Dino or Diatoms

[thisguy1]

I have a question for anyone that can help. I need trying to determine if this a Diatoms or Dino having a hard time figuring it out

 

[Dinodanger]

How new is the tank and what are your phosphate and nitrate levels?

 

[GeoSquid]

This looks a little like dino's here but there's not much so hard to tell. If it gets worse and has bubble under it then it might be dino's.

 

[thisguy1]

How new is the tank and what are your phosphate and nitrate levels?

This looks a little like dino's here but there's not much so hard to tell. If it gets worse and has bubble under it then it might be dino's.

my tanks around a month old so still new but I was just trying to make sure here’s another pic just a little later

 

[thisguy1]

How new is the tank and what are your phosphate and nitrate levels?

My tank is still new only a month old. My phosphate is around 8.2-8.4 and nitrate are 0

 

[GeoSquid]

Your tank is so new I can't imagine your would get dino's yet. I do see a bubble but it's probably nothing. i wouldn't do anything about yet, just let your tank mature naturally unless it takes over. You have a lot of coral for a month old tank. Good luck!

 

[thisguy1]

Your tank is so new I can't imagine your would get dino's yet. I do see a bubble but it's probably nothing. i wouldn't do anything about yet, just let your tank mature naturally unless it takes over. You have a lot of coral for a month old tank. Good luck!

Yea I kinda went overboard with corals too early. Here’s the same coral like two hours later

 

[Dinodanger]

My tank is still new only a month old. My phosphate is around 8.2-8.4 and nitrate are 0

Your phosphate is 8.2? You mean 0.82? You need to get some nitrate in there else you will get Dino it might be diatoms at this stage

 

[thisguy1]

Hey just wanted to update this thread lol turns out it was just diatoms. I’m guessing the stock fluval light made it look stringy and lots of bubbles attached to it. But since switching to the ai prime it looks totally different like regular diatoms no longer stringy and everything is going dread added some trochus snails and getting rid of some spots but all in all everything is going good.