Dinoflagellates?

[Javertpitt]

Can anyone identify for sure? I believe I have Dinos. Best way to get rid of them? My snails have died. I can't keep chaeto alive. I need advice. Thanks anyone.

 

[Wampatom]

The green and brown masses look very irregular. I can’t see the red well but it could be cyano. There is little evidence of dinos.

 

[Javertpitt]

The green and brown masses look very irregular. I can’t see the red well but it could be cyano. There is little evidence of dinos.

I've done numerous doses of chemiclean the past 6 months. Didn't help at all.

 

[Cory]

The red looks like cyanobacteria but tbe brown looks like dinos

 

[taricha]

I don't see any dino cells in the scope shots either. The red on the glass is clearly cyano color.

 

[Javertpitt]

I'll try to get more pictures today. I had some little roundish brown cells that were moving, but by the time I got my phone to the eyepiece they were gone.

 

[Javertpitt]

What do you think? A video through my scope today.

 

[Cory]

Definitely dinos. Not sure what kind. Was that the brown or red?

 

[Javertpitt]

That was taken from the brown

 

[Cory]

That was taken from the brown

Then yes its dinos.

 

[Wampatom]

Yes dinos. I have quite a few in my tanks but they are not numerous enough to form mats or to become probematic. Are a few a problem? Your early pictures probably showed cyano. Worth chasing dinos?

 

[Javertpitt]

Yes dinos. I have quite a few in my tanks but they are not numerous enough to form mats or to become probematic. Are a few a problem? Your early pictures probably showed cyano. Worth chasing dinos?

I've tried numerous treatments of chemiclean for the cyano. It didn't work at all so I thought the red was Dinos as well. My tank looks a little better now, but it was covered in brown coating for weeks.