Dinos id?

[axxe88]

Hey!

So i got dinos, which type do you think it is? Watched the different ones but aint sure maybe Prorocentrum? Both sand, rocks and overflow is full of them.

Both nitrates and phosphate are 0, trying to dose it up but nothing happends

Regards Anton

 

[blaxsun]

Other than the urchin, what else do you have for cleaning crew in the sand bed?

 

[Kmst80]

Can't tell yo what dinos they are, but if they turn around themselves they are ostreopsis.
Get the nitrates to 10 ppm, phosphates to 0.1, keep dosing till you get there and maintain it. Need to test daily or every second day until you know how much you gotta dose to keep them up.
Think about dosing silicate, it let's diatoms compete with the dinos.
Suck out as much of the dinos as you can, I had a 5 micron filtersock in the sump so water stayed on the system and I syphoned every 3rd day.
Gonna be a long battle, probably month, no quick fix for that.

 

[axxe88]

Other than the urchin, what else do you have for cleaning crew in the sand bed?

A pair of Sandshifting gobys, 4 sea stars, 1 urchin and a mixture of snails and hermit crabs.

 

[axxe88]

Can't tell yo what dinos they are, but if they turn around themselves they are ostreopsis.
Get the nitrates to 10 ppm, phosphates to 0.1, keep dosing till you get there and maintain it. Need to test daily or every second day until you know how much you gotta dose to keep them up.
Think about dosing silicate, it let's diatoms compete with the dinos.
Suck out as much of the dinos as you can, I had a 5 micron filtersock in the sump so water stayed on the system and I syphoned every 3rd day.
Gonna be a long battle, probably month, no quick fix for that.

Got the phosphate up to alteast 0,05 with the hanna checker now, but nitrates are just above 0,4 so i will keep raise the dose each day.

Bought an uv, some live rock and bottled bacteria to get som competition in the tank.

Trying to find some silicates to dose here in sweden but no luck so far.

Regards Anton

 

[Kmst80]

Got the phosphate up to alteast 0,05 with the hanna checker now, but nitrates are just above 0,4 so i will keep raise the dose each day.

Bought an uv, some live rock and bottled bacteria to get som competition in the tank.

Trying to find some silicates to dose here in sweden but no luck so far.

Regards Anton

Look for sodium silicate, that is what i used. Really hard to dilute in water but thats what turned the tide in my tank. Gotta be careful though not to overdose or you will end up with a diatom bloom, just as bad as dinos but easily brought under control with a uv.

The goal is to get the competition going so they out compete the dinos.

 

[saltyhog]

Impossible to say for certain based on the microscope picture (not enough magnification/detail). However, combing the scope pic and what it looks like in the tank I would say Prorocentrum is the most likely culprit. Try to get some better pictures/video under the scope!!

If it is Prorocentrum, I think silicate dosing is the best approach. You want a diatom bloom, don't try to avoid it! The diatoms will go away on their own once the dinos are gone and you are able to stop dosing silicate.

I still would wait till you know for sure what you're dealing with.