Diatoms Inevitable?

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

jje2016 said:
@Lionfish Lair @Diesel ID please?!?! Would love your help guys.

Ouch!!

If this tank setup new I hope for you it's just algae photosynthesis due through cycling but sure do it looks like Dino's.
Lets tag Todd in here @twilliard

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kschweer · Jul 18, 2016

Diesel said:
Ouch!!
If this tank setup new I hope for you it's just algae photosynthesis due through cycling but sure do it looks like Dino's.
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I would say it's bubbles from newly forming algae, the green under the bubbles is why I would say so.

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

kschweer said:
I would say it's bubbles from newly forming algae, the green under the bubbles is why I would say so.

Looking at the state the rock and sand is in this is a pretty young tank IMO.

twilliard · Jul 18, 2016

By looking at the rock and different locations of lighting I would have to say it is a bacterium.
Not many things we see produce o2 as a byproduct
Algae and protozoans (dinoflagellates ) are excellent at this.
For this situation it will be hard to identify exactly what it is as this would have to be seen under a microscope.
Me personally I would not blow the rock and stir this up until positive identification.

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

Diesel said:
Looking at the state the rock and sand is in this is a pretty young tank IMO.

The tank is young, started in mid May. How can I be sure its dinos? and how do I treat this ASAP?

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

Just tried getting a section of the tank with light off.

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

The snails have bubbles on them too. Brown strings throughout with bubbles at tops of them. Do I try to manually remove what I can to start?

twilliard · Jul 18, 2016

jje2016 said:
The snails have bubbles on them too. Brown strings throughout with bubbles at tops of them. Do I try to manually remove what I can to start?

Starting to sound like dinoflagellates

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

twilliard said:
Starting to sound like dinoflagellates

Where do these come from? And more importantly, what do I do to start fixing this ASAP?!?!

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

@Lionfish Lair @twilliard @Diesel

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

Maybe you can mail a sample to @twillard.
The last pic i would say Dino's but now days it's hard to put a stamp on something if there's a doubt.

jsker · Jul 18, 2016

Wikied dinoflagellate if anyone want to read up on them. Interesting read

twilliard · Jul 18, 2016

Dinoflagellates are no joke.
I do take samples and I receive them daily (Sundays are a good break from the scope!)
From that picture posted I highly recommend getting it under the scope.

jje2016 · Jul 18, 2016

twilliard said:
Dinoflagellates are no joke.
I do take samples and I receive them daily (Sundays are a good break from the scope!)
From that picture posted I highly recommend getting it under the scope.

How do I properly remove a sample to provide? Could I send it to you? In the meantime, what do begin to do?!?!?!?

dragon99 · Jul 18, 2016

A quick test from the dino thread is to suck some out into a cup/container, give a solid stir/shake and see if the stings reform.

twilliard · Jul 19, 2016

jje2016 said:
How do I properly remove a sample to provide? Could I send it to you? In the meantime, what do begin to do?!?!?!?

I will PM you my mailing information and instructions for the sample.
In the meantime don't stir them up. Just let them be until a positive identification can be made. Keep your nutrients/organics down. Run carbon and skim well.