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I have Red Slime in My Refuguim .

post #1 of 6
7/13/11 at 12:25am
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i have  a Fuge in the middle of my sump and it has many huge plants growing all over the place but just as i bought some new plants and putting some IRON in it red slime started to kick in and its spreading all over the plants , its only in the FUge but its growing and my PO4 is almost 0 and my lights are 2 new yellow T8 flourecents .i run my fuge opposite of the main lights , amy ideas ???

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post #2 of 6
7/13/11 at 3:16am

Put a PH it it for more water movement - I had the sameproblem in mine.

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post #3 of 6
7/13/11 at 7:46am
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i have 2 320GPH power heads in it and the chillers out hose in coming in the fuge so the water movment is ok  i think . do i need more ??? i can go for another 500GPH

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post #4 of 6
7/13/11 at 9:59am

How big is the fuge?

 

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post #5 of 6
7/13/11 at 12:39pm
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50cmX50cmX50cm

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post #6 of 6
7/13/11 at 12:59pm
Red slime in a refugium is fine, as long as it stays there and isn't smothering the macro from getting enough light
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