Please help me id

[Anastasia]

Please help me to id this. It has grown all over my algae and I have no idea what it is or how to get rid of it. Thank you!

 

[Duffam3434]

Wow, Hopefully somone on here knows because I've never seen this in any of my tanks. That would bug the heck out of me though!! Have you had this problem for a while?

 

[Anastasia]

It just started about a week ago, and I have no idea why.

 

[Tahoe61]

Chrysophytes. That is a tough one, you will need to research and see if there is anything new regarding how to treat it.

 

[Rob&Gab]

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/conditions.html

look all the way at the bottom of this page my friend. hope you cure this quick.

 

[Mike J.]

Chrysophytes grow in freshwater, so to be more specific what you have there is Silicoflagellates. You would battle them the same way that you would dinoflagellates.

Here is a thread where I addressed this problem recently. You can link the sites listed. It's a tough one and it looks like you've got it bad so get hot on it right away. If possible I'd remove your live animals for a few days while you battle it.

What do I do now?

Or, actually, what we may be looking at is dinoflagellates with lighting causing a look of silicoflagellates. Either way you battle them the same way.

 

[Anastasia]

Thank you all so much for your help. I'm new to this and it's great to know I have such great support! Thank you all again!!