Did a heater malfunction fix my dino invasion?

[Lineatus]

I have been fighting dinos issue for almost 6 months now, I’ve tried copepods, phyto, blackouts and raising nutrients, nothing seemed to cause a dent. However, in a matter of a few hours, my dinos have completely disappeared and my tank has never looked so clear and clean.

Due to a malfunction I recently replaced my heater. This new heater was oversized and raised the temperature to 32 Celsius for two days, which I “unfortunately” didn’t catch, upon returning my tank back down to 24 C my dinos vanished overnight. They’ve not returned for two days.

Was it the temperature that caused this to happen? How can I make sure they don’t come back?

 

[LARedstickreefer]

I’ve read that elevated temperature does knock them back.

Make sure you have truly detectable nitrates and phosphate. If they still come back, I’d grab a uv sterilizer. The uv is what fixed it for me.