What scope did you buy?
AmScope M150C-I 40X-1000X All-Metal Optical Glass Lenses Cordless LED Student Biological Compound Microscope
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What scope did you buy?
Sorry not ostreopsis. They are almond shaped.Ost? What do you guys think? Scope is kinda crappy sorry... Only on my sand bed. Trying to read up and figure out what to do but sounds like maybe my tank is a bit too clean (biocube 32) Thinking of doing very little other than manual removal and maybe some pods and phyto along with some MB7 and no water changes. This a good start? Lots of opinions out there
Amphidinium is the worst. Anything else goes into the water column and should get zapped by the UV.Yeah! So I beat amphidinium dinoflagellates, had to remove all my sand but its gone. Only problem is that now after a few weeks my tank is developing the snotty type of dinoflagellates. Going to bust out the microscope again to ID it just fearing what I think I will find. I ordered a UV sterilizer this morning, done with this issue. No4 has been hanging at 20 ppm and po4 at 0.21 ppm so thats not the cause this time around.
This (and similar) are great scopes. If a scope says it offers 1000x or more magnification and isn't metal body and glass optics, it's really poor for our purposes.AmScope M150C-I 40X-1000X All-Metal Optical Glass Lenses Cordless LED Student Biological Compound Microscope
That looks prorocentrum to me.Sorry not ostreopsis. They are almond shaped.
I don’t have a link to @taricha Dino id thread on the road right now. I can see the small circle inside but can’t recall if that is procentrum or coolia.
Pretty sure that is procentrum given the circle in the middle. pyrenoid that is. See above post from taricha.
Thought about this a couple of times in the past few years.high pH was a treatment for dinos in the old days. I just tried to explain why it might work.
pH changes might also alter the bioavailability of some trace metals such as iron. I think trace elements might be why dinos lose out in competition to other organisms when nutrients are high.
Pretty sure that is procentrum given the circle in the middle. pyrenoid that is. See above post from taricha.
Thanks Scott. Do we have a recommended treatment?
so i have a 150g tank been having issues with dinos for a few months it mostly stays on the sand and releases when the lights go off but comes right back when the lights turn on so far ive been managing it by stirring the sand bed , weekly dark periods and changing my filter socks every 2 days but this is getting tiring i want to try and run UV will this unit work?
uv
so i have a 150g tank been having issues with dinos for a few months it mostly stays on the sand and releases when the lights go off but comes right back when the lights turn on so far ive been managing it by stirring the sand bed , weekly dark periods and changing my filter socks every 2 days but this is getting tiring i want to try and run UV will this unit work?
uv
Thanks can you link me to that model if you canI bought a jeabo 55w for $95 for my 120g.. not something I'd hook up to my tank long term but for fighting Dino's it's proven its self very well. I have a Aqua UV in my sump, this is my permanent UV. The key was having a UV take from the display and empty back into the display. I would say that uv you linked is underpowered for your 150. Try shooting for 1w per 3 gallons. A 55w would fit your system well.
No more sand. I had amphidinium in my sand before I removed all the sand a few weeks ago. This new dino looks different and stays on the rock, glass and powerhead cords.Sorry, but that looks like amphidinium to me, so UV is not going to help much. Is this growing on the sand primarily? Good news is that it is not toxic and shouldn't kill anything. Just looks annoying.
No more sand. I had amphidinium in my sand before I removed all the sand a few weeks ago. This new dino looks different and stays on the rock, glass and powerhead cords.
This is the dino that was in the sand, pretty sure it was amphidinium.
This is whats in the tank now, acts different forming string snot whxih is different than before when dinis only stayed on the sand. Still amphidinium or js this ostreopsis?
Yeah these have a more almond shape to them and what was in the sand (amphidinium) was more oval shaped. New stuff is spreading really fast as well, rock is totally covered today. I tried to syphon it out with a filter sock but the dinos just go right through it, need smaller micron socks. Its also in my sump now too so its moving into the water colum for sure. Im no expert, starting to become one though, but to me it looks like ostreopsis is what I am dealing with now. Placing an order with BRS for filter socks tonight, waiting on my UV but I should have gotten a higher watt unit I think. Ordered a 9w in tank UV so hopefully it will help at least. The smell is really bad as well right now, way worst then amphidinium. What I dont get is how dinos bloomed again. I have green hair algae growth, green and some brown film algae, corlline growth, macro algae is doing good in the fuge, dosing the crap out of bacteria, adding small pieces of healthy live rock, feeding heavy, feeding the tank live phytoplankton, no Reef Roids for months, no3 is over 10ppm and po4 is over 0.15ppm. Was it from dosing Bionic alk and doing a 10g water change, added trace elements?The "beak" look made me think amphids, but the movement pattern matches ostreopsis. Where pointy end acts like a tether that it floats around.
@taricha for the confirmation.