Is this dino? (Bad microscope shots?

[Jake_the_reefer]

I have this stringy brown algae on my corals and I am beginning to think its dino
Phosphate is .04 and nitrates are around 15
I dont show many signs of dino because it's been present for a few weeks but 0 snail or invert deaths.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Heres another shot when looking some of them jiggle and bounce around

 

[Mikedawg]

Heres another shot when looking some of them jiggle and bounce around

Search for Ostreopsis ovata and hope your pics don't match!

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Search for Ostrepiosis ovata and hope your pics don't match!

Very similar

 

[Mikedawg]

Very similar

Difficult to get rid of. I am using Dino X after adjusting water parameters, etc. Has knocked ovata down pretty much

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Difficult to get rid of. I am using Dino X after adjusting water parameters, etc. Has knocked ovata down pretty much

Should I run dinox?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Also should I ditch my chaeto while treating

 

[Mikedawg]

Should I run dinox?

Dino X and UV made a significant difference for me as well as keeping nitrate at about 5 and phosphate around .05 - .1. As long as chaeto doesn't bottom nitrate out I would keep it. Good luck

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Dino X and UV made a significant difference for me as well as keeping nitrate at about 5 and phosphate around .05 - .1. As long as chaeto doesn't bottom nitrate out I would keep it. Good luck

I mean remove chaeto as in the dinox kills algae so it may kill chaeto. My nitrates are high and my phos is rather up there as well. The outbreak is minimal I think because of this. It appears and disappears frequently so I think I am catching it early.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Should I remove white red and green from my light schedule or is this dino non photosynthetic

 

[saltyhog]

Your description of the movement isn't typical for ostreopsis . They typically seem to rotate around a central point like they are tethered to it. A video in better focus would help greatly with an ID.

If it is ostreopsis by far the best treatment is UV. Approximately 1watt/gallon water volume and flow through it about 1-3 times system volume.

Dino X has not been proven to be a long term fix in most cases and it can be very toxic to corals and inverts.

 

[saltyhog]

Here is a video of typical appearance of ostreopsis (unfortunately out of my tank).

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Your description of the movement isn't typical for ostreopsis . They typically seem to rotate around a central point like they are tethered to it. A video in better focus would help greatly with an ID.

If it is ostreopsis by far the best treatment is UV. Approximately 1watt/gallon water volume and flow through it about 1-3 times system volume.

Dino X has not been proven to be a long term fix in most cases and it can be very toxic to corals and inverts.

Almost all of the dino I looked at in the microscope didnt move at all, some barely jiggled and that's all. They were extremely motionless

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Here is a video of typical appearance of ostreopsis (unfortunately out of my tank).

They look exactly like that, the difference is I used 2 glass sample plates smushed together so movement was minimal

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

And when you say the dinox is harmful to coral are we talking sps? I only have acans, a scoly, zoas mushrooms and a little frogspawn.

 

[saltyhog]

They look exactly like that, the difference is I used 2 glass sample plates smushed together so movement was minimal

That video was also taken with cover slip. That' doesn't prevent movement. Several species don't move much though. Dino X can be toxic to all kinds of corals.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

That video was also taken with cover slip. That' doesn't prevent movement. Several species don't move much though. Dino X can be toxic to all kinds of corals.

Yeah mine was 2 slides clipped together so movement was for sure restricted.
I am going to try dinox (maybe a lighter dose) and see if it works. I'm going to cut all colors but blue and purple out of my lighting schedule until the situation changes. It is not a violent outbreak yet but it is worsening, it's on some of my corals, my rocks (close to the light) and I have had 0 snail or invert deaths yet I'm hoping I can beat this. I had cyano in my other tank and caught it early enough it was treated by one round of medication and never saw it again.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Only sad thing is, is that a guy near me is going to give me a 10 head colony of hammer coral for 35$ and it will have to go in my 10g until the situation is taken care of. I only hope my mushrooms and scoly make it through the fight!

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

How are things going with this?

Usually when people get dinos with high nutrients it's due to higher light intensity with long photo periods and a lack of bacteria. What lights do you have and what are the settings? Also consider using MicroBactor 7.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

How are things going with this?

Usually when people get dinos with high nutrients it's due to higher light intensity with long photo periods and a lack of bacteria. What lights do you have and what are the settings? Also consider using MicroBactor 7.

It's going really well actually. Light is ai prime david saxby settings.
I added a uv sterilizer before I consider nuking with dinox and it seems like its clearing even after 24 hours