I am overwhelmed with my dinos

[StartingATank]

I have deep cleaned my water and did a 10% water change, and I got about 80% of all the dinos off, and they were floating around in the water, and then I turned on filtration, and 30 minutes later, I get 1 inch long brown dinos all over glass. My tank is going through the ugly phase too, but I don't know how this could contribute to such fast growth. My phosphates are .01 and I have no pineapple sponges, so I don't know what to do. They could also be diatoms, but I don't know

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Low nutrients can be a recipe for dinos in new tanks using dry rock. One road to success is to get something to out compete them, such as bacteria, algae, or diatoms.

 

[Miami Reef]

Ensure phosphate is at least 0.10ppm. Higher is better — this significantly reduces the risk and hold of dinos.