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Old 12-29-2009, 12:48 AM
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Does anyone have any new info on ridding your tank of this, successful stories ?? any help........ thanks
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:11 AM
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I hear they go extinct after a few million years.




- Water changes
- Good flow
- Established biological filtration
- Regular syphoning of the actual dinos themselves.
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:12 AM
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Hey there if you look on the noet it gives you lots. I know of some members on here that have been in contact with the dino's most of the time if you black out the tank for 5-7 days will rid of the dino's
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:13 AM
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lol, cant wait that long
did a 3 day black out, 4 55 gal water changes, changed out zeo rocks, carbon, sucked out 70% of sand and goo, today, no better
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:14 AM
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it can take months of doing this my friend I bid you good luck........ I would never wish t his on my worst enemy.....
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:21 AM
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Aside from what has already been suggested and blackouts, RHF suggests keeping pH up to fight dinos.

Good luck - you'll need it.
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Old 12-29-2009, 02:22 AM
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I`ve been fighting the dino for years now and recently I finally got it beat.
I`ll tell you what worked for me and what didn`t.

What didn't work !

3 Day black out; it worked but if you don`t solve the underlying problem it`ll just come back (I lost a few corals due to the stress too!)

Raising PH; I didn't see any difference.

GFO; It didn't make much of a difference for me but I still recommend its use in general.

No water changes; Didn`t work in my experience


What worked!
Carbon; This made a big difference in my experience! Lots and Lots at least 1 Cup per 50G. The more the better.

Changing RO Membrane; I believe this was the main problem. If your not getting 0 TDS then your going to have Algae problems.

Good Husbandry in general.

What may also help for you is using a diatom filter and running some silicate absorbing media through a reactor.

If you feed frozen foods you should rinse them before adding to tank.

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Old 12-29-2009, 02:59 AM
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I had a dino problem for a bit. I still get little flair ups from time to time (is it like the Herpes of SW tanks?) but it is more or less gone now. What worked for me was carbon (lots of it), continually blasting the rocs with a baster and vacumming often. Oh, and one other thing... I have no way of backing this up, but whenever I have dosed iodine in small amounts the dino seems to die back... no idea why, but it works in my tank...
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They are a pain to get rid of. I am still struggling with a bit in my tank.

run carbon and gfo

don't change your water every week, this only causes more break outs. I honestly haven't changed mine in a month but have been dosing to keep everything up

this is what has worked for me

another method i read about is running a powerhead with a filter on it at night (like the small fluval ones) and cleaning the filter every morning
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Old 12-29-2009, 05:10 AM
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I raised ph, magnesium and total blackout for 4 days. I mean TOTAL. Not a sliver of light into the tank. I used my motorcycle cover and put it over the whole tank.
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