Brown slime plague identification help?

[kerinin]

I've been fighting this stuff for almost a month, could someone help me identify what it is? I'm currently assuming it's dinoflagellates.

 

[aoe2king1]

Yes I believe it is dinoflagellates, take a look at the link below for more info on them.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

 

[jpruitt]

I'd say your assumption is correct. Wetwebmedia has an awesome photo lineup of almost everything you will ever encounter in a salt or fresh setup.

 

[TimeConsumer]

Looks like dinos to me from those pictures. You can really get a good idea if you look up close. Reefcleaners has a good shot of it in their algae ID guide: http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide does it look like that?

BTW, don't use their suggested solution of boiling your rock, that's really dangerous and can kill you.

Dinos are tough to beat. Good luck.

 

[homer1475]

Looks like Dino's to me too. I remember reading a thread where someone cured their dinos with a low dose of peroxide, and by dipping the rocks in peroxide and scrubbing the dinos off.

 

[kerinin]

Thanks guys! I think I'm going to try roughly this method: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/how-i-beat-dinoflagellates-and-the-lessons-i-learned - 72h blackout, increase ph to +/-8.4 and peroxide

 

[GMay]

You might want to look at this thread as well.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2307000

The only thing that worked for me was Dino-X

 

[TimeConsumer]

The only thing that worked for me was Dino-X

Same here. Tried for months.

 

[kerinin]

Well this is a bit late, but I was browsing through old comments and saw this. For anyone's info who happens on this, the blackout and PH shock worked. It took a while for the tank to stabilize, but the dinos finally went away.