Which Dino do I have?

[barjr2478]

Pretty sure it’s a Dino just not sure which. I’ve had Ostreopsis before which I beat with silicates and UV. Can I do the same with this one?

 

[Beachbilly]

Looks like more than dinos, good thing, the long one in the image are diatoms that might outcompete them. Just keep stable po4 .05-.10 and no2 15-25. No water changes and no carbon. How old is your system and what are your parameters?

 

[barjr2478]

.16 po4, and 18 no3. Had a pretty hard Nitrate crash 5 weeks ago after adding chaeto it wiped me out. Been running about 13 months now.

 

[Beachbilly]

Are dino in sand or rock?

 

[barjr2478]

Just starting on the rock. Today is the first day I noticed them.

 

[PharmrJohn]

If the dinos appear to leave at lights out only to come back with lights on it's most likely Ostreopsis.

 

[jonelder68]

Wow that’s a ton of diatoms around a single Dino cell. Post pictures of tank. My guess is it’s diatoms and not Dino’s you’re seeing. What’s a wider scope image look like? How many Dino cells? In image posted I see 13-14 diatoms and 1 single Dino. Dino’s will always be present just fyi. Especially if you’ve had an outbreak before. Seems diatoms is the current turf winner at the moment though.

 

[Alexander1312]

My best guess from looking at the cell shape and appearance, this is coolia.

Similar to ostreopsis, it can be removed with UV.

 

[Moe K Verified Sponsor]

It looks to be coolia. Treated the same way you do for ostreopsis.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellate-id.687674/

 

[Moe K Verified Sponsor]

My best guess from looking at the cell shape and appearance, this is coolia.

Similar to ostreopsis, it can be removed with UV.

Ahh beat me to it. lol

 

[barjr2478]

Wow that’s a ton of diatoms around a single Dino cell. Post pictures of tank. My guess is it’s diatoms and not Dino’s you’re seeing. What’s a wider scope image look like? How many Dino cells? In image posted I see 13-14 diatoms and 1 single Dino. Dino’s will always be present just fyi. Especially if you’ve had an outbreak before. Seems diatoms is the current turf winner at the moment though.

 

[barjr2478]

It looks to be coolia. Treated the same way you do for ostreopsis.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellate-id.687674/

Thank you. I should have mentioned this one does not move anything like the ostreopsis. This one just lunges forward or backward unlike the ostreopsis that twirled around .

 

[Beachbilly]

If you run UV you're good. I had large cell Amphidinium in my sandbed UV or silicate didn't work bc they never leave the sandbed, either syphone top layer out completely or ride it out for those. It was a nightmare wouldn't wish that on my worst reefing enemy...lol. Be brave my friend. Reef on!!

 

[jonelder68]

Uv plumbed direct in tank and @Moe K uv hand sweeper is the winning combo!