Weird, brown goop covering coral

[Clownreef]

Update:

After 1ml per every 10 gal (15 ml) every 12 hours, for a total of 6 doses, all Dinos have been wiped. Im slowly ramping up the lights back up.

Lesson learned:

A squeaky clean reef is a bad idea. Dinos thrive in crystal clear systems. I will only run my algae scrubber on a night schedule instead of 24/7 to let some phosphates rise.

 

[vetteguy53081]

We have a minor case of dino we're in week 2 of dosing vibrant the tank is clearer but I still see dinos the toadstools. Next week if it doesn't look like it's getting better I was thinking of doing a blackout period, I'm still researching that I welcome helpful links if anyone has them. We will continue to dose vibrant for the next 6-8 weeks to make sure we got everything.

Vibrant will not kill dino as effectively as Peroxide dosed at night ay 1ml per 10 gallons.

 

[Clownreef]

Vibrant will not kill dino as effectively as Peroxide dosed at night ay 1ml per 10 gallons.

Agreed. Decided against it. Straight up peroxide, fed a little more than usual to dirty up the water, turned off skimmer and algae scrubber, removed carbon, turned lights down a bit.. Worked perfectly.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Im gutted. Cant figure what this is or why its happening. Any thoughts?

Blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and net it up and discard. Filter socks come in handy with entrapment but you must clean sock daily. Reduce lighting turning off whites or even a total blackout for 3-5 days and add peroxide at 1ml per 10 gals each night and do not add nopox or coral foods which are fuel/food for the dino.

 

[Clownreef]

Just to show the same leather I posted at the beginning of the thread. I just took this picture.

 

[Clownreef]

No signs of dinos. They would have popped by now.

 

[Clownreef]

Update:

No dinos.

If your battling them 1 ml per 10 gal. every 12 hours will do the trick.