Is this dino?

[michaum]

Hi to all im new to this hobby for 1 year now and went trough all kinds of rides with my tank Now this is the first time i see this in my tank and not sure what it is? I'm hoping that someone can id it and tell me what i need to do to get rid of it.

One thing for sure is that it's stringy and easily blown off with a turkey baster but comes back real quick.

it seems to like attaching itself to all my corals i have no clue what this is and i also have some on my sandbed but not very much yet anyways.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Geebs19]

Looks like it to me, but I will let an expert chime in.

 

[michaum]

Looks like it to me, but I will let an expert chime in.

OK thanks Geebs19

 

[dwest]

Hi to all im new to this hobby for 1 year now and went trough all kinds of rides with my tank Now this is the first time i see this in my tank and not sure what it is? I'm hoping that someone can id it and tell me what i need to do to get rid of it.

One thing for sure is that it's stringy and easily blown off with a turkey baster but comes back real quick.

it seems to like attaching itself to all my corals i have no clue what this is and i also have some on my sandbed but not very much yet anyways.

Thanks for all your help.

Very inconclusive from the pics and video. I would by this microscope and then go to mcarroll forum.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071JQFXC4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[michaum]

Anyone? Can id?

Thanks

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Anyone? Can id?

Thanks

Could use better pictures with more white.

 

[michaum]

Could use better pictures with more white.

Ok i will cut the blues and re post thanks. Sorry for the bad pictures.

 

[michaum]

Could use better pictures with more white.

Hope these are better i closed the lights and use cellphone light let me know thanks there is less than end of day as its morning and tank lights were off for 11 hours.

Ish picture quality is not that good i only have my iphone for the pics if these arent good enough i will wait a bit that my tank lights kick on and i will bring down the blues and have more whites i will try to get a better picture.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yea, it’s quite possible that it is.
It also could be a stringy diatom or an odd cyano or slime algae.

I’d keep blowing it off , look at what you’re feeding and avoid trendy coral foods.
Look at your ph a bit too. First thin in the morning and right before the lights go off.

 

[Velcro]

Looks just like the dinos that I've had.

 

[michaum]

Yea, it’s quite possible that it is.
It also could be a stringy diatom or an odd cyano or slime algae.

I’d keep blowing it off , look at what you’re feeding and avoid trendy coral foods.
Look at your ph a bit too. First thin in the morning and right before the lights go off.

Ok my PH his always stable at 8.2 has i have a refugium with reverse lighting, also for coral food i use Aquaforest Amino Mix , Aquaforest Build, Aquaforest Energy, Aquaforest Vitality all 3 drops each on seperate days example AF Amino and AF Build on one day, on the next day AF Build and AF Energy then repeat process next day. Like I said I have a fuge and running GFO do you think it's overkill and my phosphates could be bottomed out? My nitrates are at 2.5 and my phosphates cant test right now as i ran out of test kit but on my test kit it was alway showing 0 at the time everytime i was testing.. odd? I was using Salifert phosphate test kit. So should i shut down my GFO? might i be starving the tank of nutrients (phosphate) as my nitrates seems ok at 2.5.

Thanks.

 

[michaum]

Looks just like the dinos that I've had.

what was your cure?

Thanks.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I think you should stop feeding all the stuff that feeds micro organisms and bacteria.

And yea. You have no Po4 and you’re striping it at the same time.

Some organisms like Dino’s thrive in systems like that and people dose Po4 tonget rid of Dino’s.

 

[Velcro]

what was your cure?

Thanks.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...-eradicated-dinoflagellates-overnight.316126/

 

[michaum]

I think you should stop feeding all the stuff that feeds micro organisms and bacteria.

And yea. You have no Po4 and you’re striping it at the same time.

Some organisms like Dino’s thrive in systems like that and people dose Po4 tonget rid of Dino’s.

Perfect will do that and thanks for your help Salty!

 

[michaum]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...-eradicated-dinoflagellates-overnight.316126/

Thanks Velcro i will go read up on that post you linked.

 

[Jason Leonard]

I battled the same situation for weeks. I thought I had hair alge treated for that, no effect. Maybe cyanobacteria, treated for that very little effect. Multiple 48hr black outs (wrapped in foil, total black out), and at least 5 20% water changes, little effect. Came to the conclusion it was dino. My water has always been great. The only thing that was off was my phosphates where .05 and salt was 1.025. My coral where barley hanging on, almost all my snails died and all of my fish (only had 4 fish). I was desperate and spent hours researching. The common solution I found was raising the PH, H2O2 dosing and black outs. I beat dino within a week. I added 2 teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide, and 3 teaspoons of calcium hydroxide mixed to milky all at once (not recommended but I was desperate). Blacked out for 24hrs. I have a 32gal biocube so adjust accordingly. My chemistry went all over the place but I did a 33% water change the next day siphoning all the dino out I could and scrubbing my rocks. I restricted lights to 6hrs a day for the next 2 days and siphoning and 20% water changes. What corals I had left where extremely stressed but survived, now they are back to normal. My advice is hit it hard and fast. Then correct the water as fast as you can. Coral are less sensitive than dino. But if it's a matter of starting over hit it with all you got.