Dinos

[Paraletho]

I've got em and I don't want em. I have been reading all day. What would you do I'm staying up late and going to try and maintain at least an 8.25 during tonight and the next 3 nights and do a week of blackout. All my rocks and my sandbed are covered by a clear to whitish fuzz and as soon as the lights are on it starts putting off the telltale reddish brown snot strings with bubbles imbedded. Corals look allright so far.

What would you do?

[CoryDude]

Randy Holmes-Farley had a good write-up on this. You may have already seen it.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

What worked for me? Manual removal, limited nutrients, lots of water changes, extra carbon, and patience. It took about 2.5 months for mine to disappear.

[kkiel02]

Phosban will stop them from forming but you will have to find the source where they are receiving their nutrients and fix that. Use a media reactor to get the most out of your phosban.

[Paraletho]

I run BRS Hi Cap GFO Phosphates run between .04 and 0.0 using Hanna 713 checker. I just switched from Vodka/Sugar/Vinegar to NP Bio pellets and I have a feeling that in the intrim between the VSV supported bacteria leaving and the Biopellets taking over the Dinos found a niche they could jump into. These guys are sinister very similar to Cyano all they need is Carbon/light/ and water. They will take their carbon where they can get it extra CO2 which I have in abundance. Whereas flow will help with Cyano it just worsens Dinos. I'm staying ahead but I know I have a long battle ahead.

[CoryDude]

I had a similar issue a while back when I switched to a different type of bacteria filtration method. Maybe there's some correlation between dinos and these types of filtration?

[kkiel02]

Besides the phosban, I also would turn off ALL flow and turkey baste the rest off. They will float to the surface and I would remove them with a net as best as possible.