Help! Indestructible Brown Algae

kkp · Aug 4, 2021

Hi fellow reefers!
Asking for some assistance in identifying and destroying brown algae that’s been covering my rocks, sand and corals.

Please see pictures below.

if the pictures are blurry, the algae is a brown jelly-ish nuisance. Shortly after I brush it off it returns.

attiland · Aug 4, 2021

It might be Dinos. Do you have access to microscope?

kkp · Aug 4, 2021

attiland said:
It might be Dinos. Do you have access to microscope?

I don’t, how much does a microscope cost?
Does it look like dinos?

attiland · Aug 4, 2021

kkp said:
I don’t, how much does a microscope cost?
Does it look like dinos?

The symptoms do. Microscope is about £30 on eBay for a used one. Nothing fancy. Analogue 400-1000x will do

kkp · Aug 4, 2021

attiland said:
The symptoms do. Microscope is about £30 on eBay for a used one. Nothing fancy. Analogue 400-1000x will do

Will look into buying one. I’m assuming you take a sample, smudge it on the sample glass and examine?
Do you have a picture of dinos through a microscope handy?

attiland · Aug 4, 2021

kkp said:
Will look into buying one. I’m assuming you take a sample, smudge it on the sample glass and examine?
Do you have a picture of dinos through a microscope handy?

Yeahthis will help attached.
once you seen it there is a dedicated Dino tread with helpful people helping ID the thing if unsure

Thread 'Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/

RicanKing · Sep 26, 2021

attiland said:
Yeahthis will help attached.
once you seen it there is a dedicated Dino tread with helpful people helping ID the thing if unsure

Thread 'Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/

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