dinofillegates

I started my 75 Gallon a little over a year ago. I have an algae scrubber and 15W AquaUV sterilizer in the return pump flow. I set it up with dry rock, did a Dr Timms fishless cycle, had what I thought was a very light "ugly" stage, stocked some small reef-safe fish and in around 6 months after...

Hi guys, I am battling dinos, and i am wondering if 11w UV would be enough for my 125L / 33g cube (excluding rocks sand etc) I read online about 1W per 3 gallons, so its borderline...

I’ve been battling dinos and algae for some time. Finally got a microscope. Hopefully the image quality is good enough for a solid ID. I understand there are different ways to handle Dino species. Thanks in advance.

Hey there! We have been battling a nuisance algae for what feels like forever. I thought I'd post here to get some insight and advice. To give a basic rundown of what we've done so far, we had what we thought was a dino outbreak since we were taught that Cyano is generally red and carpet like...

This comes from a newly setup tank. I had the dry rock and water "cycling" in a container for about a month before add them to the tank. At that time I added the "live sand" (the kind purchased in bags). Few days later, added some fish, and fed heavily. Weeks later, added cheato and pods.. I...

I've been constantly cleaning the aquarium and battling this thing for over a month now, using diy coral snow, plus corals snow+bacteria for the last 3 days, while also dosing phosphates as they're tanked, and don't seem to be able to get rid of these. I clean everything. I vacuum, blow them off...

I've had a 13.5 fluval for 4.5 months and I feel like I've been making every single recommendation possible to get over the "ugly stage" but I'm not sure it's the ugly stage at this point, rather than just a nuisance algae and diatom or dino problem. So my sand gets real brown during the day...

I’m not too sure what this is but it’s hard to get rid of. My initial thought was that it’s cyano but after 2 doses of chemiclean it seems to just be getting worse. My nitrates are .02-.05 and phosphates are at .006-.008. If anyone knows what this is and how I could keep it at bay I would...

I belive I have identified the Dino's in my tank as small celled amphidinium, photo's attached for second opinions. Through research and reading the Dino thread on this forum it seems the best approach is many, and I wanted to outline my plan for some feedback from those more experienced. The...

I have a new tank, around 3 months old with a handful of corals and 2 Clownfish. Within the last few weeks my Nitrates and Phosphates have both dropped to 0 (using Hanna checkers for both). These Dinos started showing up recently as well. I've been dosing NeoNitro and NeoPhos trying to get my...

i have dinos in my tank, I set up a UV sterilizer turned the lights off and blacked out the tank. My concern is I have an acro coral frag, a birds nest, monte a bunch of SPS, a leather and other softies, as well as a bubbletip anemone. How long can I safely black out the tank before my coral...

I am certain that I have dinos in my tank as the sand, rocks, and glass are becoming covered in stringy algae that has a lot of bubbles wrapped up in the dinos. Will someone please help me ID what type of dino this is though and possibly give me some steps to take in order to defeat these...

Just did a water change yesterday. Got back home from work and notice this red stringy algae not sure need help identifying

Hi all, trying to figure out if I’m experiencing the start of dino’s in my system. They don’t look like dinos under the scope however they appear like them with stringy snot and looks as if they disappear when the lights go off. Hopefully the video is good enough! Thanks :)

Hello everyone, I need help to stop second guessing myself. I think I have identified the sludge in my tank as Ostreopsis Dino’s. Can anyone help me confirm? Screenshot of test results attached. Tank has been up 8 months. Thank you in advance.

So, I call this tank "Chucke2.3". Chucke1.0 was a 40 gallon toe-dip into the hobby about 12 years ago after many years of fresh water tanks. A couple pieces of live rock, two frags from a coworker, a small in-tank skimmer, a Coral Beauty and a Yellow Tang introduced me to the world of wonder...

This is in a 20 gallon AIO with a protein skimmer, UV sterilizer (recently added) and some matrix carbon in the back. It seems to get less apparent at night which leads me to think it's Dinos, but the microscope couldn't magnify enough to get 100% verification. Yes my Nitrate and Phos need to...

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...