Do all dinoflagellates bioluminesce?

[SandJ]

When walking along the beach at night, or as the tide hits the beach, you can see dinoflagellates bioluminesce.

This got me thinking about dinos in our tanks. Do they also bioluminesce? And if so would this be a way to identify dinos in our tanks?

 

[mcarroll]

None so far!! :)

 

[samnaz]

Bioluminescent dinoflagellates can take over my tank any day...

 

[tastyfish]

No, I can confirm that the only dinoflagellates that I have seen in marine tanks are boring brown ones with no interest in showing off at night.

Here's a quick little article on a few species that do: http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=5621