diatom vs dino

what kind of algae is this? i thought it was diatom because when i blow it off it turns to dust, but it’s started it look stringy recently

Tanks levels good- fish seem happy and corals are growing like crazy! Almost 1 year with the evo - was a project me and my 2 year old did- mostly me a he watched ha. Been great. But lately even with water changes I seem to keep getting what I believe diatoms on the sand - and the very...

I am planing on using a microscope in an attempt to identify the type of dinos that I have. In your experience, for what type of Dinos does Sillicate dosing work?

Hi all. I’m totally new to saltwater and I have a new setup that went through some sort of bloom, seemingly overnight. I thought it was for sure diatoms but now I’m afraid it could be dinos/cyano. Tank is 2 weeks old. I did a fish in cycle, started with Dr. Tim’s nitrifying bacteria. I’ve been...

So, no matter what I do, I keep having this reddish/brown coating come back again and again. The system itself has been up and running for 16 months, and I transferred it from a 60-gallon tank to a WaterBox Marine X 110.4 in August of this year. I've tried vacuuming the film off of the sand...

Hi all, hopefully you can help me!! I have a 24 gallon AIO waterbox peninsula, roughly 8 months old. I have been battling algae for the last 4-5 months. I believe its a combination of diatom, dinos and maybe cyano? the algae doesn’t completely disappear at night, but does reduce slightly. If...