Help with dinoflagellates ID please. (Picture and video at very bottom of rant)
Pretty sure mostly Ostreopsis with second type in much smaller concentrations.
I’ve read the couple of long/concise dino treatment threads so plan to follow best I can for Ostreopsis.
*posted in one but no responses and probably better not to cloud those threads more
Any/all opinions/suggestions welcome but primarily hoping for:
- Confirm Ostreopsis
- ID on 2nd type if possible
- Thoughts on cheap UV vs none at all
*H2O2 dosing (for 5 days or whatever) scares me but maybe if I get desperate
Here’s the cheap UV I’m thinking about but welcome suggestions for better options (<$200):
*40 gallon with NO sump and only room for HOB UV would be on front so OK if temporary
*this is undersized (wattage) but flow rate seems good to target 1-3x per hour
Internal UV Sterilizer
Background only if of interest:
- Bottomed out phosphates and got dino outbreak (over 1 year ago, I think)
- Just aggressive manual removal and dosing phosphate got me passed it
- Hadn't seen any dinos for many months (maybe close to a year)
- Started dosing Coral Aminos twice per week and started seeing some dino "strands" hanging off corals (so stopped with the aminos)
*not bad right now but want to be prepared with a plan
Pretty sure mostly Ostreopsis with second type in much smaller concentrations.
I’ve read the couple of long/concise dino treatment threads so plan to follow best I can for Ostreopsis.
*posted in one but no responses and probably better not to cloud those threads more
Any/all opinions/suggestions welcome but primarily hoping for:
- Confirm Ostreopsis
- ID on 2nd type if possible
- Thoughts on cheap UV vs none at all
*H2O2 dosing (for 5 days or whatever) scares me but maybe if I get desperate
Here’s the cheap UV I’m thinking about but welcome suggestions for better options (<$200):
*40 gallon with NO sump and only room for HOB UV would be on front so OK if temporary
*this is undersized (wattage) but flow rate seems good to target 1-3x per hour
Internal UV Sterilizer
Background only if of interest:
- Bottomed out phosphates and got dino outbreak (over 1 year ago, I think)
- Just aggressive manual removal and dosing phosphate got me passed it
- Hadn't seen any dinos for many months (maybe close to a year)
- Started dosing Coral Aminos twice per week and started seeing some dino "strands" hanging off corals (so stopped with the aminos)
*not bad right now but want to be prepared with a plan