Hey there friends!
What started as a small patch of dinos has started to take off and become more and more troublesome.. I finally put a sample under a microscope, but I'm having trouble ID'ing what I'm seeing amidst the other fauna. I did attempt to cross reference using the dino ID guides -...
I recently figured out that I actually have dinoflagellates and not cyano through quick researching. do you just increase nitrate and phosphate then dose bacteria and pods, or is there more than just that? do I still do weekly water changes or stop doing them? do I still run my protein skimmer...
Hey reefers,
I need help with an algae/bacteria ID. I’m at my wit’s end- nothing seems to match 100%.
TL;DR: 664 gallon inter-plumbed trough system in retail setting. Bubbly/turfy green/brown eyesore appeared about the same time as nutrients bottoming out a few months ago. Stabilizing chems...
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I'm relatively new to the hobby, and have a tank running since 10 months. Since march I've been battling what I think has been a mix of cyano and dinos. I've followed the advice from this thread...
Hi everyone. I’ve been struggling with dinos for the past couple months. Unfortunately, my tank is too clean, despite my best attempts to dirty it up.
my nutrients last time I checked were 1-3 ppm N03, and 0.09 P04.
I’m doing more water tests now. I’ll have the latest readings in about 30...
Hello Friends,
I have been fighting an outbreak in my established tank that I cannot seem to beat. I've narrowed it down to Dinos by purchasing a microscope and doing some investigation. What I find is that these are mostly 'coffee bean' shaped and I believe they are either Amphidinium or...
One thing no one discusses is when you have to remove all your fish out of your Display Tank to Quarantine, what to do with your Display tank? They only talk about Display and only about Quarantine, not what to be careful of after you remove your fish.
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Introduction
Benthic dinoflagellates like Amphidinium and Prorocentrum are among the most persistent and discouraging pests in reef aquariums. Often called “hobby killers,” they are one of the leading reasons reefers quit the...
So I got a microscope because I have been dealing with what seems to be Dino’s on my sand bed. In the video there are these things racing around SUPER fast. Are those dino? If so. What kind?
Alright boys let’s play a guessing game. I have some pictures and I’m wonder what you all think. I have a microscope coming tomorrow to confirm. DINOS? DIATOMS!?
Hi All,
I’ve been battling large cell amphidinium for quite some time now and I’m getting pretty frustrated with it.
I’ve raised my nutrients which have been held at 22.0ppm Nitrates and 0.22 phosphates a couple of months now.
I’ve tried silica dosing, never saw a diatom bloom and didn’t...
WE GOT THE REEF!
Do to repeated requests we have added our proprietary blend of 3 unique dinoflagellates eating copepods to our product offerings. The use of these targeted copepods, combined with our Coral Delight Phyto Buffet (richly infused with rich diatom phytoplankton plus gold and red...
WE GOT THE REEF!
Do to repeated requests we have added our proprietary blend of 3 unique dinoflagellates eating copepods to our product offerings. The use of these targeted copepods, combined with our Coral Delight Phyto Buffet (richly infused with rich diatom phytoplankton plus gold and red...
Microscope images under a cover slip, kinda squashed:
Microscope images without cover slip (they were moving around so they're all in different orientations):
Gif attempt to show motion (Couldn't figure out how to take a proper video so I pieced it together from multiple stills, didn't...
Hey everyone- I'm trying to help my son ID what kind of dinos he has in his IM Lagoon 25G. Took this video today using a pretty inexpensive microscope, so not sure if it's sufficient for ID'ing. Let me know if you think you can ID from it. Thanks!
Hi,
I am sure this has been asked multiple times before, but I am new to the hobby and found different answers in my internet search.
Is this Dinoflagellates, Diatoms, or Cyanobacteria? How do I get rid of it? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I started this tank in March and started having...
You might be thinking "There goes an other dino thread!".
But truth be told, there is so much content on algea and more specifically dino/diatoms that my brain is all scrambled as i read one think and its opposite.
There seems to be no concensus when it comes to dinos specifically as far as...
Is there any way to ensure frags you by are clean and don't have dinos before adding it to your tank?
Trying to make sure not to introduce it from another hobbyist or vendor.
TIA
Please help me identify what type I'm dealing with. The video with loads of golden coloured ones is from my sand and the one with more red ones is from my rocks. Some of them move in circles.
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...
My tank is getting overrun with what I believe to be dinoflagellates. I know small/new tank syndrome is probably part of it, but is there any way to get rid of it? I heard that raising nitrates and phosphates could help, but that’s a scary idea to me as I have some sensitive animals in the tank...