NASTY sand bed, PLEASE help!!!

rslinger

rslinger

Member
The chemical is thowing money away. It is called chem clean and I think it sucks. I tried it because that's what the lfs said. My red slime would go away for a couple days and come right back. You need a powerhead moving water over the bottom of tank not just the top. I really do believe. As I said with chem came back but powerhead never seen it again.
 
royalgamma

royalgamma

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how big do diamond gobys get... don't the get like 7 or 8 inches long...Thought I saw that some where and when they get that big don't they knock stuff over ???
 
helpme74

helpme74

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Size: 2-3 inches
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Reef Safe: Yes
Diet: Brine, Mysid, Worms
Origin: Indian Ocean
Acclimation Time: 1 hours
they only knock thing over if the dig under them so the rock shoud be on the glass not top of the sand.
 
mandarin w

mandarin w

Member
My diamond goby is about 7 inches long. It is always best to avoid adding chemicals to your tank. It does looks like diatoms and red slim developing. You might try to reangle your Powerheads or add a couple more. You want them to blow across your sand, not in to it. But to me it looks more like a flow problem.
 
rslinger

rslinger

Member
Its all about the flow. Please don't use the chemical I could tell it did damage to my tank. Have to turn off skimmer for a couple days or it will run wet skimmet forever. I think it killed a couple fish to but can't be sure. I had just added them. Flow will work. Natural is better. Don't put anything in you can't test for. IMO
 
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oreo12

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I had it in both my 55 and 75 gal tanks once it runs its course it seems to go away at least I no longer have it in my tanks I would sipone it out durring water changes and finnaly it went away once the pink purpel coraline began to grow real nice. So just be paitent do water changes and all should come along fine in a few more months
 
whyamisofl

whyamisofl

Active Member
I have real nice pink and purpel coraline now, so I want this sand issue gone so I can enjoy my tank once again!!!
I am completely against chemicals btw, I just wanted to know what it was called so I could do some research....
 
topfins-mj

topfins-mj

Member
It's called UltraLife Red Slime remover. So far my tank looks beautiful now.
http://www.ultralifedirect.com/red_slime_remover.htm
By the way I am one dude against chemicals but this one surprised me.
I also did a water change and I love the way the tank looks. My sandbed is now back to clean. I will post picures later.
I say keep your water changes schedule and feed accordingly.
Oh by the way I just added a mandarine and ten blue leg crabs so the crabs cleaned up the remnant green algae growth that was under the slime. No one wanted to touch it before. And the mandarine loves to eat brine shrimp and copepods.
 
whyamisofl

whyamisofl

Active Member
I have added 50 turbo's so far and nothing has changed.....
I have 100 nassarius coming on Tuesday, hopefully this will help out.
I also changed the way my powerheads are and that seems to be helping a little, but not curing the issue
 
beth

beth

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Raise your alkalinity a bit and turn off the lights for a few days, except for a couple of hours to feed fish. If you have some NO lighting you can leave that on a bit longer. Corals should be ok with this for a few days.
Their is an extensive topic on cyanobacteria in the Archives.
 
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