Is This The Bad Red Stuff
- Thread starter scubaguy
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tizzo
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It's either dinoflagulates (sp?) or cyanobacteria.
Do you have a lot of it in your tank?
Do you have a lot of it in your tank?
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tizzo
Guest
Any detritus build up I ever had was greyish... Never orangish...
durgeonman
Member
that looks like red slime also called cyanobacteria.
topfins-mj
Member
It's the start of bad things to come.
anonome
Active Member
Originally Posted by ScubaGuy
I used a turkey baster and it blew right off. So is that bad or good? It was just on one rock. Now that I just blew it off I am wondering if it is going to spread every where.
Never blow the cyano off :scared: , use a syphon tube and syphon it out. When it lands somewhere else it will reattach. Never ending cycle that way. Since you just upgraded your lights, this is probably what caused it to appear. Check all of your parameters, if they check out then reduce your photo period, adding time daily until you are up to your normal light cycle. Adding more current will help also. Good Luck. Remember.......Syphon not blow.
I used a turkey baster and it blew right off. So is that bad or good? It was just on one rock. Now that I just blew it off I am wondering if it is going to spread every where.
Never blow the cyano off :scared: , use a syphon tube and syphon it out. When it lands somewhere else it will reattach. Never ending cycle that way. Since you just upgraded your lights, this is probably what caused it to appear. Check all of your parameters, if they check out then reduce your photo period, adding time daily until you are up to your normal light cycle. Adding more current will help also. Good Luck. Remember.......Syphon not blow.
tx reef
Active Member
It doesn't matter if you blow it off or suck it out. The bacteria that causes the red slime is in your tank. Unless you can find the cause of it quick and fix it, then it will continue to pop up everywhere. Give me a minute and I will try to find a pic of my tank when it was covered in red slime. It all started out as a little dime sized spot on the sand and it took me 5 months to get rid of it.
anonome
Active Member
TX Reef this is fine info, however, the truth of getting rid of it is not to blow it off to start a new batch somewhere else. If you syphon it, it is gone. For awhile, but you still need to find out where it is coming from, yes! Do all of your perameters......did something die, and you just don't see it? Old light bulbs...even out of a new lights if bought off the internet, who knows how old they really are. All this matters, but syphoning is the best option for now, until you can determine where it is coming from.
royalgamma
Member
I think I just went through what is happing to you, I got a new 150 watt MH about 2 weeks ago then about a week ago started to see pink spots on the sand and red stuff on the rocks....First info I saw on here was to try and not feed for a couple of days and keep ALL of your lights ( including your moon lights) off for a couple of days. So I went and kept the lights off for 3 days (Had a dark blanket wrapped around the tank too) and didn't feed and all seems better now. Hope some of this helps.
kainex
Member
Now I'm not a fan of adding stuff to my tank. BUT if you know that the problem started with the new light. And that very well may be. I would reccomed "BOYD CHEMI CLEAN" yahoo it and you will find it. there are a few other "chemi cleans" out ther but this is the one that I have used in the past with AMAZING results in 24 hours. It is 100% reef safe. (I have a 125 reef) I used is when I got Cyno after upgrading to MH and it's gone.
You need to follow the directions to the letter though. I have a smaller tank that I tried it on but didn't remove my carbon. It didn't work.
You need to follow the directions to the letter though. I have a smaller tank that I tried it on but didn't remove my carbon. It didn't work.
asrnj77
New Member
Not to hijack the thread but I too am suffering from the dreaded slime...its all over the right side of my tank. I use RO/DI water and the lights have been on for 8 hours a day...perhaps too much? Its a 75 gallon and the slime is all over my rocks on one side of the tank and creeping up the glass. I added red slime remover and it looked like it helped a bit but nothing drastic...also I may have messed up because I left the skimmer off but the canister filter running....did I suck out all my medicine? 
Is it weird that it is somewhat contained to one side of the tank....heavily concentrated though.....I haven't been overfeeding...I think I just caught the "bug"
Is it weird that it is somewhat contained to one side of the tank....heavily concentrated though.....I haven't been overfeeding...I think I just caught the "bug"