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Originally Posted by rsucre
Here's a video of the dinoflagellates from my tank: link |
Hi. Just wanted to share some additional information provided by Tarisha regarding ID of my dinoflagellates sample:
the grooves at the "front" outline a tongue or nose like projection (epicone) that is the best indicator of amphidinium.
Tarisha thinks it is Amphidinium and not Ostreopsis, and after more detailed observation, I agree. It really looks like Amphidinium.
Also wanted to share that raising PO4 to 0.07ppm and NO3 to 0.25 this week and siphoning out the brown dust "amphidinium" that I had on the sandbed, seems to be working. It is returning at a much slower pace than before and I hope that I can win this by sustaining the PO4 and NO3 at those values and siphoning out any sign of brown dust when doing my weekly water changes.