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03/10/2016, 01:44 PM | #3276 |
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Mine was on special for $140 or so.. now it's $166
http://www.amazon.com/Coralife-15602.../dp/B0064JHW4I but you can get this and it should work just as well - I didn't find it back then. http://www.amazon.com/Jebao-55-watt-.../dp/B00K1HHG9U
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03/10/2016, 02:23 PM | #3278 |
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Pants reported problems with getting dinos alive at his doorstep and I think he said something about shipping here on RC or his website.
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03/10/2016, 02:57 PM | #3279 |
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That's the answer - ship your tank... all dinos will die.
Sorry - a little bad humor always helps when things are rough.
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03/10/2016, 03:37 PM | #3280 |
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My work has a lab so I stole one of these sample jars. I'm going to put it in a box with those hand warmers things and bubble wrap. Can't believe I'm trying to keep these things alive.
As for my tank, still only getting a slight dusting on the glass, mixed with green algae, every couple of days. The "dustings" get noticeably worse when I force myself to do a water change. I think I'm done getting those long brown bubbly strands on rocks and gravel (knock on wood). Here's a picture of the back glass that i won't clean so I can send a sample to Taricha. Green mixed with the brown. Picture is bad, it's has more brown spots than it appears. Then full tank shot to show it is beatable! |
03/10/2016, 05:48 PM | #3281 | |
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03/10/2016, 06:48 PM | #3282 |
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Hehe. This thread is so full of crazy.
We hate water changes, love algae, pour peroxide, skimmate, and miracle grow in our tanks while overfeeding and starving our tanks in week long darkness. Thanks for contributing to the insanity! |
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taricha,
How is the sand bed transplant idea/project coming along? |
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03/11/2016, 08:32 AM | #3285 |
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Heres a picture of mine. I've been battling them for at least 6 months. This is only one day after completely siphoning them out. They completely disappear at night and are back during the day. I've tried everything I've read to try, short of the UV. I just purchased an 18w emperor aquatics to run on my 57g. Hopefully have it online this weekend. I don't have a positive ID on them but it definitely killed all my snails. Hermits and emerald crabs seem to be fine though.
Steps I've tried 1. 3 day blackout (this cleared the tank for about a day. I noticed small patches by that night and by the next day it was business as usual for them. 2. Dino X ( this worked incredibly well, completely rid my tank for a week, and then all hell broke loose and they came back stronger than ever) increasing dosage had no effect. 3. Hydrogen peroxide 1-2ml per gallon has had no effect. So my plan of attack this round is going to be the UV, blackout and Dino X.
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After I siphoned all visible dinos from my DT into the cultured sand, 24 hrs later there were about as many dinos inside the guts of other organisms as there were free swimming dinos. 48 hours, dinos were hard to find. I'll try to get a microscope video of all the benthic heterotrophs among the sand grains in the cultured sand bed. I'm not ready for the transplant yet, though. I'm trying to get an established culture of my dinos in a beaker before I wipe them out in my tank. |
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I would say this is the best advise... I think an ATS has more to do with your success getting rid of dinos, not the uv filter.
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But all that having been said, the combination of UV + H2O2 was played with in 2013 and '14 and abandoned, perhaps because it wasn't yet apparent that when you knock your dinos back, you have to follow through to keep them down -- nobody has tried UV + DinoX that I'm aware of, so who knows? There may be a synergy there, too, and having already nuked your tank more than once, nuking it again probably won't make things worse. But the follow through may be a problem, what with the fallout and all... Meaning that I don't know how effective going dirty or dosing phyto would be with an algicidal chemical in the mix. |
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What's up guys. I've been missing in action for a few weeks, maybe a month. Want to know why? Because I've decided that these little bastards will never die. And you just gotta learn to live with them.
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03/11/2016, 09:33 PM | #3291 |
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A few questions if anyone can answer...
1. Are dinos affected by calcium or alkalinity? Every time I dose, I see a bit of a bloom. 2. Does running blue LED's instead of white affect the dinos? 3. How long do dinos have to be in fresh water to die? If I start my tank over, I would like to keep my zoas. I hate this crap! lol no relationship there. Dinos are like the girl who keeps stalking you, even though you told her no a million times. |
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If anyone has a substitute dino sized - 10-50 micron round particulate - food in mind, that would be helpful. I currently toss in skimmate, fish food, and dead phyto. Here's a vid of my sandbed on 40x for a shot of what sorts of things are in there. https://youtu.be/24s9IjAwTqM |
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I wonder what a behavioral science would make of it. Those that move seem to be on a mission and the dark masses hubs. |
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likewise, using an ATS alone didn't work. In fact, one of the first indicators of a dino infestation is the death of an ATS...
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Is there any way to clean zoas of dinos? I have colony of about 80 rastas that I would like to transfer to new tank if I tear this one down.
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