Dinoflagellates?

[Dcolognesi]

So I think I've been awarded the pleasure of having Dino...
i do need to change my RO filters
And have not checked my tds in my makeup water.
Perameters
1.025
8 dkh
450 calcium
0 phosphates
0 nitrates
0 ammonia or nitrites
I had a large snail die that I didn't see for a while so I'm aware that there lies a nutrient issue and that my nitrates and phosphates are getting rapidly sucked up by my "Dino"
Temp 79
Lights are on a 9 hour cycle with t5 6 bulb ati fixture
Skimming wet

Not sure I HAVE Dino's or just some type of brown algae? what i have doesn't exactly have the characteristics of Dino but the stuff is spreading around. Has no bubbles that I can see. Isn't exactly snotty but hairy.

What do you think? I can't get the greatest of pics

 

[TheWhiteFord]

I cannot tell from the pictures (to blue to tell) but if it is brown and snotty looking with bubbles coming off of it then it is definitely Dinos[emoji20]

 

[Dcolognesi]

That's the thing that's confusing me it's not snotty and no bubbles. But some of it is clustered..

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Then it is probably just diatoms that may be feeding on small undetectable amounts of nutrients in your system

 

[Reefing Madness]

No way of telling from those pics.

 

[arman]

Try take a picture with a whiter scene.

 

[Dcolognesi]

I've been trying to get a better pic. All I have to use is an iPhone. My tank is pretty blue. I will say I did a water change yesterday and syphoned out s ton of this stuff and scraped the back glass and it already looks to be coming back

 

[Dcolognesi]

I stumbled across this pic in my research and this is exactly what it looks like up close (Lyngbya)
Lyngbya is a type of cyano and can be killed off the same way typical red cyano is taken care of. I still have to get after this stuff but I'm happy to say I at least have a direction to fight in... Thanks everyone