looking for an ID on this bacteria or algae?

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

This stuff is taking over my daughters tank.
Long thin brown strings with O2 bubbles

In need of some help!

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

Here is the tank shot
This came in on a coral that was added.

zoomonster · Jun 5, 2016

Looks like dinoflagellates

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

I have found a page that identifies a family of this species of dinoflagellates

Lionfish Lair · Jun 5, 2016

Lima! Isn't that the one for Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning? I could be wrong......

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

I am unsure, I have not seen this species from samples sent to me.
This is a new one for the list.

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
Lima! Isn't that the one for Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning? I could be wrong......

You are correct!

Lionfish Lair · Jun 5, 2016

Does it have an achilles heel? How are you going to address this?

Lionfish Lair · Jun 5, 2016

Nice

Faust, M. (1991). MORPHOLOGY OF CIGUATERA‐CAUSING PROROCENTRUM LIMA (PYRROPHYTA) FROM WIDELY DIFFERING SITES. Journal of Phycology, 27(5),

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
Does it have an achilles heel? How are you going to address this?

With the help of my wife who is an RN we are working with something now called flagyl
If this is successful then I may have a solution to dinoflagellates

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

Dinoflagellates for sure it's like they find each other and stick together

cowboy · Jun 5, 2016

You gotta love this stuff buddy it's an absolute pain to get rid of.

twilliard · Jun 5, 2016

@Russ265

Russ265 · Jun 5, 2016

nice....

welcome to club dino

Tahoe61 · Jun 5, 2016

Looks just like the Dino I had. Is the tank being administered any type of Amino Acids?

Russ265 · Jun 5, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
Looks just like the Dino I had. Is the tank being administered any type of Amino Acids?

this is what i think happened during my first outbreak.

Lionfish Lair · Jun 5, 2016

There's been discussions out there about metro and dinos, for some additional 411.

Russ265 · Jun 5, 2016

metronidazole is for anaerobic flagellates though.

some things i will add.
if i do waterchanges and aerate the crap out of my new water... dinos dont come back as fast as just salt in a 5 gallon bucket and dump.

peroxide also lets loose oxygen?

added ph drives out co2.

these are just my OBSERVATIONS. i have hunches, but figured id share.