Can someone help me identify this gunk?!

[Waleed0323]

 

[Alexreefer]

Could be dinos? Hopefully, someone can pitch in and back up my claim then we can move on for treatment

 

[Ajayabb]

Agree those are Dinos. Have you measured your nutrients ?

 

[Waleed0323]

Agree those are Dinos. Have you measured your nutrients ?

Nutrients are fine. I even sent a sample to get analyzed. Someone told me it’s Cyanobacteria

 

[lelandmarine]

Bubbles in it looks like dino’s, does it disappear at night?

 

[N.Sreefer]

Looking under a microscope is the only way to be sure id trust the analysis when it comes back more than people online guessing. I can tell alot of people on here dont work in science related fields because things looks alike scientists dont just guess based on a pic i dont think we should either. End of rant.

 

[saltyhog]

Need microscope view to know for sure! Dinos are on the short list. When you say your nutrients are fine, can you give us the actual numbers? The definition of fine seems to vary wildly.

 

[Waleed0323]

Need microscope view to know for sure! Dinos are on the short list. When you say your nutrients are fine, can you give us the actual numbers? The definition of fine seems to vary wildly.

Nitrate is 5. I actually haven’t had fish for a year so I think dinos due to a clean tank makes sense.

 

[1guydude]

Im gonna shoot for cyanobacteria. Also some byropsis or dino. Treatment is the same for all.
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[1guydude]

You could possibly need more flow in your tank or overall filtration.
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[Ippyroy]

Get this cheap little toy microscope. It will work just fine and allow you to know for sure what you have. Different dinos have completely different cures.

 

[1guydude]

You get red tide in your fish tank? No you dont. You get the typical brown stringy dinoflagellates with air bubbles in it.
It is the same cure for the display for dino as it is gha and byropsis. Eliminate and dont let it come back by eliminating the problem or source.
Usually wcs. Carbon. Manual heavy maintence.

Some will say to turn flow down during dino fix time. It is a contained system... it wont matter.
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[saltyhog]

Nitrate is 5. I actually haven’t had fish for a year so I think dinos due to a clean tank makes sense.

NO3 of 5 is fine. What's your PO4, that's often the most important nutrient with dinos? Also dinos are not treated the same way as cyano or bryopsis. That's one reason proper identification is important.

 

[old salt reefer]

^^^^^^^ this,this,this.

 

[Dan_P]

You have quite a mess on your hands. Have you been removing it, suctioning it out?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and either net or siphon right away. Then follow these steps- will be gone:
First- Check phosphates and nitrates to assure theyre not elevated.
Here is full program:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15%) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly

 

[1guydude]

^ i do this minus the dosing.
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