Lab Testing Where?

[SaltyGroves]

I have powdery growth that shows up on my sand bed when the lights are on. It will populate the glass as well. It’s stringy a bit when it builds up on the glass scraper, and goes away almost completely at night.

Is there some where I can send a sample to determine what it actually is?

 

[TX_REEF]

You can try aquabiomics, they’ll give a report of all DNA in your tank, good and bad.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have powdery growth that shows up on my sand bed when the lights are on. It will populate the glass as well. It’s stringy a bit when it builds up on the glass scraper, and goes away almost completely at night.

Is there some where I can send a sample to determine what it actually is?

How long has your tank been running?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Is there some where I can send a sample to determine what it actually is?

If you can get pics (possibly including microscope pics) of it, there's a fair chance you can get it ID'd here on R2R.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Sounds like a form of dinoflagellates. In the presence of light it appears, and at night it looks like it dissappears.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Sounds like a form of dinoflagellates. In the presence of light it appears, and at night it looks like it dissappears.

So do diatoms

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

So do diatoms

But stringy?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

But stringy?

If you scrape enough off the glass at once, and if it's also mixed with film algae, then it can appear to come off in "strings"

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Hmm...

Then a picture (preferably under a microscope) might clear this up.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

OP's recent thread says tank hasn't been up long, which is why I asked... Lots of stuff can grow during the uglies and rarely does anything need to be done besides have patience.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

OP's recent thread says tank hasn't been up long, which is why I asked... Lots of stuff can grow during the uglies and rarely does anything need to be done besides have patience.

Ahh... well then, diotoms seems more plausible.

 

[SaltyGroves]

OP's recent thread says tank hasn't been up long, which is why I asked... Lots of stuff can grow during the uglies and rarely does anything need to be done besides have patience.

Tank has been up for years but I moved it a week ago to my house. Used new sand. It could def be the uglies but I’m very curious. I might try the aquabiomics route just to see what I’m working with.

 

[SaltyGroves]

Hmm...

Then a picture (preferably under a microscope) might clear this up.

Hmm...

Then a picture (preferably under a

Hmm...

Then a picture (preferably under a microscope) might clear this up.

 

[SaltyGroves]

Where might I send a sample to be imaged?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Tank has been up for years but I moved it a week ago to my house. Used new sand. It could def be the uglies but I’m very curious. I might try the aquabiomics route just to see what I’m working with.

Fair enough. But when I upgraded my tank, I used all my old rock and all new sand, and had diatoms for about a month... The silicates in the sand were feeding them.

 

[SaltyGroves]

Fair enough. But when I upgraded my tank, I used all my old rock and all new sand, and had diatoms for about a month... The silicates in the sand were feeding them.

Good to know! Attached are some pics. Are the trapped bubbles synonymous with Dino’s? Looks a little more scary that diatoms but idk.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

All algae can create air bubbles as they convert light and CO2 into oxygen...

 

[SaltyGroves]

All algae can create air bubbles as they convert light and CO2 into oxygen...

Thanks!