dinos

Sorry I tried looking at some of the existing posts but honestly having a hard time differentiating. These were taken under 40x which is what I happened to have, do I need something more powerful? I just vacuumed them out so not a lot of long strands but typically within a day or two lots of...

I’ve been reefing for a very long time. Last November after a few year break, I started up a 75 gallon. This was the first time I used dry rock, dry sand. (Zero stars..would not recommend!) The first few months were glorious, but then came all the uglies. First it was cyano like I’ve never seen...

Hey all, I don't have a microscope. Just want to know of there's a way to tell the difference between cyano and Dinos without one. The video attached is what I have in my tank currently. T

I have been facing dinos in my Reefer 170 for more than 9 months now and eventually the prorocentrum have become the dominant one. They’re mainly on the sand bed. For about 3 to 4 months I have been keeping No3 at 5-15 ppm and Po4 at ~0.05 ppm through dosing. And adding live phyto and bacteria...

Hello, I've went fallow on my tank for a couple months due to a velvet outbreak. During this time I started to get some GHA throughout the tank and it slowly turned into this webby reddish algae. I was thinking about getting some fish soon since the velvet is more than eradicated by now, but I...

Hello, I've went fallow on my tank for a couple months due to a velvet outbreak. During this time I started to get some GHA throughout the tank and it slowly turned into this webby reddish algae. I was thinking about getting some fish soon since the velvet is more than eradicated by now, but I...

Hello Fellow Reefers! I setup this tank about 4 months ago. I used all dry rock and dry sand. I went through the ammonia cycle within the first month. Since then I have been battling what I believe to be Diatoms, I am unsure what it is for sure. I knew i'd hit the ugly stage but this blew me out...

Hi! I had been battling dinos for 3 or 4 months. I finally was able to get them to a manageable level and now I have hair algea. I've removed as much as I can by hand (slowly) and purchased 2 tuxedo urchins. I've had them for about 4 days now. I tested my nitrates today and they've dropped to...

Hello everyone, I wanted to share an experience I recently had in the hopes it may help others who know more about dinos and how to treat for them. THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO TRY THIS. I have a 25gal waterbox mini peninsula that's 3 months old and stocked with two clownfish and a variety...

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...

Hey everyone, I have been battling prorocentrum dinos for 1.5 years at this point. It likely started due to phosphate bottoming out as well as me using tap water. I am a student so I'm a little tight in the financial department so it took a while to get an RODI. My params: Alk 8.6, pH. 7.9, Calc...

So I have confirmed I have LCA Dino’s. On top of bryopsis and hair algae that I’ve been dealing with for a while now. I do weekly water changes but it’s just not getting any better. Obviously something is off but my parameters are not showing it. salinity ammonia 0 Nitrates 7 Nitrites 0...

Excuse the long post but I don’t understand what happened, I’ve been reefing for almost 2 years now. I research for hours daily to better my chances in this hobby. I have a waterbox frag 165.6 that’s been up for about 6 months now, I let it cycle for over a month before adding coral. A week ago...

What do you guys think of this idea to beat Dinos? I have 2 tanks, both waterbox frags. My 105.4 is going on one and a half years old doing extremely well and mature. My newer Waterbox Frag 165.6 is about 5 months old and now it’s getting a Dino outbreak and my nutrients bottomed out. Can I do a...

Hey fellas i have a tank with no live stock in it that had Dino’s. I plan to restart the setup with live sand and live rock. I wanted to clean the whole system before adding new rock and sand. My plan is to drain the tank fill it with freshwater and then run vinegar through the whole system for...

Hello reef keeping friends, I am fighting the good and often times treacherous fight with the famed Ostreopsis Dinos - and as with any fight, there have been casualties. Thus far I have lost: -Bird's Nest Coral -Montipora (on it's way) -1 Belted Sand Fish (he was the only fish in the tank...

Does anyone have an idea what this could be? I have had them pop up on the past and I thought it was Dino’s, but it disappeared for a while and now has made its way back, but now more than ever. Should I dose vibrant? Thank you!

45 AIO is currently beyond overrun with GHA and dinos. Any and all help would be appreciated, because this is about to drive me out of the hobby entirely. I haven't bothered testing nitrate and phosphate because they're likely zero'd out given the sheer amount of algae in the DT. FWIW, is an...

My son just upgraded his 4 year old 27gallon tank to a 80 gallon, as of today we are at the 5 week mark. We cycled the new tank, seeded with the filters from his old tank. It took about 3-4 weeks for ammonia, then nitrates to drop close to 0. We added a bottle of copepods, BIO-spira, a damsel...

Hi, I have been battling dinos in my 95g tank as both my phosphate and nitrate kept bottoming out. I finally raised my nitrates and phosphates and notice that they are starting to die. How long should I keep my phos and nitrates elevated so they completely die? if anyone can help thanks!

I’ve been battling Dinos for about 9 months in two reef tanks: 13.5 gallon LPS 2 years old and 40 gallon mixed 1 year old. In the 13.5 just prior to the outbreak I had used Vibrant which I believe crashed my nutrient levels after rocking my barely established bio filter and eliminating the small...

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

I've had dinos so long I feel my self giving up a little, been so long can't remember 1 year maybe more? I've read many things before. I maintain nitrate 4 ppm , phosphate 0.03ppm. So I dont' understand why it remains. Here's a pic and my aquarium logs...

Some of you may know me, and unfortunately I am a recurring theme on these threads. School started for me two days ago, and since then I’ve had to wake up at 5:45. My lights are usually set to about 8:30 to 9:00, but they came on at 6:30. When I got home from school there were more...

Can peroxide kill dinos of a frag ? Along with a dipping method ?