i give up :(

[renogaw]

well, i've tried everything i can read about to get rid of my red slime algae. i broke down and got some redslime remover today its almost completely taken over my tank and i have to do something.

 

[sign guy]

snails?

 

[renogaw]

i have 12 nassarius and over 20 cerith/astrea/turbo snails and none of em touch it.
i've reduced my lighting, added ph's right over the area, lowered my food. no phosphates or nitrates, nothing nothing nothing is stopping it. i HATE the thought of adding a chemical but its horrid. the tendrils on the algae are getting 2-3 inches long

 

[renogaw]

sry, its cyano not algae

 

[sign guy]

you are useing tap water right

 

[renogaw]

nope, RO water from the begining.
i got the darn ro unit so i wouldnt hve to deal with the algae too

 

[pallan]

how old are you light bulbs and what type of bulb are you using
or were they just changed?

 

[sign guy]

how old are the filters in the rodi?

 

[renogaw]

got it in early october, had bought ro water from store before that.
its not rodi, just ro.

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by Pallan
how old are you light bulbs and what type of bulb are you using
or were they just changed?

2x 10k compact flourescent, 2x 65watt actinic. 3 months old new out of the box

 

[sign guy]

have you tried a emarald crab
im tring

 

[renogaw]

have 4 or 5 of them. they dont leave my rock though, and my sally light foot doesnt touch the red slime.

 

[sign guy]

:notsure:

 

[renogaw]

i appreciate these questions, im sure there might be SOMETHING i havent tried, i honestly dont want to use the chemical

 

[sign guy]

do you have coral?

 

[renogaw]

no corals, i dont think at least. there are some barnacle type things on my rock, and a clam embedded into my rock (like a huge cleaner clam), but i haven't bought any corals for this reason.
btw, here's my cyano waving at you...

 

[renogaw]

that was the inital stage of it. it has covered all my sand now.

 

[sign guy]

try to get the clams off the rock if they die it will kill your traits
also have you turend your lights off for a cupple days yet?

 

[sign guy]

sand siffting star sand siffting gobbie?

 

[renogaw]

i have turned off my daytime lights yes, but not my actinics.
that clam is actually part of my live rock and has been doing well. i'd have to break apart my rock to get it out.
i have a pink and blue shrimp goby so i dont think i can get a sand sifting one, sides i'd have to qt it for 3 weeks and by then... :scared:
i thought stars were not all that great since they eat beneficial organisms out of the sand and not the cyano itself. i do though have a bristle star so i don't know if it would be ok with a sand sifter.