amphidinium

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...

Hi everyone, So as the title says, I’ve been fighting amphidinium dinos for not exactly sure how long since I had a good amount of snails die before I really got to the root of the problem, but it’s been about 2 weeks of dosing nitrate, phosphate, and silicate along with bacteria, photo, and...

Before I do something I regret….does anyone know if you can spot dose UV to amphidinium in a successful manner? I created the contraption in the pictures with the idea of placing it on the sand bed for a minute or so in each area during the day when Amphidium is out. The orange cup is just to...

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.

I got back into the hobby about 1.5 years ago. I've been battling Dinos for almost 6 months. When they first appeared I ended up dosing Dino x which got rid of them after about 12 doses (every other day). It wiped out all my corals in the process. After a few weeks I started getting loads of...

Let me introduce myself, my name is Paulo Scaldaferri, a Brazilian reefer who have been dealing with dinos as a special area of interest: I had it on my own tanks many times before and sometimes for months. This led me to an avid interest of study of those alveolates, including reading many...

So I was taking a dinoflagellate ID and I saw this little pod that looks like it was stuck or it was feeding. Can anyone confirm? I attached a video, and to see it you need to be on a laptop or desktop. It doesn’t work from the phone for some reason. #reefsquad

I was thinking about something a little different here, we surelly do not have a simple solution that works for all dinos, unfortunatelly, but for a long time we started to understand what are great conditions that predict dino problems in the future. So this list is kind of a joke (many items...

Hello! Can I get some help ID's these type of Dinos - My current setup is 120g tank - 40G Sump and is ~1 year old Filtration: Filter Socks (replaced weekly) Curve 7 Pro - Bubble Magnus Carbon Reactor UV Sterilizer ~ 350-400 gph Water Change - Twice a month 15 gallons Dry Rock Live Sand Levels...

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.

Are these Dinos? If so what kind are they? What is the best course of action to eradicate them? Thank you.

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. I have been battling dinos for 6 months. I fully understand the battle and how I got here ...low phos low nitrates. ...new tank etc. First I had ostreopsis ovata. They were basically beat with UV fairly quickly. Shortly after than the real battle began. AMPHIDINIUM. They were...

Alright Guys & Girls, like the title says I have encountered a new roadblock in the hobby. This thread will show you guys every step I take to battle this annoying pest and hopefully after I win this war you guys could look back to this thread to follow my steps and not make all the mistakes I...

This thread is a spin-off from the @mcarroll very successful Dino thread The purpose is to discuss methods for removal and fighting against a particular strain of dinoflagellate - Large Cell Amphidinium. It seems to make up about a third of the cases of dinos. The reason this strain gets its...