SwimsWithFish2
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I'll Give that a try when I get back from vacation.
CRAP! I think i have dino! HELP!
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joelespinoza
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Misinformation like this is actually a part of the problem, there are MANY different kinds of dinos, there are probably more species of dinos than there are of mammals.
That is why treatment works so haphazardly on dinos, its like someone saying: "This kills mammals! THIS is the correct way to kill mammal infestations!" However the treatment used was successful on a shrew, but what you are trying to kill is a blue whale. Depending on what it was, it may or may not be helpful, but it is certainainly not guaranteed
Be glad you were not stuck with this plague, it sucked:
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TimeConsumer
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I've had dinos before too, but nothing that looks like what you had, joe. I probably would have ditched my reef and gone with african cichlids if I had that. You've got some determination. I had my own methods for defeating it that worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend it as a blanket policy.
I think misdiagnosis is a major issue with dinos. After 3 months of battle I was really on the fence about whether I truly had them or some mutant strain of cyano. I was in the midst of sending emails back and forth to an RC member studying microbiology who was willing to examine specimens of mine to determine the identity. I ended up beating them that round so I never sent them off. If I did it again I would have tried to get a positive ID earlier to ensure I was fighting the right battle.
I think misdiagnosis is a major issue with dinos. After 3 months of battle I was really on the fence about whether I truly had them or some mutant strain of cyano. I was in the midst of sending emails back and forth to an RC member studying microbiology who was willing to examine specimens of mine to determine the identity. I ended up beating them that round so I never sent them off. If I did it again I would have tried to get a positive ID earlier to ensure I was fighting the right battle.
sahin
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Would love to know your methods. You can PM me if its controversial and you dont want to post here.
Thanks.
SwimsWithFish2
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The issue with H202 and some other treatments is that try can affect coral. Zooxanthele(spelling) is a type of Dino.
joelespinoza
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Yea, I was at the same point with mine, I was just about ready to bring it to our resident micro expert here at A&M, but I finally just tore down and scrubbed everything then used tons of h202 and no lights + starvation.
This was my original post on another forum about it. This is my pictures of my all day blown up bathroom:
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=79776&page=8
Squidmotron
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lol. Yeah, I think we discussed my wrongness about this a couple of weeks ago, but thanks for reminding me I'm a big part of the problem.
Squidmotron
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In theory, though I've never seen it seriously harm a coral in multiple weeks of dosing twice a day. The 1 ml/10 gallons seems so miniscule it's hard to imagine it harming anything. I've never seen it actually cure dinos either, though. Might be a matter of my technique. I do try to squirt on the visible dinos, but I don't physically remove rocks. I've gone up to 2.5 times the 1 ml/ dose, but no higher in my experimentation.
joelespinoza
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I was treating about 2.5m/5 gallon tank per day (probably only 2.5 gallons of water), it might have slowed their growth, but did not seem to hurt anything.
