Definitely looks like Dino's to me. I had them a few years ago and conquered them. Drastic measures though, you need to do an entire blackout over the whole tank for at least 4-5 days. Garbage bags won't work though, they are too thin and some ambient light will still penetrate into the tank. I used my motorcycle cover to make the tank pitch black. Try it, your tank will be ok in about a week. ( tank has to be in TOTAL darkness)

now ya got er, if you want some more oxygen then take the cup off the skimmer all together more oxygen will flow over:)

yeah garbage bags are gonna leak light in , it needs to be pitch black like burger mentioned even ambient lighting is food:)

K, I'll steal our barbecue cover and see if it fits lol.

X2. Cup off while cranked up is the best way to do it. :)

I took the outside table cover so hopefully that's dark enough

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I covered mine for three days. last night I took the cover off and scrubbed what rocks I could get to with a toothbrush and then did a 25% water change. Then I ran my diatom filter for 5 hours. It looks pretty sparklie now... Don't know if it will hold tho:mrgreen:

I did have some sps fags RTN on me, but they were kinda poopie before the blackout.

that will work just fine , check in on the fishes at night and they are good without food for a week if need be:)

jusdge the length of time by how your tank looks if the livestock are doing good then the longer in the dark the better the chances.


like daniella said look into raising your ph and keeping it raised:)

good luck man i know your pain:(

Raise your magnesium as well. Bring it as high as you can ( without hurting inhabitants,) pitch black tank for 4-5 days, then do a massive water change once you take off the cover. You'll need to suck up all the dead snots.

My mag is 1400 right now already. What is a safe level to bring it to?