It's great that we have people who are willing to eat the bullet to test this out.
I was more than willing. .. I wouldn't wish dinos on my worst lfs.. lol.. I could not be happier. ..because I sure wasnt blowing dinos of my coral all day..
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It's great that we have people who are willing to eat the bullet to test this out.
I was more than willing. .. I wouldn't wish dinos on my worst lfs.. lol.. I could not be happier. ..because I sure wasnt blowing dinos of my coral all day..
Yes agree 100% ...but till you study them.. you dont think you are doing wrong..And in blowing...You spread. Genius really. For us land dwellers it's the perfect get off my rock cure. In reality we are giving it a helping hand.
I know for a fact when I did this it went from patch to tank...
I belive twilliard found dino up to a 1/4 in sand bed. . Believe it is because of the lack of light.. this is not a quote. .just of top of head from reading this or another thread.. my substrate was last place I found active dinos.. I kept stirring during dosing.. dinos are like a std.. and people need to protect them selves....not trying to scare anyone lol.. but I fought for 3 months to kill of that nasty brown snot strings...then I found this thread. .and followed along.. metro did make a dent.. but bleach was my cure..
Could you reuse sand if you washed it out with fresh water and a tiny amount of bleach?
This isnt something I've tested. If I were to take the approach I would use boiling water WITH CAUTION and avoid breathing in any vapours. Obviously doing this outside. After a few hours to cool, rinse/beach etc and re-rinse.
The boiling water will terminate the cysts. The bleach at this stage may not add anything to it, but hell one thing I do know is to rid this stuff several strategies are better than one.
@Oshkosh: yes, subjective, but I would say yes, quite a bit. Mostly in the sand. Not the typical stringy looking dinos with bubbles though but a good carpet over the sand. 100% sure not cyano or diatoms, before you ask. Lights off = sand fairly clean, a couple of hours after lights on = boom! all covered. Ostreos I was told about 1 year ago. Haven't checked again since. Visually they look the same as before I nuked the tank with 1 gallon of bleach (had no corals or fish left by then...). Maybe I should have another look under the microscope, just out of curiosity.Mandrieu, did you have a lot (I know, very subjective) of Dino's visible to cause a massive die-off and in turn release a lot of toxins? In general, what would the harm be in keeping the carbon running while dosing?
Vibrant did nothing to dinos in my tank, unfortunatelyWhat is the verdict on Vibrant dosing to these dino challenge tanks here, its been out long enough to make waves here if applicable
why are people still using bleach if Vibrant can kill the dinos (not sure if that's the case, checking w the crowd)