Uh-oh, Dinos.

[Xadieu]

Don't know if anyone had said this but apparently Fauna Marin algae x says in their description that it removes dinoflagellates. Hope this helps

http://www.canadacorals.com/collecti...-ultra-algae-x

[SpikeJones]

i'm sad to say i'm effected too

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Xadieu

Don't know if anyone had said this but apparently Fauna Marin algae x says in their description that it removes dinoflagellates. Hope this helps

http://www.canadacorals.com/collecti...-ultra-algae-x

oooh, i didn't know you could get that in Canada directly. That's a good tool to have in one's bag of tricks. I'd use it as a last resort sort of thing if looking at it under a scope confirms that they are in fact dinos.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Xadieu

Don't know if anyone had said this but apparently Fauna Marin algae x says in their description that it removes dinoflagellates. Hope this helps

http://www.canadacorals.com/collecti...-ultra-algae-x

Yup. I've started using it to treat dinos.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...852#post789852

[asylumdown]

So my microscope was waiting for me when I got home!

1. My roomate and her boyfriend did a spectacular job with my tank. The corals grew more in the 17 days they were taking care of it then in the past 2 months!

2. The brown slime is significantly reduced, but it's not gone. By 3:30 today (right now basically), there's a light dusting on the rocks that had it worst.

3. Only one coral seems like it's being damaged by the slime, but it was never really doing that well to begin with. ANd when I say slime, I really mean a super fine dusting that you have to look closely to notice.

Anyway, I grabbed some of the brown slime and took a picture with my microscope's camera. Forgive the teeny tiny file, the driver that came with the camera won't work, so I had to get a freeware version and I have no idea how to work it yet:



Thing is, they move. A lot. These things that form these brown sticky mats are in fact million and millions of tiny watermelon seed shaped swimming cells. that pic is at 10X mag, but at 40X you can actually see the little skirt of... something. It looks like a skirt of cilia as they go all the way around them. Does anyone know if these are in fact dinos? I took a short video too, I'll try and figure out how to upload it in a bit

[asylumdown]

Here's one at 40X

[Samw]

Maybe Prorocentrum?

http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscop...t&imageid=4187

http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscop...&imageid=24154

[asylumdown]

that looks pretty close to what I've got. There's a few different species *from that genus* that could be what I have actually. *sigh* Well, they're not doing much harm at the moment, so I think I'm going to end up leaving them be. I have experienced cures that were worse that the disease in this tank before, so unless they start to really damage other life, I'm not going to do anything about them.

ETA: **

[Zoaelite]

Great to hear Adam, how are you liking the microscope so far? I per-say "bandwagoned" and purchased the exact same one after you posted the link, still waiting for it in the mail.

[daniella3d]

That's some really nice results! I love looking at things under the microscope but mine is not producing such great result. Even then it is fun to watch all those creepy creatures. I sometime grab a bit of sand or scrape from the liverock to check it out and I am always amazed what I can find.

As soon as I have the money for it I will order that microscope too. It does look like dinos.

Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Here's one at 40X