Advise for dino treatment in sps tank

[GSMclowns]

Couple months ago, I tried to improve the color of my corals by feeding the fishes more home made frozen foods. Anyway, I fed so much that I got Cyanobacteria and then it turned into Dino. I changed water everyday, blow the rocks, vacuum the tank, run filter socks and nothing can get rid of it. I lost a bunch of corals as well. My friend gave me a bottle of Vibrant and some Zeovit Coral Snow to try out since it Coral Snow help him to get rid of this Cyanobacteria. I followed the instruction on Vibrant bottle and dose twice a week and every 2 days, I dose Corals Snow. I would blast the rocks so all the Dino would break up into small pieces and then dose Corals Snow. The next day I would see a clear reduction in Dino. After about a month, I was able to completely control the outbreak. I still see some Dino around but it doesn't give me any more trouble. So I am not sure how much Vibrant helped me against Dino but the combination of the two of them really help me control Dino.

 

[MichaelW]

Here is a couple more pictures. Hipefully help more with a positive id for dino or cyano

 

[MichaelW]

Couple months ago, I tried to improve the color of my corals by feeding the fishes more home made frozen foods. Anyway, I fed so much that I got Cyanobacteria and then it turned into Dino. I changed water everyday, blow the rocks, vacuum the tank, run filter socks and nothing can get rid of it. I lost a bunch of corals as well. My friend gave me a bottle of Vibrant and some Zeovit Coral Snow to try out since it Coral Snow help him to get rid of this Cyanobacteria. I followed the instruction on Vibrant bottle and dose twice a week and every 2 days, I dose Corals Snow. I would blast the rocks so all the Dino would break up into small pieces and then dose Corals Snow. The next day I would see a clear reduction in Dino. After about a month, I was able to completely control the outbreak. I still see some Dino around but it doesn't give me any more trouble. So I am not sure how much Vibrant helped me against Dino but the combination of the two of them really help me control Dino.

From what i know about vibrant i think its bacteria additions... So maybe similar to pro bio s from AF. I havnt been dosing it in a long time but i was a while ago. Will start up again (but without the np pro for now) to see if the bacteria can out compete this stuff. Will not use the np pro as i fear that may fuel it even more

 

[karimwassef]

The only way to confirm Dino is to look under a microscope. Ask the experts in the Dino thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2307000&page=173