Any Microbes thread or websites?

[Monkeynaut]

Anyone know of a good thread or website that ID's microbes found in the saltwater aquarium. Something similar to the amazing hitchhiker website @Lionfish Lair created.
I think at least two of the videos below are dino's but will know for sure when some other people look at the videos.

 

[Mike N]

This thread about dinos is very hot. I'm sure you could get some eyeballs if you posted the videos there.

 

[Monkeynaut]

This thread about dinos is very hot. I'm sure you could get some eyeballs if you posted the videos there.

I did. The triangle is probably a diatom and the little green circles are probably phytoplankton

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

@jason2459
Has a very good thread. May he can point you in the right direction.

 

[Monkeynaut]

@jason2459
Has a very good thread. May he can point you in the right direction.

Thanks. I'm going to have to find that thread

 

[jason2459]

I did. The triangle is probably a diatom and the little green circles are probably phytoplankton

Yep, the triangle is a diatom. Pretty common one. The other is a type of phytoplankton but that's a very broad term that encompasses good and bad types.

First thing I think if when seeing that video is Tetraselmis sp.


http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices...lated/TETRASELMIS/Tetraselmis_Image_page.html

Have you ever dosed phyto from algae barn or other phyto in a bag? Otherwise its come in on its own which is a good kind.

 

[jason2459]

@jason2459
Has a very good thread. May he can point you in the right direction.

Thanks.

I've posted through out this thread many good resources
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/our-tanks-biology-up-close.239838/

 

[Monkeynaut]

Yep, the triangle is a diatom. Pretty common one. The other is a type of phytoplankton but that's a very broad term that encompasses good and bad types.

First thing I think if when seeing that video is Tetraselmis sp.


http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices...lated/TETRASELMIS/Tetraselmis_Image_page.html

Have you ever dosed phyto from algae barn or other phyto in a bag? Otherwise its come in on its own which is a good kind.

Yes I have added pods from Algagen (which had green stuff floating in it for them to eat) and also Cheato, which I believe was also from there (but I'm not positive since my LFS ordered it) At any rate, I didn't rinse the Cheato and it had stuff all over it. In hindsight, maybe I should have rinsed it. I have had terrible trouble with corals dying quickly and I can't keep the glass clean to save my life.

I made a thread about the issues I have been having with corals. I have all but decided it's a pest in the tank, either eating it or releasing a toxin. Good to know these guys aren't the problem. That narrows it down more...

I would like to know how I could control these Tetraselmis better than I am. More PODs or something? Having to clean the glass every day is ridiculous.

My other thread:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...-i-also-have-had-a.308974/page-3#post-3842086