Sodium Nitrate

[Werbo]

Stopping your carbon source (ie biopellets) is pretty standard advise if you are dealing with dino's.

Over an 18 month period I tried all the mentioned remedies with no success. After 18 months I finally removed my sandbed and they are gone.

In the summer I'll try re-introducing sand to the tank.

[coolhandgoose]

What concentration of h2o2 did u use? I haven't researched that technique so I'll have to look it up.
I fed an entire cube of emerald entree today, a bunch of Acan plus for corals and some kent coral grow formula. Tomorrow I'm going to add a bunch of pellet food and some plankton. I also sucked a bunch of dinos out today off the sand bed.

[Lethbridge]

Originally Posted by coolhandgoose

What concentration of h2o2 did u use? I haven't researched that technique so I'll have to look it up.

just the typical 3% you find at walmart for like $1, it works wonders on dino's

[fishytime]

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by fishytime

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

I lokoed into this when I had dinos show up and eventually I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I stopped dosing for a week and skipped a waterchange (as water changes can actually fuel dinos). Dinos were gone in a week and a started dosing again after that without issue. I seriously recommend just taking the reactor offline for a week.

[Lethbridge]

Originally Posted by fishytime

do some research if your gonna try hydrogen peroxide directly to your tank.....it can have some serious consequences if not done right...

Just out of curiosity sake, what are some of the consequences of dosing H2O2? I dose everyday and have had no bad side effect. I dose 15ml in a 100g system everyday.

[coolhandgoose]

From what I've read so far is dosing too much can cause bleeding gills and can damage some SPS corals. The recommended amount is 1ml/10gal. I'm out of town for the next few days so my wife is in charge of the over feeding for me right now.

[naesco]

Aren't there fish and coral in this tank!

Stop and throw out what you are using and do so decent water changes.

[reefwars]

if you want to raise your nitrates just come over to my place and take 20g of water

[reefwars]

how big is your tank??

scrubber looks good but i believe its recommended 1 sq/inch per gallon not sure how big your tank is though