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Keith from the 3 Glass Walls series shares with us his dinoflagellates outbreak along with his plan of attack for their removal. Join in and learn about how you can kick those pesky Dino's. Shop the Marine Depot website to get the resources you need to eradicate Dinoflagellates.

I’ve just looked under the microscope to see what looks like to be Dino cells. In my tank there isn’t much brown strands anywhere (not out of control) I just found some brown strands on my Zoas this morning? Can anybody help.

I got this stuff growing everywhere now. Goes away at night, comes on strong with lights. I thought it might be cyano, but it is really more rust color. It is in the sandbed some, but creases of the rocks and blows off rather easy. The odd thing, I seem to have some GHA in other places that...

Green killing machine is low end UV unit , did anyone have success using this to beet dinos ?. Few users report using this unit in the main dino thread and but did not report back. Any reviews is appreciated

Can someone help me distinguish what this is? I'm praying this isn't the Big D?!?! Tank is a Waterbox 70.2 (55g total water volume). Live rock and sand has stayed with me as I slowly upgraded tanks over the past 8+ years. I do not have a microscope yet to properly identify, but on the sand bed...

Hi guys I got my first 200 liter marine tank running for 3 months now. Parameters: Kh: 7.8 No3: < 1 Po4: 0.04 Mg: 1380 Cal: 460 Temp: 25.2 °C Lightning shedule (Red Sea Led 90): Blue: 9:30 - 22:00 80% (ramps up and down) White: 9:30 - 22:00 25% (ramps up and down) Equipment: Tunze macro...

About a month ago I determined I had a Dino outbreak. Started using Dino X and now after 6 doses my Dino is fading, but now there’s a thick maroon algae building up. I believe it’s cyano. Has anyone had this experience?

Alright, hopefully the video provided a bit of a light-hearted intro to a not-so-light-hearted topic of discussion....Dinoflagellates!! I know this topic has been beaten to death, however since I gather that it is probably the #1 discouragement and source of abuse for those unlucky souls who...

I have a 50 gallon cube, sump, sand, ATS, radion LED, Protein skimmer, my aquascape is fairly easy to remove in sections. My troubles with Dinos coincided with overzealous Iron supplementation and low nutrients. I lost many corals and anemones to the infestation. I am not sure if my approach...

Hello all, My takeaway from the latest BRS videos on tackling nuisances (specifically Dinos and Cyano) is that a fairly robust framework could be: (add UV, physical removal of nuisance, sub in beneficial bacteria). I've read much on others experiences which have included parts or all of these...

Hello reef friends and experts! I was wondering if anyone could help me identify this type of dinoflagellate. On the sand bed, it looks more like diatoms. No appearance of stringy/snotty bubbles, just brown patches that appear during the day and vanish at night. Under the microscope they are...

So I had a green hair algae outbreak, then an ammonia spike, I dosed kordon AmQuelPlus ammonia detoxifier, it kills ammonia nitrite and nitrate, and chlorine. Things started to bounce back. I lost 2 cyphastrea, and a birdsnest, during that ammonia spike, it went to 0.50ppm. my xenia has been...

Hi ip french , i have change all of my rock in my reefer 170 ,for marco since 2 month and now i have à invasion of dino i think but which ? i post photo , and also can you tell me the best solution ? I have tried 4 dose of DINO X FAUNA MARIN and at the day 8 so 4 doses there were even more so i...

I’ve been trying to battle this ‘brown algae’ for quite a long time now. I’ve finally gotten a microscope to observe all the cells in my aquarium. Does the picture below look like Dino cells. The cells do move around and they go away at night and come back in the day. This makes me think it is...

Hey everyone, I have a pretty new tank setup. 100 gallon DT, 32 gallon sump. About 120ish total volume. I used cycled media from a previous tank to help get this one going, along with Dr Tims bacteria. It is about a month old. Here's my stock: 2 clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 BTA, 1 Rock Nem, lps...

Hey Reef Gang, I am new to the salt water game coming from freshwater. I am starting with a Red Sea Max Nano. 20lb Carib sea life rock, 10 pounds Fiji pink, 660gph wave maker, running skimmer 24/7 with filter sock, bunch of marine pure bio balls, red sea carbon, Red Sea coral salt pro, tank...

Just noticed it tonight but coming from underneath the piece of live rock that my new (as of 3 days ago) cauliflower colt coral (which I did do a coral dip for) is this greenish brown thing that was more "open" when I first spotted it and started hiding when I starting lighting it up with a...

Ok I’m not sure what kinda algae this is. I was thinking dinoflagellates but I’m kinda puzzled though as I don’t have a ton of bubbles like traditional dinos and I have nutrients. I did a 10% water change last night I’m pretty religious on weekly water changes but this one was closer to 10 days...

so i think i have dinos in my sump or something like that i’ll post a few pictures and i know they aren’t the best pictures but they where the best i could get and i’ll also try to describe it it’s like a weird matt with bubbles in it or could this be something else

So ive got a pretty nasty dino outbreak in my 150 gal. They spread over the entire tank in less than 2 days from when i noticed them. I added vibrant this past monday at the reccomended dose and by thursday every acro i had has bleached white and died and my lps that were doing great ( torches...

Hi all, Let me first introduce myself, I live in the UK have been keeping reef tanks for around 10 years now, started out with a 120 liter softie tank and now have a 4 month old 1000 liter 5.5x2.5x2.5 ft using my old tank water and rock from my reefer 350 the tank cycled quickly. I want to go...

Hi everyone, I'm currently using the 10 micron filter sock the filter out Dinos from the water column. This is my first time using a filter sock so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions how to properly clean the filter sock to get all the dinos out, or kill them, prior to reusing the...

I have been fighting dinos without any luck. Just bought a microscope but having a hard time deciding what it is. Anyone able to help me ID them?

I have a question for anyone that can help. I need trying to determine if this a Diatoms or Dino having a hard time figuring it out

I I have a question for anyone that can help. I need trying to determine if this a Diatoms or Dino having a hard time figuring it out