Invictusmaneo
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I figured I would weigh in on my recent (ongoing) battle against dinos in my 10 gal. I have NOT examined und per a microscope, and may goal was to immediately start treat Not since I had been out of town, so I essentially undertook a Broad spectrum approach.
About 6 weeks ago I noticed ich on my Lubbock wrasse and immediately pulled it and my clown into quarantine and started treatment, deciding to run the display fallow for 76 days (I also have snails, a candy pistol, and numerous corals). Of course, the following week I had to travel to Africa for three weeks and leave everything in the hands of my wife. Come my return home, I clearly had the start of a Dino love fest.
I was lucky that it must have been reasonably early as the coral was still flourishing (except my stylo frag that had been engulfed-it had partiallly bleached) and with my wrasse out of this tank, the snails, pods, and little critters were flourishing.
I researched a bunch and immediately arrived at two solution methods: dose h2o2 ( hydrogen peroxide), and increase nutrients since my tank had been fallow, likely triggering it.
I picked up some food grade (joke, but more pure at least) h2o2 from sprouts and started a dose regimen of 1ml per 10 gal twice a day-this immediately started to abate things; in my opinion it at least put the Dino on its back foot. I also reduced my prime HD to 10% of the scheduled power to help reduce the staying power of the Dino’s.,
I then returned to feeding reef roids three times a week, and on opposite days dosed aquavitro fuel to feed the coral, bump the nutrients a bit and in particular the phosphates.
Within a few days I had an immediate improvement, to include some hair algae. It’s been 2.5 weeks and I have a long way to go, but I’ve st least knocked back the Dinos for now. I am keeping up the h2o2 dosing for now, still feed the reef roids, and dosing fuel. I will start to reduce the h2o2 dosing over the next two weeks and do my first water change. Having the fish in quarantine I think has made this easier for me. I haven’t checked my nutrients in 2 weeks as I have been conservative in dosing, but hope to maintain slightly elevated phosphate and nitrate levels as recommended in this thread longer term. The corals are thriving right now, and I am slowly cranking the prime hd back up to make them happier. Photo is of today (2.5 weeks after starting treatment)and of a still dirty tank, but to at least show it’s possible! I know I’ll never truly win and always have to keep these, at bay, but I’m at least more comfortable with response.
Note the coral is all moved around to try to get them out of the worst dino, and there are some more on the other side I have had to relocate as well. They’ll get resettled soon. I’m not saying this will work for everyone, but it helped as a broad spectrum solution for me.
About 6 weeks ago I noticed ich on my Lubbock wrasse and immediately pulled it and my clown into quarantine and started treatment, deciding to run the display fallow for 76 days (I also have snails, a candy pistol, and numerous corals). Of course, the following week I had to travel to Africa for three weeks and leave everything in the hands of my wife. Come my return home, I clearly had the start of a Dino love fest.
I was lucky that it must have been reasonably early as the coral was still flourishing (except my stylo frag that had been engulfed-it had partiallly bleached) and with my wrasse out of this tank, the snails, pods, and little critters were flourishing.
I researched a bunch and immediately arrived at two solution methods: dose h2o2 ( hydrogen peroxide), and increase nutrients since my tank had been fallow, likely triggering it.
I picked up some food grade (joke, but more pure at least) h2o2 from sprouts and started a dose regimen of 1ml per 10 gal twice a day-this immediately started to abate things; in my opinion it at least put the Dino on its back foot. I also reduced my prime HD to 10% of the scheduled power to help reduce the staying power of the Dino’s.,
I then returned to feeding reef roids three times a week, and on opposite days dosed aquavitro fuel to feed the coral, bump the nutrients a bit and in particular the phosphates.
Within a few days I had an immediate improvement, to include some hair algae. It’s been 2.5 weeks and I have a long way to go, but I’ve st least knocked back the Dinos for now. I am keeping up the h2o2 dosing for now, still feed the reef roids, and dosing fuel. I will start to reduce the h2o2 dosing over the next two weeks and do my first water change. Having the fish in quarantine I think has made this easier for me. I haven’t checked my nutrients in 2 weeks as I have been conservative in dosing, but hope to maintain slightly elevated phosphate and nitrate levels as recommended in this thread longer term. The corals are thriving right now, and I am slowly cranking the prime hd back up to make them happier. Photo is of today (2.5 weeks after starting treatment)and of a still dirty tank, but to at least show it’s possible! I know I’ll never truly win and always have to keep these, at bay, but I’m at least more comfortable with response.
Note the coral is all moved around to try to get them out of the worst dino, and there are some more on the other side I have had to relocate as well. They’ll get resettled soon. I’m not saying this will work for everyone, but it helped as a broad spectrum solution for me.
