dino control

First time dealing with dino, have a hard time to id it, maybe someone else can ?

Can someone help me id what type of dinos i have?

I was hoping someone could help me identify these Dino’s so I can come up with a plan of attack any help would be appreciated. I am running a small uv and trying to get my nutrients up. I have lowered my lights and shortened my light cycle. I’ve also been dosing phyto and have added pods. But...

Hello all, I noticed some dinos about 3 weeks ago. I'm pretty sure the triggering event was me trying to really kill off some hair algae. I scrubbed rocks a whole lot, disturbed the sandbed, and my nutrients got too low. Amateur move. The system was not happy with this. Dinos quickly ensued...

I’ve been battling dinos for a few months now and it’s really starting to get on my nerves now. So much that I’m starting to lose interest in the tank and considering restarting. So far I have tried: 1. Running tank at a higher temp of 82F 2. Raised Nitrate and Phosphate levels 3. Fitted UV...

Im in the process of battling dinos and from the what i have been able to find online the main things to watch are the nitrates and phosphate. My nitrates are undetectable with my test kit and my phosphate is .08 checked with the hanna checker, i have a uv sterilizer on the way. How should I...

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My thought is this is Amphidinium. agree? Some seem to have more pronounced beaks than others. Looking at the display tank, there are some small areas of mats on sand in certain areas. Some long strands of dinos that cling to corals and glass. 2 pictures here 2 videos here Video 1 (I...

Hello, A few months ago I found out that I have poisonous dinoflagellates. Every morning and night (when the lights came on and off) a lot of corals suddenly closed. And by closed I mean completely withdrawn. In the evening, corals closed faster and further than normal. After a few minutes they...

Hi all, have dinos. Does anyone know what type these are and the b st way to get rid of them. Have started a 3 day blackout tonight, used dr Tim’s eco balance sat, doing week microbacter this week, installing 25w Aqua uv tomorrow (100g Red Sea tank). Nitrates at 4.6, phos at 0.02, salinity 35...

Hello! I recently have noticed my sandbed getting dirtier than normal. I will do my daily maintenance of stirring the sandbed but notice it will return in less than an hour. It also seems to almost fully disappear when the lights are off and return when the lights come back on. I read I could...

Hi everyone! For the last month I’ve been battling with what I believe is Dino’s. They slowly seem to be disappearing and have only ever stayed on my rockwork, wavemakers and back panel of my Fluval flex tank. Ive changed the filter floss every other day which has helped massively and fed more...

Hey guys, I’ve been dealing with a Dino outbreak in my tank and to answer some questions coming my phosphate is at 0.2 ppm and nitrate at 36 ppm. Last few days I’ve been siphoning out as much as possible I just dosed virbrant (1ml per 10 gal once a week). I’m wondering if I can dose vibrant and...

I'm thinking of popping this bubble algae that I have in my tank in hopes of it out competing the dinos that I have been trying to get rid of. I'm at the point where I dont have any money for a UV system and I don't want to use any temporary fixes. If this seems like a bad idea I will probably...

Hello everyone, I am hoping to get some help with my Dino issue in my 38 gallon AIO reef tank. It has been about 2 month of having them and about 3 weeks of treating them. So far I have been dosing microbacter 7, microbacter clean, and phyto. Thus far I really do not see any difference in the...

Hey everyone, so quick question I was having a breakout of Dino’s and I’m sure cyano over the pat 6 months. I ended up breaking down the tank as I’m setting up a 60 cube. I took all the rock out that had all the Dino slime and hosed it off and it’s pretty much outside. Can I reuse the rock...

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...

Hello everyone, I've been battling with what I believe is cyanobacteria, but was hoping for other input to know if this is actually dinos. I've attached pictures here of my tank. I just did a 5gal water change on this (25 gal tank). I've had this tank for 8 months now and for the last few I...

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I know this is going to be controversial… I have a 13.5 Fluval and I’ve been running it at about 82 degrees. I’ve read that this can help cut down Dino’s growth. It seems to be helping. Any idea what long term effects of this increased temp may be? The corals seem fine but I could be doing...

Hi all I recently put in a colony of gorilla nipple Zoas to my QT set up and they were doing AWESOME but after a salinity spike They closed up and haven’t been happy since. I have since fixed the salinity and have been keeping up with water changes. My two frag plugs of GSP are back to normal...

Just a quick overview before we begin, one I would like to thank you for taking your time to read and help me out and two I'll keep a close eye for any replies. So I have a 90 gallon aquarium with no Coral just two clownfish, one neon goby, one blue sapphire damsel, and one fox face rabbitfish...

Hi everyone! I am looking for some help to eliminate or at least cut back the Dino problem in my tank. A little background, I have a 15 gallon nano reef that is around 8 months old. I am running an AI prime as the light, no skimmer, and a fluvial UV sterilizer in line with a Oaze 30 gallon...

Hi everyone I’m having a dinos outbreak since 3 or 4 months in a reef tank (13.5g) with a high bio load (nitrates hovering 40 to 60ppm and phosphates around 0.5). My lion fish is already to big for this aquarium which difficults to maintain lower values. (I’m preparing a 100g aquarium to...

Hey guys once again battling algae… started dinox last night and it says not to add trace elements and no products that absorb. My tank is ultra low nutrient and I want to add Neonitro to help battle the Dino’s. Can I do both at the same time?