Diatoms or dinos ???

[jeremiah craven]

If anyone knows what this is it would be appreciated.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Looks like diatoms to me on the sand bed but the microscope resembles Dino.

Do you think it resembles this?

 

[jeremiah craven]

Looks like diatoms to me on the sand bed but the microscope resembles Dino.

Do you think it resembles this?

Yes they almost look like they have a single cell or circle in there centers. There were thousands in one little tiny sample just cruising around very quickly

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Do u notice any bubbles in the algae

 

[jeremiah craven]

Do u notice any bubbles in the algae

At the moment it kind of looks like green hair algae but brown and greyish color . I did a 3 day blackout and treated peroxide 1ml per gallon. It seemed to grey out whatever it was but came back. If it is dino i am trying to identify what strand so i can treat it accordingly. i took video under scope too but trying to figure out how to post it. I took out all media other then filter floss and have been trying to run dirty to see what happens. I also bought a reef cleaner package from reefcleaners and pods . I have phytoplankton on the way as well just in case. Something is out of whack but i need to know exactly what im dealing with to narrow down a method . From what ive read some dinos need to be treated differently.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Does it go away at night time? If so it is likely Dino.

 

[jeremiah craven]

 

[jeremiah craven]

Does it go away at night time? If so it is likely Dino.

It actually was on the sand bed this morning with all lights off i could see it .