Dino Identification

[pandaparties]

Sorry I tried looking at some of the existing posts but honestly having a hard time differentiating. These were taken under 40x which is what I happened to have, do I need something more powerful?

I just vacuumed them out so not a lot of long strands but typically within a day or two lots of long strings will bubble at the end. They come off easy enough and all my coral seem happy but I could see them get out of control quick if I wasnt siphoning them every day which I'm getting tired of.

Tank is 2 years and never had dinos though feel like I've had everything else. No new changes otherwise. I have a large 90w UV I've been running forever and regularly replace bulbs on. Tried dosing microbacter for a couple weeks no changes. They seem to grow quickest around areas of very low flow or low lights like my gonis. None around acros though I've noticed it popping up in new places recently. Any help would be awesome

Phos - .15
Nitrate - 30
Alk - 8.4
pH - 8.4
Salinity - 1.025

 

[blaxsun]

What you describe loosely sounds like dinos, but I can't tell from the image.

 

[ScottB]

A little late, but I think those might be chrysophytes. When removed from water, do they keep a gelatinous goop form? The active ingredient in AlgaeFix seems to work for most folks. It is the same ingredient Vibrant is made from. Use either with care.

Your system is fairly nutrient rich, which would not make it real hospitable for most type of dinos.

You can use my guide to test for dinos.

A Dinoflagellate Treatment Guide

As the title suggests, this is intended as a short guide on what to do when you suspect dinoflagellates are trying to overtake your system. It is an attempt to boil down the protocols discussed across 11,000 posts in this "Are you Tired" thread...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry I tried looking at some of the existing posts but honestly having a hard time differentiating. These were taken under 40x which is what I happened to have, do I need something more powerful?

I just vacuumed them out so not a lot of long strands but typically within a day or two lots of long strings will bubble at the end. They come off easy enough and all my coral seem happy but I could see them get out of control quick if I wasnt siphoning them every day which I'm getting tired of.

Tank is 2 years and never had dinos though feel like I've had everything else. No new changes otherwise. I have a large 90w UV I've been running forever and regularly replace bulbs on. Tried dosing microbacter for a couple weeks no changes. They seem to grow quickest around areas of very low flow or low lights like my gonis. None around acros though I've noticed it popping up in new places recently. Any help would be awesome

Phos - .15
Nitrate - 30
Alk - 8.4
pH - 8.4
Salinity - 1.025

Looks like coolia which have similar behavior to ostreopsis.
No light is first key followed by the addition of bacteria to overcome the bad bacteria allowing them to thrive
Prepare by starting by blowing this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles. Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off. During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as micro bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons. Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX
You can feed fish as normal and if doing blackout, ambient light in room will work for them

 

[pandaparties]

Did indeed to be consistent with crysophytes. Beat it a bit ago by scrubbing, vacuuming and changing gfo frequently to reduce silicates. They are mostly gone now