Post Dino blackout validations and procedure

[Tangdora]

Hi

Will be ending a blackout session tonight in an attempt to help combat a bad Dino outbreak that originally started from bottoming out. Have since resolved that matter. Typically after seeing what appear to be an eradicated tankpost blackout, i have been guilty of just going back to go “tank as usual practices” only for them come back just aggressive.

I am curious out side of just randomly sampling water right at the rock work in different spots and checking under a scope is there is any effective way to really test for remaining quantity to determine if I should continue the blackout or and out a good spot where. I know it’s impossible to be completely Dino free.

I Plan to do the usual suggestions of a period of blue only in al shorter period of time light for a an additional week or two as a follow up to help continue to combat. As well as continue to dose bacteria to try and compete.

Curious though. If anyone has any short term recommendation to consider and to try before returning back to the normal day to day while the upper hand is on my side at the moment.

Thanks.

 

[cdemoss01]

When I had dinos I just did tons of tons of water changes. And then my tank got taken back over my GHA lol, I hope you can beat them.

 

[CHSUB]

Black out doesn’t fix anything, stops growth temporarily, some may die and now becomes fuel for future outbreaks. Far more effective to remove nuisance organisms and add consumers. Proper maintenance and management should be your “go to”: Low nutrients, WC with detritus removal, adequate but limited feeding, real estate competitors fixes all.