Not yet I dosed phytoplankton as soon as I got done with the initial cycle. So that’s maybe why. But I’m cutting back now because I found my nitrates elevating too high. Thanks for the video 🔥🙏🏾
@@randomreefer I hope you beat it. I had it in my tank for over two years. What finally worked for me was keeping nitrates and phosphates elevated for the past few months. Once hair algae grew, it outcompeted the dinos. Good luck man. I really hope you beat this crap! 👊
best video on the dino war yet. you covered absolutely everything, unfortunately at your expense of course. I have tried loads of things too. I am finally seeing my dino population reproduce slower and not coming back. mine was clearly caused by nitrate and phos bottoming out too. So far to win this battle in weeks I have manually removed them from sand through a 5 micro filter bag off amazon, leaving the sand white. and put hat water back into the tank as my nutrients are low enough already, can't afford to be doing water changes. adding more food and dosing dr tims eco balance. and a bit of waste away. after testing everyday. i notice waste away bacteria REALLY sucks up the nutrients big time. but eco balance seems to suck up nutrients less for me. So i've done 2ml a day of dr tims eco balance to a 20gallon tank. feeding half a cube of rinsed frozen mysis shrimp a day. I have rinsed with salt water,ro water, and tap water and found no difference to the tank by rinsing with normal unfiltered tap water. after a couple weeks the dino isn't population anymore and nitates sit at 1ppm and phosphate at 0.02. they would be high by my green hair algae issue is bloody sucking them up too. absolute nightmare. my new urchin i just bought should clear the algae up though, then nitrates will go up. and all fine again. I should note that I have seen small polyps and slow tissue necrosis clear from toxin dino's. so a bag of carbon goes in now when the dino is low but i suspect i have plenty of bacteria to outgrow the dino using that carbon source. Don't put carbon in when your dino population is bigger then your bacteria population is a rule from research. Thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to comment what has worked for you. I have recently had Dinos again for the 3rd or 4th time now. About a couple months ago my nutrients bottomed out once again. What I did this time was lower my light intensity from 60% to 20%. I also dosed nitrate often to keep them at 10ppm and phosphates to keep them around .05 - .08. The last thing I did was added my old algae turf scrubber back to my tank and ran it opposite of my tanks lighting schedule. Within 2-3 weeks or so I no longer had dinos. The common denominator for every other time I've had dinos is to keep the nutrients elevated and have patients. I can't confirm if lowering my lights or if my ATS had an impact this go around, but I suspect they may have.
Very good and informative video. And a beautiful tank. I am reading through the stuff a lot in the moment, unfortunately. What do you think about that argument that phytoplankton feeds the dinos?
The light schedule is a GREAT TIP! BUT you don't necessarily need to reduce the schedule just simply cut the whites (white spectrum) by at least 30%. Turf scrubber can help physically remove them, and your foaming fractionator (Protein Skimmer) does the same without reducing your nutrients as aggressively as a turf scrubber. Personally, I had GREAT results dosing MB7 on a weekly/3day schedule. I would do these previously mentioned things along with running a UV sterilizer. MOST IMPORTANT take away from this video is MAINTAIN YOUR NO3 & PO4!
Thank you. I think it was an older Planet Aquariums tank, but I bought it used so I'm not 100% sure. It's 24"x20"x20" with starphire glass on the front and 2 sides. I paid $300 for the tank only. I built the stand.
Good God man I hope u got everything figured out now. Subscribed today. Got dino's & cyano on a 14g nano a couple years ago when po4 bottomed out. . Hell I was running a fleece filter,UV,refugium,& dosing mb7 like a full on retard for the first 4months when the bacteria finally took hold everything bottomed out,ended up with just a small reverse fuge after that. First few months stuffs usually all over the place but after u get that thing dialed in though booya!
Yeah Ive figured out to just keep no3 and po4 elevated and dose them to keep them elevated.. It works for me. Ive have it a few more times since this video.
Keeping my nitrates and phosphates elevated along with adding pods and phyto did the trick in my opinion. I actually have dinos in my new 150 gallon tank because I let my nutrients get too low. I will be doing the same thing to see if it works again. Keep no3 and po4 elevated and adding pods and phyto. That's all I'm doing.
@@BriansAquariums how’s the Dino’s. I’m literally going through the same exact fight and did every single step you mentioned. I removed the entire sand bed and rip cleaned it. Completely rinsed it out until clear and I’m slowly putting it back in the tank. How long did take to come back after you took out the sand ? Did you rip clean the sand before putting it back in ? Also get some file fish or nudis for that aptasia
@@Botzz28 I took out the sand and left it out. I kept my nutrients slightly elevated, dosed phyto and had a healthy population of pods in my tank. After a few months I noticed the Dinos were gone.
Have you beat Dinos before? What did you do?
Not yet I dosed phytoplankton as soon as I got done with the initial cycle. So that’s maybe why. But I’m cutting back now because I found my nitrates elevating too high. Thanks for the video 🔥🙏🏾
@@randomreefer I hope you beat it. I had it in my tank for over two years. What finally worked for me was keeping nitrates and phosphates elevated for the past few months. Once hair algae grew, it outcompeted the dinos. Good luck man. I really hope you beat this crap! 👊
best video on the dino war yet. you covered absolutely everything, unfortunately at your expense of course. I have tried loads of things too. I am finally seeing my dino population reproduce slower and not coming back. mine was clearly caused by nitrate and phos bottoming out too. So far to win this battle in weeks I have manually removed them from sand through a 5 micro filter bag off amazon, leaving the sand white. and put hat water back into the tank as my nutrients are low enough already, can't afford to be doing water changes. adding more food and dosing dr tims eco balance. and a bit of waste away. after testing everyday. i notice waste away bacteria REALLY sucks up the nutrients big time. but eco balance seems to suck up nutrients less for me. So i've done 2ml a day of dr tims eco balance to a 20gallon tank. feeding half a cube of rinsed frozen mysis shrimp a day. I have rinsed with salt water,ro water, and tap water and found no difference to the tank by rinsing with normal unfiltered tap water. after a couple weeks the dino isn't population anymore and nitates sit at 1ppm and phosphate at 0.02. they would be high by my green hair algae issue is bloody sucking them up too. absolute nightmare. my new urchin i just bought should clear the algae up though, then nitrates will go up. and all fine again. I should note that I have seen small polyps and slow tissue necrosis clear from toxin dino's. so a bag of carbon goes in now when the dino is low but i suspect i have plenty of bacteria to outgrow the dino using that carbon source. Don't put carbon in when your dino population is bigger then your bacteria population is a rule from research. Thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to comment what has worked for you. I have recently had Dinos again for the 3rd or 4th time now. About a couple months ago my nutrients bottomed out once again. What I did this time was lower my light intensity from 60% to 20%. I also dosed nitrate often to keep them at 10ppm and phosphates to keep them around .05 - .08. The last thing I did was added my old algae turf scrubber back to my tank and ran it opposite of my tanks lighting schedule. Within 2-3 weeks or so I no longer had dinos. The common denominator for every other time I've had dinos is to keep the nutrients elevated and have patients. I can't confirm if lowering my lights or if my ATS had an impact this go around, but I suspect they may have.
Very good and informative video. And a beautiful tank.
I am reading through the stuff a lot in the moment, unfortunately.
What do you think about that argument that phytoplankton feeds the dinos?
I honestly am unsure if it feeds dinos. I would need to test it to see if it could be true.
The light schedule is a GREAT TIP! BUT you don't necessarily need to reduce the schedule just simply cut the whites (white spectrum) by at least 30%. Turf scrubber can help physically remove them, and your foaming fractionator (Protein Skimmer) does the same without reducing your nutrients as aggressively as a turf scrubber. Personally, I had GREAT results dosing MB7 on a weekly/3day schedule. I would do these previously mentioned things along with running a UV sterilizer. MOST IMPORTANT take away from this video is MAINTAIN YOUR NO3 & PO4!
Great advice!!
Hey man
Great work in getting rid! What tank is that?
Thank you. I think it was an older Planet Aquariums tank, but I bought it used so I'm not 100% sure. It's 24"x20"x20" with starphire glass on the front and 2 sides. I paid $300 for the tank only. I built the stand.
Dino’s drive me nuts 🤬 I just gave up thanks for making this video
Good God man I hope u got everything figured out now. Subscribed today. Got dino's & cyano on a 14g nano a couple years ago when po4 bottomed out. . Hell I was running a fleece filter,UV,refugium,& dosing mb7 like a full on retard for the first 4months when the bacteria finally took hold everything bottomed out,ended up with just a small reverse fuge after that. First few months stuffs usually all over the place but after u get that thing dialed in though booya!
Yeah Ive figured out to just keep no3 and po4 elevated and dose them to keep them elevated.. It works for me. Ive have it a few more times since this video.
“So i tried everything and nothing worked. Fast forward to now, and the dino’s are gone” what the actual f
Keeping my nitrates and phosphates elevated along with adding pods and phyto did the trick in my opinion. I actually have dinos in my new 150 gallon tank because I let my nutrients get too low. I will be doing the same thing to see if it works again. Keep no3 and po4 elevated and adding pods and phyto. That's all I'm doing.
Did it work?
damn though you came up with free aptsia huh, lolz
dam bro you got a ton of aptsia lol
Yep. 😔
@@BriansAquariums how’s the Dino’s. I’m literally going through the same exact fight and did every single step you mentioned. I removed the entire sand bed and rip cleaned it. Completely rinsed it out until clear and I’m slowly putting it back in the tank. How long did take to come back after you took out the sand ? Did you rip clean the sand before putting it back in ? Also get some file fish or nudis for that aptasia
@@Botzz28 I took out the sand and left it out. I kept my nutrients slightly elevated, dosed phyto and had a healthy population of pods in my tank. After a few months I noticed the Dinos were gone.