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Originally Posted by hot883 Reason 332 to NOT use TAP water. HA! Chemi-clean makes a red slime algea remover, but try vacumning it out first. What water do i use? thanks for the info...i will look into the red slime remover.

Originally Posted by garnet13aj Most people say using RO/DI water solves the problem. Good flow is really important. I just got over a battle w/this stuff and pointing a powerhead straight at it eventually made it fall off and die. If you've been battling it for over 4 months and you aren't...

ok, here are the pic of my problem areas:

Originally Posted by earlybird Does it look like this? This is cyanobacteria not an algae at all. yes, in fact, it looks a lot like that. It is growing all over my rocks and some on my sand. How do i get rid of it?!?!?!?!

i have had the aquarium for over a year now, and the algae has been around for about 4-6 months. i'm not sure on what lighting i have...i will have to look into it.

ok, i'm sort of new to this whole reef aquarium thing...and before i start to really build up my corals i need to figure out how to stop something. The thing is, i have this maroon colored algae growing over my live rocks and it's almost like a blanket over them (i can peel it right off) i have...