if i was to catch fire,im sure Joseph could put me out.hes a professional you know 
dinos... how to rid them for good?
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reeferman;1053638 wrote: if i was to catch fire,im sure Joseph could put me out.hes a professional you know
yeah the irony when i used the catch phrase. - hard to read from text but it was a jk.
as far as the dinos go, it seems they are intent on feeding on whatever is in the system. they are no longer as invasive as they were and grow much much slower. they arent growing in my DT but rather the fuge only. so im guessing their circadium rythm is swapped.
So, I haven't been able to rid myself of the dino problem - time to move onto a new method.
I'm on day two of probably a four day blackout - was gonna do three, but found dinos in the sump and I hadn't turned the sump light off on the first day. I've also been adding 20 mL of peroxide twice daily and I'm slowly ramping up my Alk. I checked it today and it was pretty low (2.98 meq/L or 8.34 dkH). I also started skimming on the wet side to help export some of the die off.
I've read several threads that recommended a three day blackout once monthly for at least three months and a reduced photoperiod for 2-3 days following the blackout. I'm planning on 75% blue/25% white light at 50% intensity for 4 hours for at least 3 days based upon what I've read. More to report in a few days...
I'm on day two of probably a four day blackout - was gonna do three, but found dinos in the sump and I hadn't turned the sump light off on the first day. I've also been adding 20 mL of peroxide twice daily and I'm slowly ramping up my Alk. I checked it today and it was pretty low (2.98 meq/L or 8.34 dkH). I also started skimming on the wet side to help export some of the die off.
I've read several threads that recommended a three day blackout once monthly for at least three months and a reduced photoperiod for 2-3 days following the blackout. I'm planning on 75% blue/25% white light at 50% intensity for 4 hours for at least 3 days based upon what I've read. More to report in a few days...
im dino free.
blues slowed growth a ton.
a slow dose of peroxide is what killed them off in the end though. i just dosed 2ml an hour for 2 months on my 300 total volume system.
hth.
they are pretty invasive
also ph is what is needed to be raised. not alk. (if you are going that route)
blues slowed growth a ton.
a slow dose of peroxide is what killed them off in the end though. i just dosed 2ml an hour for 2 months on my 300 total volume system.
hth.
they are pretty invasive
also ph is what is needed to be raised. not alk. (if you are going that route)
So thus far I see no Dino's in my tank and I'm almost back to a normal light schedule.
I think the true test will be when I do my next water change (which I haven't done in nearly 2 months). If I see them start forming again I'm gonna do another 4 day blackout with peroxide - it seemed to have been quite effective. I'll report back in about another week to 10 days.
So far, so good...
I think the true test will be when I do my next water change (which I haven't done in nearly 2 months). If I see them start forming again I'm gonna do another 4 day blackout with peroxide - it seemed to have been quite effective. I'll report back in about another week to 10 days.
So far, so good...
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Dinos are the absolute worst. Made me take 6 months off.
I wanted to post something i found quite interesting from my observations with dinos.
I had an outbreak a couple weeks ago (nothing like the first where it covered all my corals) after wanting to give anino acids another shot. i did 1/10th the dose and sure enough they came.
the interesting part was a week or so later after dino's growth substantially decreased i got the very same white slime algae after.
this stuff stops up sponges and is a real gooey white slime. my established liverock that didnt adhere any dinos didnt have it. but the new dry rock that i added at the time that was most vulnerable to dino growth had it covered in a matte.
this is almost exactly what happened last time except on a lesser level.
another thing to note:
ive always had incredibly small pockets of it on my back glass. looked like dormant brown algae. dinos kind of tried to invade that back glass with their snotty bubbly goodness during the outbreak. well... that white slime notably coveres only the snotty areas.
wish i had one of those digital microscopes because it just looks like they (white bacteria) only want to eat dinos.
not sure if anyone has seen something similar during their dino lifecycle or not.
i thought the first wave was me stopping peroxide dosing and bacteria reestablishing. this time, i didnt dose anything.
I had an outbreak a couple weeks ago (nothing like the first where it covered all my corals) after wanting to give anino acids another shot. i did 1/10th the dose and sure enough they came.
the interesting part was a week or so later after dino's growth substantially decreased i got the very same white slime algae after.
this stuff stops up sponges and is a real gooey white slime. my established liverock that didnt adhere any dinos didnt have it. but the new dry rock that i added at the time that was most vulnerable to dino growth had it covered in a matte.
this is almost exactly what happened last time except on a lesser level.
another thing to note:
ive always had incredibly small pockets of it on my back glass. looked like dormant brown algae. dinos kind of tried to invade that back glass with their snotty bubbly goodness during the outbreak. well... that white slime notably coveres only the snotty areas.
wish i had one of those digital microscopes because it just looks like they (white bacteria) only want to eat dinos.
not sure if anyone has seen something similar during their dino lifecycle or not.
i thought the first wave was me stopping peroxide dosing and bacteria reestablishing. this time, i didnt dose anything.
I ran a second month of blackout, this time with no peroxide dosing. It wasn't nearly as successful, but I did see a noticeable reduction in the few pockets of dino I could see. I may repeat a third month of blackout and dose peroxide again.
All my livestock is looking great, though.
