dinoflagellate

Hi all! I've been struggling with a terrible algae problem (looks way worse in person) my parameters are as follows Salinity 1.026 Nitrate 5 Phosphate 0 Alk 9 Magnesium 1410 Calcium 410 The tank has been around for around 6 months. I have had cyano in the past and this is different I did a 3...

Uh oh.... came home from work today to admire my tank and saw this growing on the base of one of my frag plugs... tank looks generally ok but it’s still pretty young. Whatever this is, I’d love to know what to do to keep it from taking over the tank... here’s what I’ve got: Red Sea Reefer 250...

Hello everybody Curretly i have a problem with ostreopsis, i bought a uv sterelizer and the ostreopsis was reduced currentrly i only can se the ostreopsis in the sand And i cant eliminate it. My nitrates are around 100 ppm and phosphates in .21 ppm. do you have some recomendation? My chaeto...

I facing dino in my tank but i don't know what type of dino since i don't have the required tool. i tried cover tank for 3 days and dose DR.TIMS aquatics waste away and rerfresh but he told me u will never win since you have 0 N and 0 P. I am started dosing N in my tank and redo the treatment...

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...

Hello everyone, as the title indicates I need help identifying what kind of dinoflagellates am I fighting here. Thanks for the help

So if anyone has seen my previous posts, I have been talking alot about my tanks having ostreopsis dino and what I can do to fix it. I followed the advice of a bunch of fellow reefers and i think i have successfully beaten the dino in both of my tanks! 10g: The dino in this tank was horrendous...

Hi All, I've got this reddish/brownish thing that keeps growing in my sand. I stir the sand almost daily, but the next day it's back on my sand bed. It almost looks like diatoms, but I'm not sure that's what it is. My tank is a little over a year old. At this point I'm thinking either dino or...

hi everybody, i’ve been battling dino’s for months now. here’s the story. i bought a tank (40B with 20gal sump; custom tank/stand/sump) that was running for a bout a year and taken down because the owner lost interest, but he put the live rock in a couple 5 gallon buckets of salt water to...

So I’ve had a 75 gallon tank set up and running for two years. Had no fish, live rock, sump and one mushroom coral. Wasn’t doing much with the tank just had it there was so busy with work and other things. Freed up some time getting back to the tank did a 25% water change added Fiji mud to the...

Hi guys, for about maybe two weeks I’ve had thus brown stringy seemingly slimy like substance completely covering my tank. And I’ve tried everything just short of completely draining and bleaching everything. I have done a black out for about 2 day and nights. H2O2 dosing and soaking rocks and...

So I have a second outbreak of Dino. My goal is to attack it naturally this time by outcompeting it with beneficial bacteria and running a dirty tank essentially. My tank is currently in a 3 day blackout just to knock it back some before addressing the issue. I have never considered my tank to...

I need help. I have a 13.5 Nano that has gotten the dreaded Dino. This is the 2nd time in my first six months and it has about drove me out of the saltwater and reefkeeping hobby and back into freshwater. I am not a quitter though. I have an action plan in place for combating the Dino so that...

29 gallon mature Aqueon tank with HOB filter and HOB skimmer, 2 Hydor pumps for circulation, 1/2" sand bed and pukani rocks. 1 large BTA, and numerous SPS and way too many kenya trees. Small purple tang, mature standard clown, and blue spotted jawfish. Shortly after I removed my skimmer for...

My tank is about 4-5 months old and this problem seems to never go away.

I have a dinos outbreak about few weeks ago. I first notice some airbubble on the back glass, did not pay much attention to that. This is my plan. Any opinion would help :) Doing: - Raising my No3 and PO4 - Adding a filter sock, and clean it daily - Manually remove as much as possible Planning...

Well in my fight with my dinos I needed to get a UV sterilizer. Guess what too expensive so I have an idea. Can we pull the bacteria out of the water column with some form of particle separation technique. The answer is yes and it uses a hydrocyclone. Essentially you make a tornado and...

I am having this stuff all over my tank. I think it is some sort of Cyano, please help me ID it.

I will log my progress on this thread so I can see what I did and what the result will be when it's all said and done. Background I have been battling Dino for a while now (8+ months). I think I have an idea where it came from. I believe, (I could be wrong though), it came with a Pink...