Just an update. Following nvladik's advice and lowed salinity in fowlr to 1.012. Have a snapping shrimp in there that i could not catch. It's still alive. Will leave hyposalinity for 1 month to see if dinos die.
Do you still see visible dynos?
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Just an update. Following nvladik's advice and lowed salinity in fowlr to 1.012. Have a snapping shrimp in there that i could not catch. It's still alive. Will leave hyposalinity for 1 month to see if dinos die.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/vibrant-liquid-aquarium-cleaner-discussion-thread.271428/
The new additive Vibrant is worth testing, see details above for dinos. A repeatable, pan species cure for dinos will be the best reefing innovation ive ever seen. Some of these SPS tanks posting are ten grand easy... whats seven bucks as a possible alternative seems easy to test here in this thread.
Twilliard, I guess nothing would be neater than to see what this dilution ratio of Vibrance does under the scope on live cells. The company should hook you up imo.
Do you still see visible dynos?
I have found these two while looking at some diatoms today. They have swimming motion by tumbling like a paddle wheel. I have a short video showing this but need to figure out how to get the file size down to post it.
They have not become an outbreak and not visible in the tank... yet.
Dinoflagellates?
It appears that is one of the dino's that can be toxic.....be wary of generating ultra-low PO4 conditions as that's known to cause/precipitate toxic blooms.
This was an interesting read:
Bacterivory in algae: A survival strategy during nutrient limitation
When we say toxic --- break down the tank or is it worth it to attempt treatment?
I have found these two while looking at some diatoms today. They have swimming motion by tumbling like a paddle wheel. I have a short video showing this but need to figure out how to get the file size down to post it.
They have not become an outbreak and not visible in the tank... yet.
Dinoflagellates?
http://reef2reef.com/threads/vibrant-liquid-aquarium-cleaner-discussion-thread.271428/
The new additive Vibrant is worth testing, see details above for dinos. A repeatable, pan species cure for dinos will be the best reefing innovation ive ever seen. Some of these SPS tanks posting are ten grand easy... whats seven bucks as a possible alternative seems easy to test here in this thread.
Twilliard, I guess nothing would be neater than to see what this dilution ratio of Vibrance does under the scope on live cells. The company should hook you up imo.
Would anyone here be Interested in taking a look under their microscope to Identify if what I have is actually dinos and not something else?
@twilliard
I would be interested to put some of that under the scope. But my understanding is the bacteria will not attack the dinoflagelets directly. They are supposed to out compete the dinos and other nuisances.
I would be more interested in comparing it to the other bacteria in a bottle products I've looked at.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/our-tanks-biology-up-close.239838/page-19