Dino Identification

[ZWesley]

Hello all, I am trying to identify where my dinos may be hiding. I have taken a few photos of my tank. Can anyone point to a spot to take a sample from? Dosed chemiclean and so there is a lot of dead cyano but any advice helps, especially as to what I should look for under a microscope. Thanks.

 

[Idoc]

Well, if you can't find the dinos, then I think you are in good shape. I don't think I've heard of anyone going to look for dinos, lol. Clean out the "dead" cyano junk and see if the dinos pop up on your rocks or sand. If they do, get a sample and put under a microscope and take some pics to post for identification. When you take the pics, don't take pics of large groups of the dinos all over each other...get pics on the outside edges of stuff on the slide so the dinos can be seen clearly.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I see wire algae, not dino. Pics under white lights would help confirm

 

[ZWesley]

I see wire algae, not dino. Pics under white lights would help confirm

 

[ZWesley]

Well, if you can't find the dinos, then I think you are in good shape. I don't think I've heard of anyone going to look for dinos, lol. Clean out the "dead" cyano junk and see if the dinos pop up on your rocks or sand. If they do, get a sample and put under a microscope and take some pics to post for identification. When you take the pics, don't take pics of large groups of the dinos all over each other...get pics on the outside edges of stuff on the slide so the dinos can be seen clearly.

So what do you think killed the snails?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Wow- in these pics. . . bryopsis, cyano, possible chryospytes.
Possible starvation or high phos as none of this they will eat.

 

[ZWesley]

Wow- in these pics. . . bryopsis, cyano, possible chryospytes.
Possible starvation or high phos as none of this they will eat.

Sounds about right. Thinking of the brown algae chrysophytes I assume. Well, what is my next step? Nutrients are now present and I bought a big bottle of bacteria.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sounds about right. Thinking of the brown algae chrysophytes I assume. Well, what is my next step? Nutrients are now present and I bought a big bottle of bacteria.

Add liquid bacteria at 1.5ml per 10 gallons during the day and even 1.5ml of hydrogen Peroxide per 10 gallons at night and reduce white light intensity.
Most effective is 3-5 day blackout periods.

 

[ZWesley]

Add liquid bacteria at 1.5ml per 10 gallons during the day and even 1.5ml of hydrogen Peroxide per 10 gallons at night and reduce white light intensity.
Most effective is 3-5 day blackout periods.

Could I do 3 days of blackout with any surviving coral or would they die? Thanks for your help, I will probably do it tomorrow morning if this works out.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Could I do 3 days of blackout with any surviving coral or would they die? Thanks for your help, I will probably do it tomorrow morning if this works out.

For corals, you can run blue at 5-8% to offer them some light

 

[ZWesley]

Actually I have a correction. No cyano but there is some red hair algae. dang, I got all the colors of the rainbow in this thing and not all in a good way.