Cyano or Dino? How do you tell the difference?

[TheoScapes]

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

 

[FishDaddy]

cyano isn't nearly as long and stringy, and doesn't have as many gas bubbles. It's usually more reddish in color. Chemiclean works great against cyano. I've dosed in a large system following instructions full of expensive livestock including corals, inverts, and fish. There's lots of debate on how to kill dinos. I won a battle after overdosing chemiclean, but I think the overdose and no big water change after impacted my sps. Dinos were killed off though.

Cyano:

Is this cyanobacteria?

I've been trying to get rid of this for the last two months. Ive been doing 20% water changes weekly for about a month and half. I have also tried using the red slime remover which slowed it down but as soon as I stopped dosing it the cyanobacteria came back. My nitrates are at 2.5 ppm and my...

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Dinos:

Is This the Dinoflagellate Treatment We’ve all been Hoping for? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Being a reef aquarists, means dealing with nuisance algae, parasites, and other pests… Cyanobacteria, AEFW, Red Bugs, and who here remembers that pink cotton candy algae (Callithamnion)?

reefbuilders.com

 

[TheoScapes]

Here's a white light video too:

 

[TheoScapes]

Interesting how raising the temperature could be a cure. Gas anyone tried this?

(Also, I'd be heartbroken if it were true as I just spent a small fortune on a chiller due to the fact that I live in a tropical country...)

 

[Koh23]

Tried, didnt work in my case. But, also without microscope, i really dont know what (type) i have.

So far, only thing that seems to work for now is leave it alone.... It slowly (very) goes away, for how long....still remain to be seen...

 

[TheoScapes]

Best of luck!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

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

one thing for sure besides appearance-
Cyano generally associated with elevated nitrate and phosphate whereas Dino is associated with very Low to zero nitrate and phosphate.
Both are photosynthetic and love light for growth.
Dino is a flagellate and cyano is a bacterial algae

 

[taricha]

Here's a white light video too:

that color is more typical of dino than cyano.

 

[FishDaddy]

Interesting how raising the temperature could be a cure. Gas anyone tried this?

(Also, I'd be heartbroken if it were true as I just spent a small fortune on a chiller due to the fact that I live in a tropical country...)

Yeah there's all kinds of things that are "cures". I killed off dinos in a large system by double dosing chemiclean. Others that tried didn't have the same luck though.

 

[PopBot16]

cyano isn't nearly as long and stringy, and doesn't have as many gas bubbles. It's usually more reddish in color. Chemiclean works great against cyano. I've dosed in a large system following instructions full of expensive livestock including corals, inverts, and fish. There's lots of debate on how to kill dinos. I won a battle after overdosing chemiclean, but I think the overdose and no big water change after impacted my sps. Dinos were killed off though.

Cyano:

Is this cyanobacteria?

I've been trying to get rid of this for the last two months. Ive been doing 20% water changes weekly for about a month and half. I have also tried using the red slime remover which slowed it down but as soon as I stopped dosing it the cyanobacteria came back. My nitrates are at 2.5 ppm and my...

www.reef2reef.com

Dinos:

Is This the Dinoflagellate Treatment We’ve all been Hoping for? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Being a reef aquarists, means dealing with nuisance algae, parasites, and other pests… Cyanobacteria, AEFW, Red Bugs, and who here remembers that pink cotton candy algae (Callithamnion)?

reefbuilders.com

How big of an overdose of ChemiClean helped you beat the Dinos??