dino id

  1. djm

    Dinos / bacteria…. Something else?

    Took a sample from my sump and saw this under the microscope. They are clear and pretty fast moving. Any idea what they could be? I have large cell dino in the display. Thanks
  2. S

    Dino ID

    I am certain that I have dinos in my tank as the sand, rocks, and glass are becoming covered in stringy algae that has a lot of bubbles wrapped up in the dinos. Will someone please help me ID what type of dino this is though and possibly give me some steps to take in order to defeat these...
  3. C

    Dino ID

    I have brown stringy stuff on my glass and brown stuff with bubbles on my rocks near the top of may tank. Pretty sure its dinos. i previously dosed chemiclean due to cyano so I have been dosing MB7 (15ml a day) for the last 10 days. I noticed what I think are dinos on the rocks 2 days ago but...
  4. monfilsi

    Dino? Id help needed Microscope Pics/video

    Hi All, Went away for 5 weeks on vacation and came back to a mess of tanks! Tank is 3 years old, well established. Fought off LCA dinos about 6 months ago. This single cell organism has a lot more chloroplasts and is about 1/4 the size of the LCA that I had before. It doesn't have any amour...
  5. R

    Help Identifying Type of Dinos

    Hi everyone, I’m looking for some help identifying the Dino’s that are in the pictures attached. At least I believe they are Dino’s. I have seen similar pictures that allude them to being either Coolio or amphidinium but they don’t seem to match exactly. Can anyone help me in IDing these and the...
  6. N

    Dino ID

    Is someone able to assist with Dino ID? I do believe I have Dinos, PHOS and Nitrate at 0. If I suck them out, they don’t get caught in filter and reconnect themselves in the bucket. I pulled some out and viewed under a microscope, but didn’t see a lot of movement from them, but they look...
  7. W

    Dinos?

    Hi all, trying to figure out if I’m experiencing the start of dino’s in my system. They don’t look like dinos under the scope however they appear like them with stringy snot and looks as if they disappear when the lights go off. Hopefully the video is good enough! Thanks :)
  8. M

    Dino verification.

    Hello everyone, I need help to stop second guessing myself. I think I have identified the sludge in my tank as Ostreopsis Dino’s. Can anyone help me confirm? Screenshot of test results attached. Tank has been up 8 months. Thank you in advance.
  9. N

    Help may have Dinos

    Have been having issues with what i think is dinos some of it goes away when lights are off and some dont. Should i buy a uv sterilizer what should i do. It does also get on my corals and rock not just sand bed Alk 8.6 Phos .01 Nitrate 8 Mag 1257 Calc 396
  10. J

    Help identifying dinoflagellates

    Hey guys, I need help identifying this specific dino. I'll have a picture showing it through a microscope. If you guys have any advice on battling this that would be greatly appreciated.
  11. O

    Someone can ID this.

    Hi I was in a battle to defeat Dinos with the carbon method, so far it seems I won the battle, very small samples of optreopsis but more biodiversity. Checking with the microscope I saw the bug I post which is one third size of a optreosis, moves fast or stays quiet. I though of a kind of...
  12. JcK03

    Ugly stage-diatom or Dino ?!

    Hello everyone! I thing I'm going through the ugly stage, my tank is 1ish month old, but I'm confused ! Can someone confirm me this algea is indeed diatom and not Dino or cynao ?! The microbubbles on it make me doubt a little bit ! First appears of this brown algea was 2 days ago! Not really...
  13. N

    Help identifying Dinoflagellates

    I was hoping someone could help me identify these Dino’s so I can come up with a plan of attack any help would be appreciated. I am running a small uv and trying to get my nutrients up. I have lowered my lights and shortened my light cycle. I’ve also been dosing phyto and have added pods. But...
  14. J

    Dino identification help

    My thought is this is Amphidinium. agree? Some seem to have more pronounced beaks than others. Looking at the display tank, there are some small areas of mats on sand in certain areas. Some long strands of dinos that cling to corals and glass. 2 pictures here 2 videos here Video 1 (I...
  15. G

    Dinos.

    Hi all, have dinos. Does anyone know what type these are and the b st way to get rid of them. Have started a 3 day blackout tonight, used dr Tim’s eco balance sat, doing week microbacter this week, installing 25w Aqua uv tomorrow (100g Red Sea tank). Nitrates at 4.6, phos at 0.02, salinity 35...
  16. B

    Dino?

    Hello! I recently have noticed my sandbed getting dirtier than normal. I will do my daily maintenance of stirring the sandbed but notice it will return in less than an hour. It also seems to almost fully disappear when the lights are off and return when the lights come back on. I read I could...
  17. J

    ID microscope image

    Hi everyone! For the last month I’ve been battling with what I believe is Dino’s. They slowly seem to be disappearing and have only ever stayed on my rockwork, wavemakers and back panel of my Fluval flex tank. Ive changed the filter floss every other day which has helped massively and fed more...
  18. C

    What’s going on with my tank

    Hi everyone! I’ve been running my 15 gallon reef tank for about 4 months now, and a month ago I moved it to my college town, and things settled in and were great. I noticed some brown on the sand; thinking it was diatoms, I let it be and was just planning on riding it out. I recently started to...
  19. monfilsi

    Dino ID

    Hi Everyone, So microscope confirms that I have Dinos. Having a hard time doing a definitive ID. If it helps, they are toxic and have killed all my snails. Time to research how to get rid of them now.
  20. Salty_Northerner

    Video and pictures WHAT is this?

    So I'm dealing with dinos. What are these and how to I rid them? Also there's got to be a pod of some sort and some thin things. Help to id these please.
  21. J

    Dino ID and Extermination

    What I thought were Diatoms turned out to be Dinos on most of substrate and tank walls. I bought a microscope to verify. Photos and video are attached. These were my parameters last night Before I dosed Phosphate per some research cause they were bottomed out. Temp 81 Salinity 1.026 Ca 340 KH 8...
  22. N

    Dino help

    Thought this was diatoms at first but then after cleaning the sandbed and it coming back the same day just like it was before I realized it was something more so I decided to microscope it now just looking for a positive I.D and advice on how to go to war. My nitrates where sround 5ppm for...
  23. B

    Need help with ID nuisance algae cyano or Dino?

    Last two weeks my take has been taken over by this ugly stuff and I’m not positive what it is and I do not want to take action if it is the wrong ID and course of action. If anyone could help me figure it out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance!
  24. 19Mateo83

    Microscopic critter identification

    My microscope isn’t the best but do these look like large cell dinos and what is this microscopic red worm?
  25. P

    Diatoms and Dinos?

    I’m in the ugly phase and wanted to see what the diatoms looked like but looks like I make have some Dino’s as well?
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