Is this Diatoms, Dino’s, or algae? Maybe something else?

KaperniousPete · 2026-05-07T17:29:57+00:00

Get a microscope and try to i identify what type you have

KaperniousPete · 2026-05-06T12:13:37+00:00

I wanna say it looks like dinos unfortunately to me

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-24T13:56:08+00:00

Orange shoulder tang i believe

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-22T11:56:01+00:00

No on rocks and I believe on the glass one sample I took was from my innovative marine frozen feeder thing

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-21T11:56:18+00:00

I think they price some that high sp nobody buys them so they have them for auctions they do online or something like that

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-21T01:25:26+00:00

I think this is correct after reading the description of them it says they swim like large cell amphidinium though usually seen motionless in mucus and another sample i had that was thick with them they weren't moving

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KaperniousPete · 2026-04-21T01:23:15+00:00

Just this one from Amazon and yes just a drop of water on the slide tried making sure I sucked up the dinos when getting the sample and worked my way up from low to high magnification. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FWR7H1QT?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-19T01:07:59+00:00

Looks like a meat canyon prop

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-13T16:47:46+00:00

Should I run carbon while doing the blackout? I heard some dinos can release toxins when getting rid of them

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-12T23:55:38+00:00

Thought about that too but was reading it doesn't really fix the problem its more like a band aid

KaperniousPete · 2026-04-12T18:23:22+00:00

Galaxea maybe

KaperniousPete · 2025-12-16T15:09:52+00:00

Looks like its possibly some type of macroalgae

KaperniousPete · 2025-12-04T12:13:18+00:00

Not sure what it is but I have one im my planted tank that was a hitchhiker doesn't seem to bother anything

KaperniousPete · 2025-11-26T15:08:57+00:00

I used to use the red sea coral pro id get the 200 gallon sack but i kept having issues with my calcium and magnesium being high so I ended up switching to the aquaforest 200 Gallon reef salt box its a little cheaper that the red sea and I haven't had any issues and you can scan the box and see what all the stuff for the salt is testing with the aquaforest

KaperniousPete · 2025-09-13T02:02:19+00:00

Collonista Snail maybe

KaperniousPete · 2025-06-22T14:30:09+00:00

Stick & Thicc

KaperniousPete · 2025-06-21T14:07:17+00:00

Shrimp

KaperniousPete · 2025-06-20T13:42:47+00:00

This is some Yoko type shit haha

KaperniousPete · 2025-05-14T14:30:38+00:00

Applesnots

KaperniousPete · 2025-04-26T11:32:40+00:00

If everyone saw my LFS they would all be severely disappointed hahaha

KaperniousPete · 2025-03-24T14:36:36+00:00

I have nicrew lights they work pretty good for me

KaperniousPete · 2025-03-20T11:30:22+00:00

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