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03/23/2016, 07:41 PM | #3426 |
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Tank was doing good today. Dosed cal And alk, end of day, entire left panel was filled with dinos. All brown. Wtfff
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03/23/2016, 08:35 PM | #3427 |
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That's what I used: 10 micron sock .. it was disgusting and got clogged constantly... it was POOL size too.
I won't try that again.
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03/23/2016, 08:58 PM | #3428 | |
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Dfee,thanks so much. I got your sample a few days ago, put it under the scope that night. Saw almost exclusively diatoms. almost nothing living. https://goo.gl/photos/fwjbcZ67QqobamDm6 the brown discoloration in the rag was also diatoms https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...4pC1XxD1NGe9KG took many samples, and after a lot of looking I am uncertain. I did find a few weird clear shapes of similar size and shape repeated often enough to make me wonder if it was the theca (armor) that came off of a dead dino. https://goo.gl/photos/5xmgsmBBcHLUpu9E9 then I found a brown pigmented blob of similar size and shape that bore resemblance to a dino https://goo.gl/photos/HTW1iWNQnnhtKFBL6 zoomed in https://goo.gl/photos/HVByH74DrFdZDXuJ6 short vid changing focal plane. there's some sort of dino-like structure to it. https://goo.gl/photos/9oDznmRqkZtohY9bA I didn't post while I tried to look for possible IDs. Didn't have much luck there. While it's an unusual shape, there are a lot of lumpy shaped dinos... like (that's an amphidiniopsis) |
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And under the scope, dinos! So many weird shapes. Like an artichoke? Lots of reports of "epiphytic" dinos in the literature, all kinds of funky shapes. |
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03/24/2016, 03:50 AM | #3430 |
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Of course we have endless species of microscopic life in our tanks which is good.
We just don't want them to bloom, that's it. I like this cooperation that's going on here. Unfortunate that you didn't get a definite outcome. |
03/24/2016, 05:34 AM | #3431 |
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Over the last 3 weeks or so I've done around 10 siphons of the sandbed.
One would expect to get less and less gunk out when it's done this frequently, but that is not the case. The amounts are simply amazing every time. I took a closer look at the lightest particles and found one type of special interest. It has the color and similar shape to my ostis but is more uniform, larger and they don't move. I kept wondering if these are cysts so I melted all the calcium based particles off just to get that possibility out of the way. It surely looks organic. Being in their millions in the sand that is close to solely inhabited with dinos it's tempting to assume they are cysts. |
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Has anyone had any issues with a bubble tip and blacking out their tank for 3 days? It is nicely puffed up and settled in it's spot so don't want it wandering?
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03/25/2016, 07:29 AM | #3433 |
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Hmm , interesting. I guess that's good news. Thanks again, Taricha. The reason I thought Dino and not diatom was because they get worse throughout the day and also after water changes. I guess water changes could fuel diatoms and I just found out diatoms are photosynthetic. I didn't think they were
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But, I would expect any soon attempt to starve out the diatoms/green film would cause dinos to reassert themselves. |
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Well, I haven't had long brown snotty dinos in about a year. So if they are indeed diatoms, how have they not consumed all their food (silicates) and died out by now? |
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03/25/2016, 02:00 PM | #3436 |
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when they die, they release the silicates back? It's a closed system unless you extract them with skimming or water changes.
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In the sample from robertifly, found some prorocentrum
One of those elaborate shaped dinophysis(?) that we never get to see in our aquariums But mostly lots of ostreopsis. Likely o. Ovata. They were pretty well scattered from the shipping, but there were lots of them all over. Video https://youtu.be/mSWkI7deXk0 Full gallery here https://goo.gl/photos/keZ7ZeXLygyhQCvU6 |
03/25/2016, 11:51 PM | #3439 |
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three days since lights have been back on...no dinos in sight...yet!
hoping I have gotten rid of them for a while...two sps rtn'd during the 4 day lights out, I suppose it was worth it though, if I can keep them from returning. On day three, vaccumed out sump/detritus with shop vac and did large water change. Also bumped my alk up to 10, to try to keep Ph up. I can't say what has resulted in my small success so far...last time I did lights out they came back like crazy a day later...will let all know if they return. Oddly enough, my coraline algae has exploded during the lights out period. |
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The size is good for both cysts and cells and since they come in various sizes it's not a dead giveaway. The shape is a close, but not a perfect match to cysts so I think what I have are regular dinos that have lost their cell wall. (theca) If that is the case all dead dinos do that since there is no other form found in the sample of thousands. |
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After reading this thread twice I got no answers.
So over the course of 3 weeks I; Weekly 100% water changes with IO (no organics) Loaded up my carbon reactor. Double the gfo I was running. Raised my ph to 11 Ran my tank with blue lights only Changed my felt socks 3 times a day. Removed all sand. Today I can find not a trace. Corals look good even they were exposed to the air for 30 minutes. Dinos are probably still there so I will continue this process for another two weeks. |
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Mike I applaud you for taking affirmative action and I certainly hope continued (Dino Free) success. I know we are all as frustrated as you are, seems like someone should have found a tried and true method to eliminate these things by now. I only hope we can all keep trying and sharing as you have, maybe we'll have an answer soon.
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Hope so. I meant raised alk to 11.
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I've definitely confirmed what I already knew and that dinos (not just the good kinds) still live in my tank. They just don't flourish or at least show that they do in my display tank.
And I have doubts that any tank that has shown dino issues in the past are ever truly pest dino free.
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Today I took a sample from the bottom of it and at least 95% are these particles. Of the rest I assume 4% to be the same particles broken up and 1% unknown. A quick conclusion could be that 99% of the drifting ditritus in my tank is dino related. --- Now turn on your brains and think for a while. I see this as another milestone. . |
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A day of discovery.
This is the first time I see on print why the dinos and cyano like to hang out together. + --- Most dinoflagellates are encased in plates of armor. Dinoflagellates are surrounded by a complex covering called the amphiesma, which consists of outer and inner continuous membranes, and between which lie a series of flattened vesicles. In armored forms, these vesicles contain the thecal plates, cellulose plates that are the "armor". This armor may be lacking (the cells are "naked"), and some species shed their theca under certain environmental conditions. Armored dinoflagellates have two major plate regions composed of two to 100 individual plates. The edges of the plates overlap, sliding apart as the cell increases in size and allowing the cell to expand. The plates come in many varied shapes, from spherical forms like Peridinium to elongate horn-like forms such as Ceratium. In addition, some species have ridges or crests -- especially members of the Dinophysiales, such as the one shown at right. In some, the crests may be hollow and house cyanobacteria which provide fixed nitrogen to the host. This is most common in nitrogen-poor waters. Source: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/dinoflagmm.html |
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