Dinos or Diatoms?? HELP

jeep454

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After a recent post I made complaining about diatoms...I was losing the battle and realized as the bloom got worse I may in fact have a Dino issue. I know there are plenty of ways to fight this but I need a bit of guidance. Substrate is 75% covered with them siphoning works but they reappear by the morning. They seem to cover the glass too. I attached photos of both substrate and glass. I'll also note nothing really seems to be blanketing the live rock.
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Tank info:
-30 gallon
-7Lbs of live rock
-1.5 inch of live sand substrate
-165W reef light that Is on for 11-12h
-1 powerhead
-Xenia
-GSP
-Condy
-Mandarin Goby
-2 Percula Clowns
-1 Arrow Crab
-2 Trochus Snails
-1 Nassarius Snails
-2 large Nerite Snails

-79 Water temp
-phosphate barely detectable
-Nitrate <5
-Calcium 400
-PH 8.2
-KH 8
-Salinity 1.028

New Sump is a 10 gallon with baffles
-filter sock
-protein Skimmer
-media bags with ceramic rings
-activated carbon
-UV Sterilizer
 

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So fix your nutrient parameters and turkey baste your sand everyday to get them into the water column while your UV is on
 

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Some dinos won’t respond to UV or blasting. The best thing to do to start with is to ID them with a microscope.

You can still do other methods while you find the microscope, it won’t hurt.
 

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