dinofillegates

I've had a dinos outbreak in my tank, not sure what type yet, but it doesn't go into the water column at night and grows on the sand, rocks and a little on the glass. I've been cleaning up the dinos every day to every few days, but everytime I do it my corals close and get really ticked off...

I've been struggling with dino an hair algae for about a year. Sometimes it looks like it's getting better then it just blows up. I've used both vibrant and dosing peroxide on my old 40 gallon... the problem I'm having is on my 150 gallon acrylic aquarium. Would peroxide be a good option? I've...

Hi All, 400L Tank details: 1 3/4 year old. Fully stocked with coral, fish etc. Salinity: 1.025 SG PH 8.0 Alkalinity 9.3 dkH Nitrate: 9.0 ppm Phoshate: 0.12 ppm Calcium: 440 ppm Mag: 1450 ppm Started battling with Dinos ~6months ago. Dinos were confirmed from microscope. Although exact...

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...

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...

I had a brown/green algae problem a while back that was completely eradicated but now it’s coming back looking different - it has bubbles. I did increase light in the tank to help my corals regrow after the past algae bloom, since i dimmed the light for a few weeks to control the algae. My...

Hey all! I have had my tank up an running for almost a year now and for the past few months I have had a bad case of what I think to be diatoms or dinos. Both my phosphates and nitrates are a little over 0 (API test, but it's the best I have right now). I recently acquired a TDS meter and the...

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...

Hi all, I recently set up a new 30 gallon reef tank and am trying to figure out what to do. For some background, I have a 13.5 which I bought a rock that had 3 awesome nems on and placed it in my tank knowing the previous owner had dinos. This sparked the dinos in my 13.5 which I have recently...

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?

Hello to all, I have a 2 month old 10 gal tank with soft corals and a small clownfish. I had some algae that I was allowing to grow and it started dying off. I tested and nitrates slowly went from 10ppm to 0pmm in less than I week. I believe that now dinos are showing up (thats why I preferred...

Hi all, I’ve noticed an increase of brown patches on my sand bed. 5 days ago my phosphate was 0.22, today my phosphate is 0.07. Do you think it’s dino’s or diatoms? Not the clearest shot but hopefully you’ll be able to tell?

I finally beat Dinos - hopefully, for good this time. After trying several methods from raising nutrients, chemical treatments, and water changes I invested in a UV sterilizer. I was a bit hesitant investing in equipment and was ready to scrap the project and start fresh - thank goodness I...

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...

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...

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...

Hello, first of all, sorry for the low quality of pictures. If anyone has any idea what this may be (algae, Dino’s, cyano?). A little background, I have had this tank for nearly a year now, about 2 months in, this spider web looking stuff (hard to see in the photos but it is a dark brown/reddish...

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...

Hi - Ive just started dosing a complete 2part and started getting brown sand a few weeks later.. Currently my nutrients sit at No3 3ppm P04 0.04 ppm I currently do not use UV wanted to see if it’s Dino or diatoms so got a microscope (should be 600x but it’s kind of still small) can anyone tell...

Hi all, Long time reefer and big time user of Reef Aquarium Guide forums back in the day. Once I started college my mom sold all my tanks and I’ve only now just gotten back into the hobby. Anyway, started my first tank since 2008 back in January and everything was going fine until I moved and...

Just noticed these small silver balls and a reddish brown film .. more on the back of my rock. How do I stop this from spreading!?

Hi all, just a post as I can’t find much on it online. Is it possible to add new fish or corals to a tank that has a Dino outbreak? just curious thanks

Hey y’all, I’ve been battling dinos for a solid month and a half, and they started due to an imbalance in nitrates and phosphates. I had moderate levels of nitrates while having undetectable phosphates. This imbalance arises because I did not think to dose nutrients during a fallow period...

Hello reefers, I've been dealing with "the uglies" for a couple of months now. It started with porocentrum dinoflagelates and it has now evolved into spirulina and another thing I haven't been able to identify. I found a great deal of information on Dinos and Cyano but haven't been able to find...

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...