? Sand bed? Expired carbon in your reactors? Trust me something is feeding these beasts.

4. Be diligent and patient. This is the most difficult part. But through exporting as much of it as you can and slowly lowering your nutrient source you will find victory. Don't be fooled by the 0 reading on your nitrate phosphate tests. You are testing the water column. Water that the algae has already fed off and gives you false readings. If you could manage to test the water coming right off your rocks or close to the sandbed you may find a different result.

I hope my reply helps. I did not use any medication or reef oil (same as snake oil but for reef tanks) and came out victorious. However I almost threw in the towel a few times because just when you think it's gone......BAM it's back. Atleast until you find the source of the nutrients.
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Yes I think your right about the nutrient thing. I think I have too much detritus on my sand bed and in my sump (I have gotten all of it out of my sump and half out of my display). Took out half of my rocks today and sprayed them with a hydrogen peroxide solution (not hitting corals). While the rocks were out I was able to shake off detritus and suck it off the sand the rocks were on. I ordered a stronger wavemaker too to help push this arsound. I also started running a filter sock again
 
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I believe it's Dino's because I have loss of cuc or lethargic cuc. Also I believe it's Dino's because it gets ok before lights come on. Then gets worse through the day of the lights being on. As the life cycle of Dino's is
 
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