Kinda tough to make out from that still photo. If the microscope is maxed out, you can zoom with your camera to get another 2X or so magnification. Video (hard to do I know) is even better as the swim pattern is often the best tell.
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Kinda tough to make out from that still photo. If the microscope is maxed out, you can zoom with your camera to get another 2X or so magnification. Video (hard to do I know) is even better as the swim pattern is often the best tell.
@taricha has some great images and videos linked in this document that you can compare to.
Dinoflagellate Identification Guide
I've had this laying around for a while. Had some recent interest, so I tweaked it a bit and am posting it. Not really about cures just ID pictures, videos, and a few short facts. Hope it can be helpful.
Once you get the ID, you can consult this article that attempts to consolidate treatment suggestions.
A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide
As the title suggests, this is intended as a short guide on what to do when you suspect dinoflagellates are trying to overtake your system. It is an attempt to boil down the protocols discussed across 11,000 posts in this "Are you Tired" thread...
There is ONE cell at about 00:30 that has the motion of Ostreo, circling around a tethered point. Shape is not quite there though. Not pointy enough on one end. Also, the general lack of movement tends more toward prorocentrum but without more magnification I cannot confirm for sure. Otherwise LC Amphids.
I didn’t see the classic sesame seed shape of ostreopsis neither.
If you have a UV, I think it is always a good idea to deploy it even when still in doubt about the ID. Four out of five common dinos will swim. Only the LC Amphids cling to sand tenaciously.
