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Worried I may have Dino again in the frag tank. I got my new batch order of hanna regeants today which is nice.

What puzzles me is there is a lot of turf algae and cyano in there. Some of the cyano strands have big ole bubbles in them which is odd as well.

I’m wondering if this is Dino dooking it out with cyano and the turf algae.

When I started this hobby, I knew there would be a lot of ugly phases and expected it to happen to me. I never expected a cycle of Dino then cyano and Dino then cyano.

Getting a new tank even remotely stable is such a beating, I haven’t even had any GHA yet :/

My frag tank is about 4-5 months old, I wonder how much longer it will take until I find a nice rhythm for it.
 
Worried I may have Dino again in the frag tank. I got my new batch order of hanna regeants today which is nice.

What puzzles me is there is a lot of turf algae and cyano in there. Some of the cyano strands have big ole bubbles in them which is odd as well.

I’m wondering if this is Dino dooking it out with cyano and the turf algae.

When I started this hobby, I knew there would be a lot of ugly phases and expected it to happen to me. I never expected a cycle of Dino then cyano and Dino then cyano.

Getting a new tank even remotely stable is such a beating, I haven’t even had any GHA yet :/

My frag tank is about 4-5 months old, I wonder how much longer it will take until I find a nice rhythm for it.
Sorry to hear this, keep your head up and kick it's a**
You got this dude!
 
Worried I may have Dino again in the frag tank. I got my new batch order of hanna regeants today which is nice.

What puzzles me is there is a lot of turf algae and cyano in there. Some of the cyano strands have big ole bubbles in them which is odd as well.

I’m wondering if this is Dino dooking it out with cyano and the turf algae.

When I started this hobby, I knew there would be a lot of ugly phases and expected it to happen to me. I never expected a cycle of Dino then cyano and Dino then cyano.

Getting a new tank even remotely stable is such a beating, I haven’t even had any GHA yet :/

My frag tank is about 4-5 months old, I wonder how much longer it will take until I find a nice rhythm for it.
I've had bubbles in mine before.
 
Sorry to hear this, keep your head up and kick it's a**
You got this dude!

It’s just bizarre because I have turf algae and cyano, how are those not capable of preventing the Dino?

There’s no winning it seems.
 
I have long strings of hair algae with a bubble here and there, pretty sure it's not dinos.
I could be wrong but it's not snotty, slimy like dinos look.
Either way it'll be gone soon, dosed my first round of Fluconazole Saturday and First round of Vibrant today!!
Not looking for pristine aquarium but to get rid of the abundance of algae overgrowing the rockwork.
 
Are you cleaning the film algae off your glass in the frag tank?

To some degree, yes. There are spots where I can’t reach so I let it grow there as kind of a back up Incase nutrients drop again. I’ve had spots of cyano for a while.
 
To some degree, yes. There are spots where I can’t reach so I let it grow there as kind of a back up Incase nutrients drop again. I’ve had spots of cyano for a while.
Stop cleaning it off for a week. Then leave one side dirty.
 
I have long strings of hair algae with a bubble here and there, pretty sure it's not dinos.
I could be wrong but it's not snotty, slimy like dinos look.
Either way it'll be gone soon, dosed my first round of Fluconazole Saturday and First round of Vibrant today!!
Not looking for pristine aquarium but to get rid of the abundance of algae overgrowing the rockwork.


Fluc + vibrant = a pristine tank lol
 
Stop cleaning it off for a week. Then leave one side dirty.

I haven’t touched it in two weeks and I guess maybe the cyano is going nuts. It might be time for a skimmer for the frag tank. I should also test nutrients daily in there until I get on a consistent rhythm.
 

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