Is this dinos or cyano?

[LukeSivyer45]

I just looked in my 10 gallon and without testing or anything would this be dinoflagellates or Cyanobactia?

 

[Dkmoo]

Too blue, but with the limited visibility that does look like dinos. Buy a cheap microscope to confirm. Different dino strands have different effective treatments.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Too blue, but with the limited visibility that does look like dinos. Buy a cheap microscope to confirm. Different dino strands have different effective treatments.

Yea sorry about that i should really by an orange filter. Would just feeding more/ increase nutrients do the trick?

 

[Dkmoo]

Thats usually the first step but really without testing you are going in blind and can backfire and cause more problems

 

[SPR1968]

It’s a bit blue but it looks like dino’s

There’s a thread on here that will take you a year to read, but as a basic just try a 3 day blackout and increase flow to the affected areas, it worked for me a few years ago in my first tank and they never came back

Try and also stay away from sterile water as they can thrive in that (low nitrate etc)

 

[ariellemermaid]

Yea sorry about that i should really by an orange filter. Would just feeding more/ increase nutrients do the trick?

If you don’t have LED’s where you can change the color temporarily (AI has a nice “demo” mode), then maybe just turn the lights off and light the area separately (shop light, strong flashlight, etc.).

Edit: what is your nitrate/phosphate? That could be helpful.

 

[kindafun]

Very likely Dinos (eye of recent experience).

Here's the link to the giant, and helpful, Dino thread.

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

 

[LukeSivyer45]

If you don’t have LED’s where you can change the color temporarily (AI has a nice “demo” mode), then maybe just turn the lights off and light the area separately (shop light, strong flashlight, etc.).

Edit: what is your nitrate/phosphate? That could be helpful.

This is the exact colour when compared with your eyes in real life, not too sure where it falls? Phosphate i dont have a test for as all of them in my area are sold out.

 

[PeterC99]

Color matching test kits is also not a perfect science. After some practice, you will get good at noticing the colors in between the different color swatches on the card and guesstimating the appropriate levels.

Very important to read results in natural light. If you have led lighting in the room, there will be red hues that throw off the readings.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It impossible to see under the heavy blue light in picture. The image I see suggests Dino which cyano is generally more matted and reddish/brown whereas Dino generally slimy and yellow/brown.
A pic under white light can better confirm what you see

 

[LukeSivyer45]

If you don’t have LED’s where you can change the color temporarily (AI has a nice “demo” mode), then maybe just turn the lights off and light the area separately (shop light, strong flashlight, etc.).

Edit: what is your nitrate/p

It impossible to see under the heavy blue light in picture. The image I see suggests Dino which cyano is generally more matted and reddish/brown whereas Dino generally slimy and yellow/brown.
A pic under white light can better confirm what you see

I shall take a photo tomorrow of just whites on

 

[attiland]

Dinos but get a microscope before start treatment. There are several types and each has different treatment.
I can see you have plenty of nitrate but what about phosphate?

 

[IslandLifeReef]

This is the exact colour when compared with your eyes in real life, not too sure where it falls? Phosphate i dont have a test for as all of them in my area are sold out.

Well, that wouldn't be low nutrients IMO. Definitely between 20 and 50 ppm. If NO3 is that high, I doubt PO4 is 0.000 ppm.

 

[homer1475]

Hard to tell with all the blue, but looks more like cyano with air bubbles trapped.

Is it brown and snotty, or red and matted?

I would also think it may be cyano, by the nitrate number. But certain strains of dino's flourish regardless of nutrient levels, and are the harder ones to get rid of.

 

[attiland]

Well, that wouldn't be low nutrients IMO. Definitely between 20 and 50 ppm. If NO3 is that high, I doubt PO4 is 0.000 ppm.

You would think but it wasn’t the case in my tank when I had Dinos

 

[tmccaff]

I also recommend a cheap microscope. I though had Dinos wound up being Chrysophyte.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

its only cyano now thats really odd.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

 

[homer1475]

Yup looks more like cyano to me with the whiter lights.

Suck it out of the sandbed( a filter sock in your sump with a siphon hose works wonders), and just continue with what your doing.

Maybe I missed it, but how old is this tank?

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Yup looks more like cyano to me with the whiter lights.

Suck it out of the sandbed( a filter sock in your sump with a siphon hose works wonders), and just continue with what your doing.

Maybe I missed it, but how old is this tank?

This tank is 5 months old and is actually just using a hob.