New 500 gal semi reef tank need help with Dino

[steelercanes]

What is the fastest way to get rid of my dino? They are short stringy with no air bubbles. Change water and clean/ replace sand and they’re back by morning

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

 

[RockRash]

I cant help but somebody will be able to.

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is the fastest way to get rid of my dino? They are short stringy with no air bubbles. Change water and clean/ replace sand and they’re back by morning

Its biological deficiencies that are causing the dino structure and Its important though to identify the type of dino for most effective battle.
No light is first key followed by the addition of bacteria to overcome the bad bacteria allowing them to thrive
Prepare by starting by blowing this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles. Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10% IF you have light dependant corals such as SPS) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights which works as an oxidizer. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off. During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as micro bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons. Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED AMINO OR ADD NOPOX which is food for dinos, however you can feed coral, food which will help no3 and po4 to increase. If increasing nutrients, try to keep no3 to about 5 until you are done battling these cells.
Doing a daily siphoning will help greatly But . . . . . Siphoning will reduce nutrients , so siphon the water into/through a filter sock and save the water and return it back to tank. Obviously clean the filter sock each time.
You can feed fish as normal and if doing blackout, ambient light in room will work for them

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

What is the fastest way to get rid of my dino? They are short stringy with no air bubbles. Change water and clean/ replace sand and they’re back by morning

Welcome. If they really are dinos, microscope photos will be needed to figure out the best way of treatment. Most types will go into the water column at night, so a UV sterilizer may be your best option. Other options are blackouts, increase in nutrients, beneficial bacteria additions, manual removal and CUC additions that eat them

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

Went through a dino battle in December of 2023. Don’t do any water changes while the dinos are around. The way I understand it is that there are always dinos in a reef tank but they will rear their ugly head, thrive, grow and outcompete other organisms in an extremely low nutrient environment. Manual removal, heavier feeding and lessening filtration to increase nutrients, UV sterilizer, dosing probiotic bacteria to compete with the dinos (which I still do) and blackout periods is how I beat it. You’re going to need a lot of patience because they’re not going to go away overnight. Also, be prepared for the likelihood of losing corals.

 

[Psyduck]

 

[edsbeaker]

Hello and welcome!

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board. hello from PA!

 

[Brisk]

Welcome!

 

[phillyb614]

 

[zheka757]

I used chemiclean to get rid of mine. But as stated above if you Nitrates and phosfates at zero your dinos will come right back. Im not expert at this, just sharing what i know that fixed it for me.

 

[zheka757]

Welcome to R2R!