Dino ID

[WifiGuy]

I have a new tank, around 3 months old with a handful of corals and 2 Clownfish. Within the last few weeks my Nitrates and Phosphates have both dropped to 0 (using Hanna checkers for both). These Dinos started showing up recently as well. I've been dosing NeoNitro and NeoPhos trying to get my nutrients up and have a UV sterizer coming in tomorrow.

Any assistance in ID'ing these guys to ensure my plan of attack?

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[ds1000]

Any update on beating the dinos?

 

[WifiGuy]

Yes, I believe I have dinos beat at this point.

I initially had Ostreopsis, which is what is shown here. This ended up being harmful to my fish and I had to put them in a QT tank for a week while I scrubbed my tank, and also started running carbon and a UV plumbed in my display.

Then I got LCA in the sand and had to dose silicates to correct that.

I now have a really bad diatom bloom that looks pretty terrible, but is harmless. It is very dark brown. I thought it was still dinos until I upgraded to a better microscope and got an ICP test done. I got my silicates up to 23085 µg/l which is pretty high I believe, but no Ill effects outside of aesthetics. I have also been doing beneficial bacteria along with Aqua forest Life Source, and
tracking my nitrates and phosphates to ensure they don't dip too low