red algae on sand?

[coachb]

I have some red stuff (algae) growing on my sand bed, is there anything that I can do to get it cleaned up?
55gal
2 clowns
1 royal gramma
1 coral beauty
sally crab
15 blue leg
cucumber
sand sift star
4 feather dusters
2 umbrella mushrooms
numerous snails

 

[simm]

Sounds like red slime alge. I used CHEMI-CLEAN. Works great but a little expensive. Will do the job in about 2 days but turn off protein skimmer during treatment.

 

[jonthefb]

how much are you feedign and how often? red slime thrives on dissolved organics in the water, and phosphate. what are your water params? you can definately use the chemi-clean. ive had great success with it, however it shoudl only be used as a prophylactic. to completely eradicate teh problem, you have tot attack the source. this could be excess organics (food), nitrates (food, waste), poor circulation (add powerheads), or any combination of all three.
good luck and let us know what your water params areat!
jon