Dino Outbreak

[Timbo]

Went away for a few days and came home to Dino outbreak. Had a little Cyano but no other issues for months. Any suggestions on remedy? Tank is stocked with fish, LPS, and softies.

 

[Wilson416]

Dino x

 

[Darkavenger6669]

Honestly the best thing i have done when i have anything in sand bed i just get a yellow watchman or diamond gobie and gone with in 1 or 2 days they are always stirring that sand...

 

[duke62]

I?m guessing your nutrient level is low. If so feed more and get a UV.

 

[jd371]

I had to remove my UV because of space issues early on after my tank was set up. Two years ago I had dinos pop up in my tank. I set up the UV again temporarily to run at night when the dino are in the free swimming stage. I used a spare canister filter with the UV and would blast off all the surfaces with a turkey baster before the lights shut off. Did this for about 3 weeks until there was no sign of dinos and continued another week before breaking the UV/canister filter set up down.

 

[Timbo]

I think UV is the key. I was away so had only the automatic feeder going so nutrient dropped. Display isn?t as covered to today and it?s been 5 days home so adding the uv might help clear it up completely. Going to give that a go and see how it works.

 

[vio]

UV will do the job.
Make sure , you blow all Dino , daily.
Use socks, wash daily for list 2 weeks.
Increase nutrition.

 

[Timbo]

Thanks Vio. I have been blowing them off and changing out socks. I still have them but population is reducing each day.

 

[Hove75]

Also use dinox this is 3 months I've been battling dino now and now I'm seeing almost no signs of it uv is not the key it helps but not the key

 

[jab161]

Not an expert by far, but i battled them for a month. I fed more and did a 3 day full black out. I covered every inch of the tank with black heavy duty garbage bags, letting NO light in. I left a small opening for 1 of my fans to blow fresh air onto the dt surface. Havent seen a sign of them in 3 months.

 

[Timbo]

So far winning with blowing them off, regular sock changes, and increased feeding. Didn?t pull the trigger on a UV but looks like naturally clearing up which is great news. Tank is almost back to regular. Love this hobby. Sometimes you just never know...

 

[Timbo]

Now on to some aptasia that are popping up. Had one or two, now at least five or six. Gotta stay ahead of them. Going to look like a drug addict tomorrow when I get a syringe from CVS to inject some poison into the little *******s.