So I've been doing a lot of research in learning how to prevent dinos and cyano and I thought live rock played a factor but the more I read into this it seems like it's just a gamble. I just find it very hard to believe that out of all the technological advances we have made as a species we let small organisms overrun glass boxes. Just hard to justify spending money if that's in fact the case. So to me personally, I think a lot of the successful reef tanks I see as just lucky or ticking time bombs. It's just not worth investing in something that will eventually get infested and the solutions out there are sub-par and not science based. Maybe I'm thinking about this wrong but from what I can tell there's just a bunch of anecdotal evidence/experience and not any science.
Is dino/cyano unpreventable?
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Wouldn't that mean you have more of a chance getting it with dry rock? so why the push for dry from manufacturers if that's the case? Seems weird to me there's no definitive guide around these issues. yet anecdotal evidence points to dry rock being more susceptible to these outbreaks.
Dry rock has nothing growing on it.
It makes a good home for anything.
Many people cure dry rock in the dark.
Most cyano needs light to grow.
It makes a good home for anything.
Many people cure dry rock in the dark.
Most cyano needs light to grow.
So why is there people out there with cyano/dino even though they cured it in the dark for X months. I can find some threads where all preventative measures were taken. Just interesting most advice doesn't 100% put you in the clear of these issues. Which brings me to my question in the title of this thread. Seems so far the answer is yes.
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fun exercise: look around all forums at pico reefs, see if any of them have dinos or cyano issues. When pico reefs were coming about, they were already breaking establishment rules, so getting the keepers to occasionally deep clean all the detritus out of the system wasnt much more of a stretch. most large reefers think it is very destabilizing to truly clean out a running reef, they still wont do it by and large.
a few have, Jon
--> 20 yrs later, we've made quite an inspectable pattern using pico reefs regarding dinos and cyano, with accessibility, true live rock starts, and willingness to deep clean, they wont occur. across forums, not just here. an occasional 3 gallon keeper will let things sink into cyano, but not too often. the really small picos, not any have it I can find.
what are the enduring characters of typical large tank cyano/dino invasions? Dont change water, dont deep clean, and stored up with tons of detritus.
a few have, Jon
--> 20 yrs later, we've made quite an inspectable pattern using pico reefs regarding dinos and cyano, with accessibility, true live rock starts, and willingness to deep clean, they wont occur. across forums, not just here. an occasional 3 gallon keeper will let things sink into cyano, but not too often. the really small picos, not any have it I can find.
what are the enduring characters of typical large tank cyano/dino invasions? Dont change water, dont deep clean, and stored up with tons of detritus.
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I may be wrong but I believe dino and cyano are naturally occurring in marine environments. You can never get rid of them , they're a natural part of the ecosystem, you can only control them and try to keep your tank in such a way as to prevent blooms.
