Dino ID

[Ocean’s Piece]

So just did the peroxide test to see if the algae bubbled, and it didn’t, meaning it’s Dinos. Nitrates bottomed out (verified) and I figure that gfo stripped too much phosphates, but have not verified that with testing yet. Figure this problem came from nitrate though. This stuff hasn’t taken over completely but it covers enough of the rocks in thin strands to make some of the corals mad. I don’t have a microscope with enough magnification unfortunately. Can anyone tell what this Dinos is from the picture? It seems to trap a lot of bubbles and looks like coral food almost when it gets stretched out into strings if that makes sense or if you have experienced that.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

@taricha

 

[Mxracer65]

Need to put it under a microscope. My guess is ostreopsis, but without microscope it is just a guess.

 

[Uncle99]

Does it stay when lights go out at night, then reappear when lights on.
Then it’s very common golden Dino’s which can be a PITA, but solvable.
Put nutrients in the range.
Lower white light if possible.
Consider Dino-X. Eliminated it for me.
Also, UV can damage the cell,
Vacumn off the sand at high noon.
When Dino is gone, water change and a bottle of bacteria.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Does it stay when lights go out at night, then reappear when lights on.
Then it’s very common golden Dino’s which can be a PITA, but solvable.
Put nutrients in the range.
Lower white light if possible.
Consider Dino-X. Eliminated it for me.
Also, UV can damage the cell,
Vacumn off the sand at high noon.
When Dino is gone, water change and a bottle of bacteria.

I believe so but I haven’t verified. I can verify tomorrow morning.

 

[Uncle99]

To me, I don’t need to know exactly the type, just that they mostly come off the sand and/or rock and live in the water column at night, that’s always Dinos.
Cyano and Diatoms don’t do that.
But because of that behavior, they are easy to target, especially with UV.
If it does turn out to be Dinos, just keep at them, every day, lower their numbers.

 

[taricha]

I don’t have a microscope with enough magnification unfortunately. Can anyone tell what this Dinos is from the picture?

it looks more like ostreopsis than anything else, but without a microscope shot, that's a bit of a guess.

But because of that behavior, they are easy to target, especially with UV.

this is correct, and a good way to think about it.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

it looks more like ostreopsis than anything else, but without a microscope shot, that's a bit of a guess.

this is correct, and a good way to think about it.

Ok thanks for your input. I’m going to check in the morning before the lights come on to verify that it is not on the sandbed or rocks. It seems like a lot of the ones that are free floating at night all have about the same cures, so I will try a regiment of some of the high success methods. Currently not scraping the algae on my glass and feeding more to increase nitrate and phosphate.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Ok, this is this morning. I believe that the dinos is migrating in the water at night. I do have some cyano on the sand because recently my conch died (will be getting another on Thursday). But, there were some spots on the sandbed that weren’t cyano and were most likely Dino’s that aren’t there currently, so that’s why I assume that this Dino’s migrates into the water. No strands or bubbles on the rocks.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Also forgot to mention, i was talking to someone I know that said they had a microscope, so I will have a good image by Thursday morning

 

[Just John]

Read the descriptions/characteristics in here. It may help.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Read the descriptions/characteristics in here. It may help.

Looked at this. By it’s characteristics, I believe it is ostreopsis,