Update: Tested Nitrate and Phosphate today.
Nitrate 10ppm
Phosphate: 0.05ppm
Should I use Vibrant?
Nitrate 10ppm
Phosphate: 0.05ppm
Should I use Vibrant?
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@saltyhog I'm pretty sure it's dino because it goes away when the light is off and comes back immediately when light is on.
I tend to think that too, but WHICH dino. That really can have an impact on how you treat it. The fact that it goes away with lights out suggests it might be ostreopsis or prorocentrum. That would mean UV would be very helpful.
I think prorocentrum. Take a look at the guide below and tell what you think.UPDATE: I finally got it under the scope! ID it please!
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Assuming it’s prorocentrum, I would use UV. 1 watt UV per 3 gallons of tank water, hooked up to and from DT, at a rate of 1-3 tank volumes per hour.
I’m a self confessed bad dino ID person. But I didn’t see the classic sesame seed shape of ostreopsis. But the good news is UV should help in either case.Looking at the Pdf file I thought it looks more like Ostreopsis.
I’m a self confessed bad dino ID person. But I didn’t see the classic sesame seed shape of ostreopsis. But the good news is UV should help in either case.
Dinos are really tough. If you read enough you will find that people have had successes and failures with just about every method you can think of. I encourage you to read more and decide for yourself.Thank you. But I stuck with the UV now? Is there any other way to effectively kill them, like Vibrant, Waste-away, Hydrogen Peroxide,....?
Dinos are really tough. If you read enough you will find that people have had successes and failures with just about every method you can think of. I encourage you to read more and decide for yourself.
When I was fighting dinos, I convinced myself that UV was the best for dinos that go into water column (most types except for amphidinium). Unfortunately for me, my biggest problem was amphidinium. I started, and still use UV, to keep down both prorocentrum and ostreopsis which I also found as well at times.
The most important thing is to make sure that you have conditions that encourage other organisms, like algaes and corals, to grow long term. Mostly this means measurable nitrates and phosphate.
It's not ostreopsis...i have those. Looks like prorocentrum to me.Looking at the Pdf file I thought it looks more like Ostreopsis.
It's not ostreopsis...i have those. Looks like prorocentrum to me.
Your's aren't actually rounded... look closely and you'll see one end is slightly flattened like the prorocentrum.That makes sense. But I read that some people got their fish killed using UV.
Also now I feel like my dino looks more like amphidinium. There's no sesame shape and they're all rounded.
I initially had small cell amphidinium predominantly... raised no3/po4 and let other algaes take hold some as well as attempting to add biodiversity with pods and MicroBacter7. Also dosed silicates to push a diatom bloom, but never saw it occur. I then did the Elegant Corals dino treatment which did eradicate the small cell amphidinium dinos... but then ostreopsis took hold... which was easily controlled with a UV sterilizer. Tank finally looks great... except for the cyano bloom that typically follows dino control!Amphidinium doesn't enter the water column at night, and it doesn't look at all like ostreopsis to me. I agree that it looks like prorocentrum. The UV will probably help tremendously. However, watch for other species to emerge to fill the gap once it is killed off.
Yep, that's how these little bas***ds roll. I went from ostreopsis to amphidinium to coolia, then to nothing.I initially had small cell amphidinium predominantly... raised no3/po4 and let other algaes take hold some as well as attempting to add biodiversity with pods and MicroBacter7. Also dosed silicates to push a diatom bloom, but never saw it occur. I then did the Elegant Corals dino treatment which did eradicate the small cell amphidinium dinos... but then ostreopsis took hold... which was easily controlled with a UV sterilizer. Tank finally looks great... except for the cyano bloom that typically follows dino control!