Dino battle moving into week 7, very frustrating. Not sure I am going to win.
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@SmokyDrizzle45
8d
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@Yellow_Hummingbird_36
7d
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@PicoReeferSF
7d
My Dino battle went for like 2 months I think until I finally said I’m doing the 3 day blackout and started feeding more. Only then was I able to regain control and stability. I lost my sexy shrimp in the process but everything else survived
@ReefSands
7d
I have been feeding heavy and dosing NO3 and Phos. Gonna do a water charge suck as much out as I can then black out. I may sneak some food in for my cleaner and peppermint shrimp. Hope my turbo snails survive too.
@PicoReeferSF
7d
Goodluck! I’ve been very sure to keep my nitrates up since then lol but it does get easier to do as the tank establishes
@LeedsReefer
7d
Keep fighting! I’ve gone through 3+ outbreaks in my tank and it takes perseverance
@ReefSands
7d
What worked the best?
@LeedsReefer
7d
I didn’t fight dinos, I find using a turkey baster to blow it off and turning your power heads up for 10 minutes which blows it into filter floss in your intake
@ReefSands
7d
I use a turkey blaster twice a day it comes back within 20 minutes
@LeedsReefer
7d
Use filter floss, decrease lighting schedule by an hour or 2
@ReefSands
7d
Already am for weeks now, going full blackout starting after tomorrow’s water change.
@andrejanho
5d
I have had a severe dino break and it coat me aroung 50jd but and easier way to get rid of dino is to turn of the light for a week or 10days and dont worry i had corals in my tank and they are good and not scared all open but during the dino fhey will hide cuz theyre scared
@ReefSands
5d
I’m getting close, I am trying a new method of capturing them with media that has worked last 2 days. I just have to do it every couple hours. My NO3 is 25 and PH4 is .05 holding steady trying to get the bacteria stronger.
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You will. I’ve had one of my 100g tanks fallow for almost 90 days because of velvet. Keep plugging away! loss and troubles will always be a thing. It will never be problem free.
I am also fallow my clowns bit the dust due to velvet, not fish until late June. Trying best the Dinos int the mean time. I may try a 3 day blackout.
Can’t hurt! Corrals will be fine. Start feeding the tank foods, Microbacter 7 and get your phosphate and nitrate through the roof! do it slowly over a week or so. I run a very healthy and beautiful tank with nitrates 54+/- and phosphates 4.8+/-. Yes super high! But stable and it’s a miracle grow farm. Algae in minimal only on the back glass really. That’s what I would do. There’s 100 different ways to do everything in this hobby! There’s not many things that have one way. Some people have 0 luck with things that work flawlessly every time for another guy.
I know my tank is young. I started with dry and live rock. I added more 5 more pounds live rock 10 days ago. I do have coraline growing in some small spots on the glass. Im worried if I black out that will die but I think it will come back.
It will definitely coMe back!