Use extreme caution with the vibrant. I gassed all of my fish in a matter of a half hour. Measured out exactly what the bottle said. Had thick dinos in the water column. I'd never recommend starting a tank on only base rock again. My next tank will have some small pieces from Tampa Bay saltwater
I set up my dream tank and got Dino’s almost immediately and battled them for 2 years and I’m not sure if I should keep going or leave the hobby. It’s been devastating both on my mental health and financially
I am honestly sorry for you. Dinos are frustrating. I also had a bad Dino outbreak. I figured that I don’t want to go the chemical route because that is just a short term solution. I try to promote algae growth. So raising nitrates and phosphate and turn back different filters. In theory, algae is better then dinos and where algae is growing, there is no place for dino. Then I used fish and other cleaners that eat the algae while it is constantly growing. A cole tang and/ or a fox face is constantly grassing on the rocks. In my opinion, fighting algae with different filters is opening the door for things you don’t want. And fighting algae while feeding „dead“ algae to the fish doesn’t make sense. So my advice would be. Let the algae grow and get something that mows it down constantly
Did you find vibrant affected any of your clean up crew? I’ve been battling dinos for month now but don’t wanna have even more expense killing all my CUC if I use an algicide
I’ve noticed that some amphidinium Dino’s (at least small cell) seems to congregate on film algae (at least always has in my systems) they may have something to do with why vibrant works in some systems
I used vibrant too! Wiped out the Dino’s! I only dosed 1/2 of recommended dosage, I also cut down my lights to blue, lowered the intensity of my kessills to the max low, and cut down my lighting period in half. I also invested in a uv sterilizer to kill the Dino’s. All of this worked. I also was constantly stirring up the sand to get Dino’s waterborn so my filter sock and skimmer can remove as much Dino’s as possible. Blowing off Dino’s from rockwork too. I did lose some coral and snails.. Dinos are toxic, plus lighting period didn’t allow for much algae growth. With Dino’s all gone, I’m slowly ramping up intensity and lighting period. I also dosed Bactor 7 and the nitrate stuff too.
I have tried the slow and steady method outlined in countless threads including those on Reef2Reef. I have had dinos for over a year. Only thing I haven’t tried is something like Vibrant. Oh, I haven’t tried to identify specific type, either. Mine go away at night and I have a 40W Pentair in-line UV. About to order a freaking microscope to ID. Why not at this point? If that fails, I’m pulling out the gravel.
Iv been dealing with Dino’s and a little green slime for almost 6months 😢 I can’t shake it and I’m almost ready to suck out the sand and replace it. I may give this a try before I give up
I can't say I would recommend it for someone else but if you do try it start reeeeaaaallly slow. Based on directions it's 1ml per 10 gallons. Instead of dosing at once I split mine into 5 days.
i dont really understand why raising nitrate/phosphate would do anything, the reason people have zero levels with a dino outbreak is because the dinos are CONSUMING all of it.... right?
@@nanoreef-ic7tl yes the other algae is easier to deal with and none toxic. The tank needs to develop an equilibrium of nitrate/phosphate in the water. That is why mature tanks usually dont have to deal with any of these problems, but new tanks to 3 yrs old ones do. Takes a long time for the tank to mature.
Use extreme caution with the vibrant. I gassed all of my fish in a matter of a half hour. Measured out exactly what the bottle said. Had thick dinos in the water column. I'd never recommend starting a tank on only base rock again. My next tank will have some small pieces from Tampa Bay saltwater
Dinos really are a plague.
I set up my dream tank and got Dino’s almost immediately and battled them for 2 years and I’m not sure if I should keep going or leave the hobby. It’s been devastating both on my mental health and financially
Yeah sometimes it's a real drag. There were a few times I considered shutting it down and starting fresh again
Keep phosphates higher
I am honestly sorry for you. Dinos are frustrating.
I also had a bad Dino outbreak.
I figured that I don’t want to go the chemical route because that is just a short term solution.
I try to promote algae growth. So raising nitrates and phosphate and turn back different filters.
In theory, algae is better then dinos and where algae is growing, there is no place for dino. Then I used fish and other cleaners that eat the algae while it is constantly growing. A cole tang and/ or a fox face is constantly grassing on the rocks.
In my opinion, fighting algae with different filters is opening the door for things you don’t want.
And fighting algae while feeding „dead“ algae to the fish doesn’t make sense.
So my advice would be. Let the algae grow and get something that mows it down constantly
Did you find vibrant affected any of your clean up crew? I’ve been battling dinos for month now but don’t wanna have even more expense killing all my CUC if I use an algicide
Oh hey. You live in Vegas. I like aquatic treasures too
Love that place! There all the time ❤
I’ve noticed that some amphidinium Dino’s (at least small cell) seems to congregate on film algae (at least always has in my systems) they may have something to do with why vibrant works in some systems
Nice man, I have used that before as well with success. Tank is looking good.
Dr. Tim's refresh and waste away works good for me black out for three days
I used vibrant too! Wiped out the Dino’s! I only dosed 1/2 of recommended dosage, I also cut down my lights to blue, lowered the intensity of my kessills to the max low, and cut down my lighting period in half. I also invested in a uv sterilizer to kill the Dino’s. All of this worked. I also was constantly stirring up the sand to get Dino’s waterborn so my filter sock and skimmer can remove as much Dino’s as possible. Blowing off Dino’s from rockwork too. I did lose some coral and snails.. Dinos are toxic, plus lighting period didn’t allow for much algae growth. With Dino’s all gone, I’m slowly ramping up intensity and lighting period. I also dosed Bactor 7 and the nitrate stuff too.
Are you from Vegas ? We have one called aquatic treasure to lol
Do think it was because you did all the other stuff and THEN added vibrant?
I have the feeling that the other stuff started to work not the vibrant..
Can you share the link of ur 2 coolers?
Just subscribed!
I have tried the slow and steady method outlined in countless threads including those on Reef2Reef. I have had dinos for over a year. Only thing I haven’t tried is something like Vibrant. Oh, I haven’t tried to identify specific type, either. Mine go away at night and I have a 40W Pentair in-line UV. About to order a freaking microscope to ID. Why not at this point? If that fails, I’m pulling out the gravel.
I'm in the same boat. I'm so frustrated.
Have you tried dosing food grade hydrogen peroxide yet?
Dosing Nitrates and Phosphates worked for me. NeoNitro and NeoPhos from brightwell. Feeding my fish more than usual did not work.
What nutrient levels did you aim for?
@@kylellrc799 nitrates 10ppm, phosphate 0.10ppm
@@kylellrc799 The general rule of thumb ratio is 1/100. So 10 ppm nitrate to .1 phosphate.
Iv been dealing with Dino’s and a little green slime for almost 6months 😢 I can’t shake it and I’m almost ready to suck out the sand and replace it. I may give this a try before I give up
I can't say I would recommend it for someone else but if you do try it start reeeeaaaallly slow.
Based on directions it's 1ml per 10 gallons. Instead of dosing at once I split mine into 5 days.
@@InfiniteReef thanks for the advice I’ll come back with an update if I attempt to do it
Also if you haven't already removed your sand, removing too much at once can be extremely detrimental, as you can rempove bacterial stability....
So you did 5ml each day for entire s1000?@InfiniteReef
Looking good 👌🏻
i dont really understand why raising nitrate/phosphate would do anything, the reason people have zero levels with a dino outbreak is because the dinos are CONSUMING all of it.... right?
Raising nitrate and phosphate levels helps give other competing algae and bacteria a fighting chance at beating the dinos.
@@justin5628then we have problems with other algae, right? But at least dinos are done?
@@nanoreef-ic7tl yes the other algae is easier to deal with and none toxic. The tank needs to develop an equilibrium of nitrate/phosphate in the water. That is why mature tanks usually dont have to deal with any of these problems, but new tanks to 3 yrs old ones do. Takes a long time for the tank to mature.
fauna marine dino x is nice to the corals but wiped dinos out in a few days
I would never use a product from a company that so blatantly lied. 👎
Just use algae fix same thing company never lied and 1/3 the price
No chemicals!! EVER! FUTURE PROBLEMS! WATCH AND SEE😊