dinoflagellates

You might be thinking "There goes an other dino thread!". But truth be told, there is so much content on algea and more specifically dino/diatoms that my brain is all scrambled as i read one think and its opposite. There seems to be no concensus when it comes to dinos specifically as far as...

Is there any way to ensure frags you by are clean and don't have dinos before adding it to your tank? Trying to make sure not to introduce it from another hobbyist or vendor. TIA

Please help me identify what type I'm dealing with. The video with loads of golden coloured ones is from my sand and the one with more red ones is from my rocks. Some of them move in circles.

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...

My tank is getting overrun with what I believe to be dinoflagellates. I know small/new tank syndrome is probably part of it, but is there any way to get rid of it? I heard that raising nitrates and phosphates could help, but that’s a scary idea to me as I have some sensitive animals in the tank...

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...

Today an algae bloom appeared in my coral quarantine tank. This is my first batch of coral frags and my first time setting up a quarantine for coral. The frags and tank have been setup for about a week. I used Biospira to seed the tank and used a fresh mix of saltwater to setup the tank. I'm...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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.

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...