dinos

Hi! I’ve been having this plague for a while and want to come up with a treatment plan, but first I would like to confirm what I’m dealing with so I can act appropriately. I think they are diatoms. Anyone know for sure? Tank age about 2 years. 75g + 20ish in sump 35ppt Alk 8 Ca 483 Mg ? 0...

Im newer to reef keeping and im in the middle of battling dinos my nitrates were undetectable and my phosphate was at .04 dosed to raise the nitrates to 2 ppm and the next day my nitrates looked to be about 1 ppm but my phosphate went down to .02 i repeated the dosage and my nitrates still...

Hey guys, just got a microscope to ID what's been covering my sand. It's a clumpy rust coloured coating on just the sandbed (not rocks or glass), it seems to be photosynthetic, but it doesn't disapate at night. When you stir it up it kind of strings the sand grains together, but the sand...

Im in the process of battling dinos and from the what i have been able to find online the main things to watch are the nitrates and phosphate. My nitrates are undetectable with my test kit and my phosphate is .08 checked with the hanna checker, i have a uv sterilizer on the way. How should I...

Pictures say it all. I am facing a dinoflaggelate that keeps attacking SPS and other corals such as Pectinia. At first, there are pronounced mesenterial filaments, then the tip turns white, then it loses tissue and finally brown dusting appears. There are no strings and only some bubbling...

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...

been battle Dino’s on and off but this time these Dino’s will not go away. Decided to re identify but can’t really tell which one they are. Please help

I have been battling what I suspect is Dinos since it has wiped out my coral and my nutrients are 0. The following videos were taken of an algae sample with a cheap toy microscope. Apologies in advanced

Strangest thing, my dino problems seem to more or less have vanished overnight, note entirely sure how. I've been having problems with dinos in my 25G reef, confirmed prorocentrum dinoflagellates. Both Nitrate and Phosphate readings have been 0, and it's been a struggle tying to bump up the...

After fighting GHA and cyano, dinos took over. To manage the high phosphates I removed two big fish and left my 36 gallon with two clowns and a diamond sand goby. This dropped phosphates and nitrates to zero causing an outbreak of dinos. What do I do?

I've had a Fluval 13.5 for exactly 1 year now. 6-8 months in, the tank was thriving. 2 snowflake clowns, several corals, inverts. On month 9-10, dinos hit. I mostly kept it under control but not before losing a few corals. Inverts died off quick and anything new I added was dying instantly...

Been dealing with Dino’s for a little and finally got a microscope to try to identify it. But having some trouble. To me it kinda looks like Prorocentrum but not sure. Can anyone confirm? And any help to beating Dino’s will be greatly appreciated

Hi all, first post here, and relatively new to the hobby as well. My tank (25G) is a very, very new tank, being about a month old. My current Parameters are as follows: Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 27 - 29 degrees celcius over course of day Ammonia: 0.15 Nitrates: 0.25 - 0.5 Phos: 0.1 - 0.25 Mg...

Hi everyone, So I’ve had this reef tank setup for slightly over 6 months; I had everything transferred in from my old tank 6 months ago, and for some reason I’ve had wave after wave of this algae come in. It’s a think jelly-like substance that’s formed on the rocks and sand bed. They don’t...

I am having issues battling dinos and I finally got them under a microscope. Think they may be Prorocentrum? Need some help identifying and treating because I really don't want to break down the tank and I cannot remove sand bed because I have wrasses. Equipment: Red Sea Reefer S1000 G2 ~265...

Hey everyone, so quick question I was having a breakout of Dino’s and I’m sure cyano over the pat 6 months. I ended up breaking down the tank as I’m setting up a 60 cube. I took all the rock out that had all the Dino slime and hosed it off and it’s pretty much outside. Can I reuse the rock...

So I am starting up a new 22 gallon tank and planning on bringing my clowns and inverts over from my Fluval 13.5. Problem is the 13.5 has been showing signs of slight dinos from a rock that I had recently added to the tank after buying some anemones. I would love to move the anemones to the new...

Sorry I tried looking at some of the existing posts but honestly having a hard time differentiating. These were taken under 40x which is what I happened to have, do I need something more powerful? I just vacuumed them out so not a lot of long strands but typically within a day or two lots of...

I’ve been reefing for a very long time. Last November after a few year break, I started up a 75 gallon. This was the first time I used dry rock, dry sand. (Zero stars..would not recommend!) The first few months were glorious, but then came all the uglies. First it was cyano like I’ve never seen...

Hey all, I don't have a microscope. Just want to know of there's a way to tell the difference between cyano and Dinos without one. The video attached is what I have in my tank currently. T

I have been facing dinos in my Reefer 170 for more than 9 months now and eventually the prorocentrum have become the dominant one. They’re mainly on the sand bed. For about 3 to 4 months I have been keeping No3 at 5-15 ppm and Po4 at ~0.05 ppm through dosing. And adding live phyto and bacteria...

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...

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...

Hello Fellow Reefers! I setup this tank about 4 months ago. I used all dry rock and dry sand. I went through the ammonia cycle within the first month. Since then I have been battling what I believe to be Diatoms, I am unsure what it is for sure. I knew i'd hit the ugly stage but this blew me out...

Hi! I had been battling dinos for 3 or 4 months. I finally was able to get them to a manageable level and now I have hair algea. I've removed as much as I can by hand (slowly) and purchased 2 tuxedo urchins. I've had them for about 4 days now. I tested my nitrates today and they've dropped to...