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hi everybody,
i’ve been battling dino’s for months now. here’s the story. i bought a tank (40B with 20gal sump; custom tank/stand/sump) that was running for a bout a year and taken down because the owner lost interest, but he put the live rock in a couple 5 gallon buckets of salt water to preserve the bacteria just before we purchased the tank. i put it all together and got it up and running with fish and coral in by the end of the week (these were fish and coral he previously had; nothing crazy, just a clown and small damsel and about 20 soft corals/ easy lps). i knew the risk of putting livestock in so quickly, but i knew the rocks and my filtration were good enough. i had a nice diatom bloom and cyano right away, but as i treated the nutrient problem, dino’s popped up and have never left. i got the nutrients too low. over the past few moths i have put in more fish and upped feeding, lowered the light schedule, and it has helped a lot. so to try to kill the little that was lingering, i bought dino-x. this product made them bloom overnight and now it covers every surface, coral and even my baby yellow tang. i tried to keep on using it but after 2 weeks there has been no change. i know now i need to go after nutrients hard. going to be dosing nitrate and phosphate to get those back in balance. the problem is i don’t know the particular species of dino i have, but after hours of research i couldn’t find anything on treating different types. can i get some help on the different treatment methods for each type and some advice for dosing nitrate and phosphate(or if this will even work). thank you guys
p.s. the video uploaded has micro-bubbles everywhere because i would bubble the display for an hour to help release the dino and siphon every...single...day.....
TheGreenReefer
i’ve been battling dino’s for months now. here’s the story. i bought a tank (40B with 20gal sump; custom tank/stand/sump) that was running for a bout a year and taken down because the owner lost interest, but he put the live rock in a couple 5 gallon buckets of salt water to preserve the bacteria just before we purchased the tank. i put it all together and got it up and running with fish and coral in by the end of the week (these were fish and coral he previously had; nothing crazy, just a clown and small damsel and about 20 soft corals/ easy lps). i knew the risk of putting livestock in so quickly, but i knew the rocks and my filtration were good enough. i had a nice diatom bloom and cyano right away, but as i treated the nutrient problem, dino’s popped up and have never left. i got the nutrients too low. over the past few moths i have put in more fish and upped feeding, lowered the light schedule, and it has helped a lot. so to try to kill the little that was lingering, i bought dino-x. this product made them bloom overnight and now it covers every surface, coral and even my baby yellow tang. i tried to keep on using it but after 2 weeks there has been no change. i know now i need to go after nutrients hard. going to be dosing nitrate and phosphate to get those back in balance. the problem is i don’t know the particular species of dino i have, but after hours of research i couldn’t find anything on treating different types. can i get some help on the different treatment methods for each type and some advice for dosing nitrate and phosphate(or if this will even work). thank you guys
p.s. the video uploaded has micro-bubbles everywhere because i would bubble the display for an hour to help release the dino and siphon every...single...day.....
TheGreenReefer