Microscope dinoflagellate/bacteria ID

[Xytrax]

Hello,

Could someone help me identifying, which dino this is?

It started developing this on my glass and rocks after succesfully beating bryopsis algae with fluconazole treatment.

My nitrates and phospahtes are both measuring 0 with salifert tests so im pretty certain its dinos.

It has appearance of cofee beans.



100x

40x From different sample

Bubbly slime on rocks

Film on the glass and sand.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like ostreo although similar to amphidium.
Blow stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon/net up all the matter.
turn off at least white lights or turn off all lights altogether for 5-7 days.
During the day during this lights out period, add 1.5ml of liquid bacteria such as micro bacter XLM per 10 gallons and at night add 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons during this time
DO NOT add NoPox or coral foods which will feed the Dino
Clean filters and empty skimmer cup daily
Day 5 you can ramp up blue 19% per day and whites 5% per day

 

[Xytrax]

Looks like ostreo although similar to amphidium.
Blow stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon/net up all the matter.
turn off at least white lights or turn off all lights altogether for 5-7 days.
During the day during this lights out period, add 1.5ml of liquid bacteria such as micro bacter XLM per 10 gallons and at night add 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons during this time
DO NOT add NoPox or coral foods which will feed the Dino
Clean filters and empty skimmer cup daily
Day 5 you can ramp up blue 19% per day and whites 5% per day

Thanks alot!

 

[saltyhog]

Ostreopsis and amphidinium look nothing alike. Does this appear to be green in person? If so it's not dinos at all. Bubbles only mean air exchange. They are not always indicative of dinos.

What magnification were those photos taken at? They do not look like like dinos at all. If you could, make another slide and take video of it at 200x and about 400x.

 

[Xytrax]

Ostreopsis and amphidinium look nothing alike. Does this appear to be green in person? If so it's not dinos at all. Bubbles only mean air exchange. They are not always indicative of dinos.

What magnification were those photos taken at? They do not look like like dinos at all. If you could, make another slide and take video of it at 200x and about 400x.

Yes they appear lime green, but some of the parts are clear/golden. The first 2 pictures are 1000x and later ones 400x

I suspect that this is actually cyano mixed with some kind of algae and little bit of dinos.

Here is the latest 400x microscope sample straight from the green slime seen in the picture:

And then 1000x samples taken from the brown/clear slimy film growing on the glass and rocks :

Same sample 1000x with some proro and Amphidinium? However these are present in very little volume. Most of the mass comes from those tiny golden things.

 

[saltyhog]

First slide is green cyano. Second slide is not dinos. Not sure but could be chrysophytes. Third slide looks like a single Prorocentrum, the other is hard to say. Could be a SCA but can't say for sure.