dinos

what’s up guys!, just joined R2R still new to the hobby, have had my 25 lagoon up and running for 3 months now, everything has been good, but I have this pretty bad Dino problem, and I checked my phosphate and nitrate, both zero… could this be a cause to the outbreak? Also is it to early to...

In today’s video Blaine takes us on a crash course on Dinoflagellates. One, if not the biggest reason, why so many aquarists get out of the hobby is dinos. Let’s get a better understanding of why these problems occur, how we can identify these dino strains, and how to properly rectify these...

L for some help. I added a Pentair 18w UV to my tank to help fight Dino’s. The water and stuff looks good now after running it but it’s causing huge temperature issues. I was told to run 24/7 which is fine other than my temp steadily increasing. I went from 78 to almost 82 in 24 hours. Had to...

Does this look like Dino’s? I currently am trying to raise my nutrients as they have been bottomed out, but anytime I raise them I get an explosion of this brown slime. I know that Dino’s like low nutrient systems but why would they explode when I add nutrients?

I have a new tank, around 3 months old with a handful of corals and 2 Clownfish. Within the last few weeks my Nitrates and Phosphates have both dropped to 0 (using Hanna checkers for both). These Dinos started showing up recently as well. I've been dosing NeoNitro and NeoPhos trying to get my...

Hi all, about 90 days into the hobby, and the tanks life. Having fun with the Dino’s takeover; approaching it with over feeding and Microbacter7 to help combat. Ordered Dr. Tims solution to help as well. However, this white/moldy looking stuff as started to appear the morning after a water...

Hi Guys, Can anyone help ID the algae issue I’m having. I managed to get a video under a microscope, not the best of quality unfortunately. I’m thinking this is dinos and cyano but I’m not 100% sure. Thanks

Setup my first coral QT about a two weeks ago now. I've had my DT running for 6 months now. But I haven't had any lights on the tank, since I haven't had any corals. So I didn't realize quite how quickly nuisance algae can tank over a tank. Especially one that is fresh and clean like a freshly...

Hi! I’ve been having this plague for a while and want to come up with a treatment plan, but first I would like to confirm what I’m dealing with so I can act appropriately. I think they are diatoms. Anyone know for sure? Tank age about 2 years. 75g + 20ish in sump 35ppt Alk 8 Ca 483 Mg ? 0...

Im newer to reef keeping and im in the middle of battling dinos my nitrates were undetectable and my phosphate was at .04 dosed to raise the nitrates to 2 ppm and the next day my nitrates looked to be about 1 ppm but my phosphate went down to .02 i repeated the dosage and my nitrates still...

Hey guys, just got a microscope to ID what's been covering my sand. It's a clumpy rust coloured coating on just the sandbed (not rocks or glass), it seems to be photosynthetic, but it doesn't disapate at night. When you stir it up it kind of strings the sand grains together, but the sand...

Im in the process of battling dinos and from the what i have been able to find online the main things to watch are the nitrates and phosphate. My nitrates are undetectable with my test kit and my phosphate is .08 checked with the hanna checker, i have a uv sterilizer on the way. How should I...

Pictures say it all. I am facing a dinoflaggelate that keeps attacking SPS and other corals such as Pectinia. At first, there are pronounced mesenterial filaments, then the tip turns white, then it loses tissue and finally brown dusting appears. There are no strings and only some bubbling...

Hi all, have dinos. Does anyone know what type these are and the b st way to get rid of them. Have started a 3 day blackout tonight, used dr Tim’s eco balance sat, doing week microbacter this week, installing 25w Aqua uv tomorrow (100g Red Sea tank). Nitrates at 4.6, phos at 0.02, salinity 35...

been battle Dino’s on and off but this time these Dino’s will not go away. Decided to re identify but can’t really tell which one they are. Please help

I have been battling what I suspect is Dinos since it has wiped out my coral and my nutrients are 0. The following videos were taken of an algae sample with a cheap toy microscope. Apologies in advanced

Strangest thing, my dino problems seem to more or less have vanished overnight, note entirely sure how. I've been having problems with dinos in my 25G reef, confirmed prorocentrum dinoflagellates. Both Nitrate and Phosphate readings have been 0, and it's been a struggle tying to bump up the...

After fighting GHA and cyano, dinos took over. To manage the high phosphates I removed two big fish and left my 36 gallon with two clowns and a diamond sand goby. This dropped phosphates and nitrates to zero causing an outbreak of dinos. What do I do?

I've had a Fluval 13.5 for exactly 1 year now. 6-8 months in, the tank was thriving. 2 snowflake clowns, several corals, inverts. On month 9-10, dinos hit. I mostly kept it under control but not before losing a few corals. Inverts died off quick and anything new I added was dying instantly...

Been dealing with Dino’s for a little and finally got a microscope to try to identify it. But having some trouble. To me it kinda looks like Prorocentrum but not sure. Can anyone confirm? And any help to beating Dino’s will be greatly appreciated

Hi all, first post here, and relatively new to the hobby as well. My tank (25G) is a very, very new tank, being about a month old. My current Parameters are as follows: Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 27 - 29 degrees celcius over course of day Ammonia: 0.15 Nitrates: 0.25 - 0.5 Phos: 0.1 - 0.25 Mg...

Hi everyone, So I’ve had this reef tank setup for slightly over 6 months; I had everything transferred in from my old tank 6 months ago, and for some reason I’ve had wave after wave of this algae come in. It’s a think jelly-like substance that’s formed on the rocks and sand bed. They don’t...

I am having issues battling dinos and I finally got them under a microscope. Think they may be Prorocentrum? Need some help identifying and treating because I really don't want to break down the tank and I cannot remove sand bed because I have wrasses. Equipment: Red Sea Reefer S1000 G2 ~265...

Hey everyone, so quick question I was having a breakout of Dino’s and I’m sure cyano over the pat 6 months. I ended up breaking down the tank as I’m setting up a 60 cube. I took all the rock out that had all the Dino slime and hosed it off and it’s pretty much outside. Can I reuse the rock...

So I am starting up a new 22 gallon tank and planning on bringing my clowns and inverts over from my Fluval 13.5. Problem is the 13.5 has been showing signs of slight dinos from a rock that I had recently added to the tank after buying some anemones. I would love to move the anemones to the new...