Dino's...Has anyone seen my Dino's? Return from vacay and all gone!...how?

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Hello.

So I have been battling Large Cell Dino's for about 9 months due to low nutrients in my tank. I have been dosing NeoPhos and NeoNitrate. I also have been dosing Microbacter7 on a weekly basis, and finally adding Silicates (SpongeExcel) weekly. Also Phyto. All the things I am supposed to do. Up until now, I had not seen much change, other than Diatoms appearing as required to fight the battle.

So I left for vacation for a week. As always, as I walk in the house when I returned, the first thing I check is my tank (ATO). I quickly noticed that the Dino's were all gone. One week, gone.

How can that be? Is that the end result that they simply disappear in a matter of days? This is absolutely exciting, but yet, I don't understand how this happened so quickly.
 

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Maybe whoever took care of it overfed and now phosphate isn't an issue lol
 
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Maybe whoever took care of it overfed and now phosphate isn't an issue lol
well interesting is the opposite...other than pellets being fed 2x per day..I had nobody feeding..so nutrients would have been even lower...just off that it happened while I was gone and happened 100% die off within a week...its like leaving the house cured the problem...
 

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well interesting is the opposite...other than pellets being fed 2x per day..I had nobody feeding..so nutrients would have been even lower...just off that it happened while I was gone and happened 100% die off within a week...its like leaving the house cured the problem...
Maybe your PH had something to do with it.

If the Dino’s come back then you know there’s likely a correlation between your presence or something you are doing that wasn’t done during your vacation.
 

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