Help me with red slime algea PLEAZ

whackamole

whackamole

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Does any1 have any tips on getting rid of red slime algea. i suck it out 1 day and 3 days later its full of it. My lights r fine. my nitrates r fine. My water is RO. i hardly feed my fish. I just dont know what to do any more. I dont have much water flow, could that be it??? If u can help me get rid of it ud be my all time hero PLEAZE ANY HELP IS WANTED
 
rs1831

rs1831

Active Member
Increase your water flow. When I had this problem I added a ph to the bottom of the tank for about 2 weeks and I haven't had a problem for about 8 months.
 
snaredrum

snaredrum

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I had Cyano a couple of months ago. Mine was from my son overfeeding when I was out of town. I used AntiRed. I WOULD NOT use this unless you have tried all natural methods. Do a search on this forum, there are tons of solutions. If you end up using any med. follow the instructions to the tee. Good Luck.
 
whackamole

whackamole

Member
if tried using meds. i bought the best of the best and it didnt help at all. I am trying to get another pump to add more flow tho and im praying it works.
 
earlybird

earlybird

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Really increase your waterchanges to a few times/week, cut back on lighting, increase flow, and manually siphon out the cyano.
 
scrapman

scrapman

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Originally Posted by earlybird
Really increase your waterchanges to a few times/week, cut back on lighting, increase flow, and manually siphon out the cyano.

Agree... cut the photoperiod... huge difference....
 
david24

david24

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I had constant red lagae problems because I had my tank in a area of high natural sunlight in my house. I had it in front of a big picture window.
After 6 months i finally got mad enough and tired enough of the red algae that I moved my 125 reef to a darker area of my home.
Problem was gone.
 
peckhead

peckhead

Active Member
i would turn your lights off for 3 days. it will make such a huge difference and it wouldnt hurt your corals or anything. doing this once and a while is pretty good for a tank and helps remove alot of algae.
 
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