Lights out/dino question

[Journeyman]

Hi, I'm on the tail end of battling Dino's in my sps dominant 60g tank.

I got a uv sterilizer and did two separate lights out along with hydrogen peroxide. The first was 3 days, which cleared my display a lot. But I noticed them starting to come back after a couple days and I did another 2 day black out. There was probably about 2 days in between the black outs.

Right now the lights have been back on for 2 days and so far I don't see the dinos coming back. I'm still dosing hydrogen peroxide. My sps are a bit pale, but otherwise seem ok.

I'm thinking I might do another blackout period in the future to be sure (or maybe even make it a part off my regular routine) but y don't want to overly stress the corals. So does anyone know a recommended time to wait between blackouts for sps?

 

[reef lover]

Hmmmm that s an interesting idea....
Here's a bump for others thoughts.

 

[Journeyman]

Thanks! On a happy note, I think I beat the dinos in my display. I thought I saw a couple little bubble snots coming back an I did a 1 day lights out last thursday. After that I haven't seen any bubble snots pop up anymore. I still fear them coming back over time. I see a couple of photosynthesis bubbles on my algae screen in my sump, but so far none in my display. So I feel good.

I did dose hydrogen peroxide through the whole time. I stopped the hydrogen peroxide yesterday.

I did not lose any sps through this whole process.

Still would like to consider adding a regular lights out to my schedule, but want to do it safely for my sps.