dinoflagellates

  1. Leon821019218

    What Dino is this? Microscope video/photo

    So I have a few patches on the sand bed (not on the rocks/coral) and I thought at first that it were diatoms but I bought a microscope and checked it out and I dare say that it's dinoflagellates :downcast-face-with-sweat: I'm thinking Amphidinium or Prorocentrum? What do you guys think? I also...
  2. Koleswrath

    16 Gallon Alberta coat closet DIY special! New FTS

    I decided to post the history of my nano since I've been active on R2R more often lately. Here's the timeline with notable events, good or bad: Dec 15, 2022 Decided to jump back in to reefing after 6 or 7 years and a house move. I gotta admit my main motivation was the popularity of the...
    • Koleswrath
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    • ai prime bryopsis cyano dinoflagellates nano cube tidal 35
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Nano Reefs
  3. T

    Diatoms or Dino’s?

    Hi! I’ve been having this plague for a while and want to come up with a treatment plan, but first I would like to confirm what I’m dealing with so I can act appropriately. I think they are diatoms. Anyone know for sure? Tank age about 2 years. 75g + 20ish in sump 35ppt Alk 8 Ca 483 Mg ? 0...
  4. Reef Puncher

    I ID'd prorocentrum dino and some other golden circular thing i presume is algae? Does anyone know what this is?

    I finally bought a microscope in my losing battle against dinos. The UV filter slowed down the spread, but it isnt stopping them. Neither is dosing NO3 and PO4. My next attempt will be the Dr Tims chemical methods on the way in the mail. But a large portion of the stuff apparently isnt all...
  5. Reef Puncher

    How i beat dinos and a question. Now can i turn off my UV Sterilizer?

    So I had dinos for the last month. At one point about a week ago they were so bad they started covering my corals!! my zoas wouldn't open, it looked HORRIBLE. I caused the dinos because i over filtered. I have filter socks, a small refugium, and a skimmer. I was trying to avoid No3 and PO4...
  6. taylormaximus

    Amphidinium vs coolia Dinos

    Hey guys, just got a microscope to ID what's been covering my sand. It's a clumpy rust coloured coating on just the sandbed (not rocks or glass), it seems to be photosynthetic, but it doesn't disapate at night. When you stir it up it kind of strings the sand grains together, but the sand...
  7. V

    Need help with Dino ID and remedy as I’m losing corals

    Pictures say it all. I am facing a dinoflaggelate that keeps attacking SPS and other corals such as Pectinia. At first, there are pronounced mesenterial filaments, then the tip turns white, then it loses tissue and finally brown dusting appears. There are no strings and only some bubbling...
  8. 0

    40 hours into Chemiclean - Dinos remain?

    Hello my 50 gallon aquarium is still under a year old and I've been constantly fighting low nutrients. Even after adding more fish (6 total), I was never able to keep PO4 or NO3 stable and in desired range. Often I was bottoming out at 0. I have been dealing with cyano for about three months...
  9. PrestoChang

    The Horrific Side Effects of Algaecide

    I am writing to you all because I would like to discuss what I believe algaecide has done to my tank and figuring what to do now. Let me first begin by explaining my hypothesis as to the reason that drove me to use API Algaecide in the first place. The Algae Bloom 1. I introduced ~15 Mexican...
  10. L

    AIO Build 15g Anemone Cube

    Thread Highlights: May 2023 - The beginning of the Cyano War (#60) June 2023 - The Bubble-tip emerges after 3 days hidden. (#110) Fish and CuC Various Trochus, Astrea and Nassarius snails. Dwarf blue legged hermits. 2 x Tank Bred Clownfish Coral A few various Palys. Bubbletip anemones...
  11. ReeferHD

    Strange bugs on dinoflagellates

    I’ve been battling amphidinium dinoflagellates for a while now and just noticed some small round bug-like creatures running around on the Dino’s, I’ve never observed anything like this, they move quite quickly but not like copepods do, any ideas?
  12. ReefTosh

    Is this enough for a Dino I.D?

    So, brown matty stuff on sandbed (and now starting to go up the rock next to it) I tried the strain test, where I scooped up some, mixed it, strained it and let it sit in a glass. After about 30m the same stuff that's on the sandbed appeared in the glass. Got my little usb microscope on it...
  13. Max Rackstraw

    Tiny algae on the glass

    The other day i noticed these tiny green/brown strands of what i assume to be algae on the glass of my new tank under only the lit up side (one side does not have a light over it yet). The tank has been running for almost exactly one month in total and only 6 days with a light on one side...
  14. Christoporia

    Help with Chrysophytes

    I also am fighting this stuff. I just tested my RODI barrel, my ATO reservoir and the display for silicates. 0 reading on all 3 test. My chrysophytes look eerily like dinos, but scope images show otherwise. I have tried dosing MB7 daily, raising temp to 80, used vibrant (based on another...
  15. PbMan26

    So Doc... Is it Dino?

    So the tank has got the ugly going on... Nitrates and Phosphates are at zero. So I assumed the worst and pulled a sample and checked under the scope... Does this look like dinoflagellates??? It looks like it to me. Thanks in advance!
  16. notofthisreef

    Diatoms or Dinos?

    Hi All, I'm new to the forum and somewhat new to reef keeping as I've got back into the hobby a few months ago. I have a JBJ RL 20 cube that has been up and running since April 11th. I started noticing what I think is diatom algae on the substrate and have been doing weekly water changes...
  17. chemicals

    Dinoflaggelates identification

    Hi, Hi, i’m currently batteling dinos and I was wondering if you could help me id these. Zoom is 250x. My guess is amphidinium small cell.
  18. Pelagikos

    Somebody please what the heck is this?

    Been fighting low phosphates and high nitrates finally got my nitrates from around 100 parts per million to around 25. Keeping my phosphates up by dosing neophos everyday. These things used to disappear when the nitrates were out of control during the night but then would return during the day...
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    • cyano bacteria diagnose diatoms dinoflagellates dosing high nitrates low phosphates neophos waterchange
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
  19. chadfish

    New way to beat dinoflagellates

    I just got the upper hand on my dino problem. I won’t say “won” the war, but I’m feeling more confident every day that goes by. The concept is fixing the micro-biome. If dino outbreaks occur because there is an imbalance in the micro-biome, then the long-term cure is restoring balance and...
  20. A

    How can introduce livestock from a dinoflagellates infested tank to a new one safely?

    I have a hermit crab and a turbo snail that were in a dinoflagellates infested tank. If i introduce them to my tank, will i be introducing the dinoflagellates as well?
  21. A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide

    A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide

    As the title suggests, this is intended as a short guide on what to do when you suspect dinoflagellates are trying to overtake your system. It is an attempt to boil down the protocols discussed across 11,000 posts in this "Are you Tired" thread along with thousands of other dino threads. I did...
  22. Z

    How to (at least temporarily) get dino(amphidinium) off frags/coral?

    So I've got dino, I was out of the country for 4 months unexpectedly and had to ask my brother to take care of the tank, of course I couldn't ask for all the care a reef tank needs, which led to me getting home and finding both dino and cyano. I've already done a lot of reading on dino, I'm...
  23. F

    Bubbling diatoms?

    Hello! Here's the thing my tank is a 12 gallon nano, 3 months old and my parameters are the following: NO4 0, NO2 0, NO3 10ppm, PO4 0.5, 9dkh, pH 8.4,Ca 445, Mg 1170, SG 1024. All test done with Salifert. Is stocked with a yellow Watchman goby, 4 blue legged ermits and a turbo snail. My problem...
  24. Reef and Dive

    Dinoflagellates - What I learned over the years to deal with it

    Let me introduce myself, my name is Paulo Scaldaferri, a Brazilian reefer who have been dealing with dinos as a special area of interest: I had it on my own tanks many times before and sometimes for months. This led me to an avid interest of study of those alveolates, including reading many...
  25. Brian W

    Dinoflagellates ID (Microscope photo)

    Which strain is this? 40x magnification. I looked at images of Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum on Google but they look similar to me. Thanks
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