Microscope ID

[kaijor]

Anybody know what this might be? I’m thinking that it is Amphidiniums, but was curious what others thought. It’s stringy and some are on the sand bed I think as well.

 

[kaijor]

Here’s a pretty good picture:

 

[kaijor]

On second thought, could it be Prorocentrum? It sort of looks like it…Any thoughts?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anybody know what this might be? I’m thinking that it is Amphidiniums, but was curious what others thought. It’s stringy and some are on the sand bed I think as well.

Looks like Procentrum.
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% IF you have light dependant corals such as SPS) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights which works as an oxidizer. 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 AMINO OR ADD NOPOX which is food for dinos, however you can feed coral, food which will help no3 and po4 to increase. If increasing nutrients, try to keep no3 to about 5 until you are done battling these cells.
Doing a daily siphoning will help greatly But . . . . . Siphoning will reduce nutrients , so siphon the water into/through a filter sock and save the water and return it back to tank. Obviously clean the filter sock each time.
You can feed fish as normal and if doing blackout, ambient light in room will work for them

 

[kaijor]

Looks like Procentrum.
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% IF you have light dependant corals such as SPS) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights which works as an oxidizer. 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 AMINO OR ADD NOPOX which is food for dinos, however you can feed coral, food which will help no3 and po4 to increase. If increasing nutrients, try to keep no3 to about 5 until you are done battling these cells.
Doing a daily siphoning will help greatly But . . . . . Siphoning will reduce nutrients , so siphon the water into/through a filter sock and save the water and return it back to tank. Obviously clean the filter sock each time.
You can feed fish as normal and if doing blackout, ambient light in room will work for them

Thank you so much. I’ll follow these introductions. I really appreciate it.

 

[kaijor]

Update…this did seem to work quite well. My tank looks a lot cleaner in general actually. My corals didn't suffer much from the lack of light which was great as well. Thank you again!