dino id

  1. JcK03

    Ugly stage-diatom or Dino ?!

    Hello everyone! I thing I'm going through the ugly stage, my tank is 1ish month old, but I'm confused ! Can someone confirm me this algea is indeed diatom and not Dino or cynao ?! The microbubbles on it make me doubt a little bit ! First appears of this brown algea was 2 days ago! Not really...
  2. N

    Help identifying Dinoflagellates

    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...
  3. J

    Dino identification help

    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...
  4. G

    Dinos.

    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...
  5. B

    Dino?

    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...
  6. J

    ID microscope image

    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...
  7. C

    What’s going on with my tank

    Hi everyone! I’ve been running my 15 gallon reef tank for about 4 months now, and a month ago I moved it to my college town, and things settled in and were great. I noticed some brown on the sand; thinking it was diatoms, I let it be and was just planning on riding it out. I recently started to...
  8. monfilsi

    Dino ID

    Hi Everyone, So microscope confirms that I have Dinos. Having a hard time doing a definitive ID. If it helps, they are toxic and have killed all my snails. Time to research how to get rid of them now.
  9. Salty_Northerner

    Video and pictures WHAT is this?

    So I'm dealing with dinos. What are these and how to I rid them? Also there's got to be a pod of some sort and some thin things. Help to id these please.
  10. J

    Dino ID and Extermination

    What I thought were Diatoms turned out to be Dinos on most of substrate and tank walls. I bought a microscope to verify. Photos and video are attached. These were my parameters last night Before I dosed Phosphate per some research cause they were bottomed out. Temp 81 Salinity 1.026 Ca 340 KH 8...
  11. N

    Dino help

    Thought this was diatoms at first but then after cleaning the sandbed and it coming back the same day just like it was before I realized it was something more so I decided to microscope it now just looking for a positive I.D and advice on how to go to war. My nitrates where sround 5ppm for...
  12. B

    Need help with ID nuisance algae cyano or Dino?

    Last two weeks my take has been taken over by this ugly stuff and I’m not positive what it is and I do not want to take action if it is the wrong ID and course of action. If anyone could help me figure it out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance!
  13. 19Mateo83

    Microscopic critter identification

    My microscope isn’t the best but do these look like large cell dinos and what is this microscopic red worm?
  14. P

    Diatoms and Dinos?

    I’m in the ugly phase and wanted to see what the diatoms looked like but looks like I make have some Dino’s as well?
  15. B

    HELP ID’ing!!!!!

    Have a couple of these little green looking bubble sacks on one of my rocks. They have a hard shell it feels like. Just wondering what they might be.
  16. ChuneReef

    Dino ID: Probably Prorocentrum?

    https://youtube.com/shorts/MHGivRhw3hw?feature=share Hi guys! Can anyone help me ID what dinos I'm dealing with? Based on the circular structure in the center of the cell and the symmetrical oval shape I'm guessing Prorocentrum. Also, is it possible that I have 2 kinds of dinos? Some of them...
  17. K

    Can someone please ID this algae?

    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...
  18. Nick_Turbo

    Need help positively identifying this growth

    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...
  19. L

    Help identify what I have…

    Background: Tank approx 8 months old Testing nitrates and phosphates every 2-3 days. Nitrates average between 7-5. Phosphate have always read zero. Using Hannah to test (not ULN just regular Phosphate). Attached pictures of what is growing all over my rocks. When disturbed it acts “dusty” and...
  20. jseg0

    Dinoflagellate ID and treatment

    Hi everyone. I have had my 20g up and running for 6 months now and have recently encountered. Sorry for the poor photo quality but my microscope does not magnify much more while maintaining clarity. Please help identify the type of dino and what you guys have experienced in the best way to...
  21. B

    Cyano ? Dinos?

    What’s up everyone, just have a quick question on what I got in the tank. Is it Cyano or Dinos? This tank has been up and running for 2 months and I have not had this algae but till about 2 weeks ago. I use an Ai Prime for the light mainly for my GSP. Just wondering what this is and what I can...
  22. 9

    Algae ID

    I have been dealing with algae on my sand bed for the past few months. The tank is now 8 months old and was set up with dry rock and live sand. I did have a bottom out of nutrients a few months back and feared it was Dino’s. I raised nitrate to 10 and phosphate to .1, added uv, dosed MB7, ran 5...
  23. JPR1212

    Dinos??

    Hey everyone! I have a Innovative marine fusion pro 25 lagoon. It just finished cycling a couple weeks ago, i finally noticed some algae other then the ones i saw during the cycle start to appear. However, unfortunately it may be dinos. Can anyone help me id this to verify? From what i can...
  24. S

    Diatoms or Dino?

    hello and thanks in advanced. I have set a new tank up and it’s around 10 days old at this point. Over the last two days a huge coating of brown algae I believe to be diatoms has covered my rocks, sand and glass. however it is also covered in air bubbles which makes me think it’s not diatoms...
  25. F

    Dinos quick question ❓

    I am battling dinos currently and just wanted to ask. Is my answer as simple as I think? I am thinking all I have to do is dose phosphate to get rid of them. My current parameters are: Temp 74-75 Salt 1.025 Amonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrate 10 Phos 0 Cal 400 Mag 1340 Alk 8.0
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