ID with microscope please

[Jcraven]

Please help me identify what algae I'm dealing with. I thought it was dinos but now I think it is not.

 

[Ranjib]

bump

 

[AtlCPA]

I have pretty much the exact same thing. Curious to know thoughts as well.

 

[jeremiah craven]

I have pretty much the exact same thing. Curious to know thoughts as well.

Apparently no one knows . There has to be someone who knows.

 

[dwest]

Please help me identify what algae I'm dealing with. I thought it was dinos but now I think it is not.

@taricha can you check these out?

 

[jeremiah craven]

 

[taricha]

Please help me identify what algae I'm dealing with. I thought it was dinos but now I think it is not.

Why did you think it wasn't dinos?
These are Small Cell Amphidinium dinos, and one euplotes (probably) ciliate.

 

[jeremiah craven]

Why did you think it wasn't dinos?
These are Small Cell Amphidinium dinos, and one euplotes (probably) ciliate.

I couldn't find anything on them so I guess I was hoping it wasn't. What is the best way to treat the small cell and are they toxic ? I'm guessing dino x is not going to cut it .

 

[diverpat]

It’s hard to see but I had a similar algae that was ID’d as Chrysophytes. It was stringy with bubbles like Dino’s but went away post cycle when the brown diatoms did.

Here is a 400x zoom pic

 

[jeremiah craven]

Also I am running matrix and chemi blue should I stop? I put a bunch of pods in a day ago from algae barn and I have phytoplankton on the way as well.

 

[taricha]

It’s hard to see but I had a similar algae that was ID’d as Chrysophytes. It was stringy with bubbles like Dino’s but went away post cycle when the brown diatoms did.

Here is a 400x zoom pic

One of the things that's most distinctive about chrysophytes is that they look so much like dinos, but are always immobile.