Dino id, i believe its Amphidinium small cell

[Miller535]

Can anyone confirm that this is Amphidinium small cell. I have a few videos. Sorry they're so poor

 

[Miller535]

First video

 

[Miller535]

2nd

 

[Miller535]

Blurry attempts to blow it up

 

[Miller535]

Another video

 

[Miller535]

@taricha, any idea?

 

[Miller535]

Also have what looks to be a worm of some kind?

 

[Miller535]

I think this is a better picture

 

[Miller535]

Another pic

 

[Miller535]

Another

 

[Miller535]

Anybody?

 

[35ppt]

Anybody?

I can't tell from those images but here is a great ID writeup:

 

[Miller535]

Amphindium small cell?

 

[taricha]

Can anyone confirm that this is Amphidinium small cell.

yep. you got it.
in your second video here, you can see a Large Cell Amphidinium going by in the first 2 seconds for scale. It's like 5 times bigger than the rest of the amphinium.

2nd

Also have what looks to be a worm of some kind?

that's a nematode. All good. they can be found literally everywhere.

 

[Miller535]

Thank you. @taricha is the mat that dinos are in, is that cyano? Like in the first video?

 

[taricha]

Thank you. @taricha is the mat that dinos are in, is that cyano? Like in the first video?

in your videos theres a mix of cyano, stringy diatoms, and maybe some gha that can all act as a base for dinos to group around. Dinos make their own mucus to hold their mat together too.

 

[Miller535]

in your videos theres a mix of cyano, stringy diatoms, and maybe some gha that can all act as a base for dinos to group around. Dinos make their own mucus to hold their mat together too.

Ok. That's what I thought. Think I'm going to be ordering a UV in the next couple of days. In the meantime i am blacking out my tank. Except for maybe 30 mins a day to feed the fish.

 

[Just John]

How did it go? I have the same situation.