beenbag497
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theres like red algea growing in my tank what can i do to stop it from growing and what is it??
red algea??
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beenbag497
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oh thanks....yes it does have little bubbles in it and my lighting time is 7:00am acnitic 8:00am daylights,and then 7:00pm daylights turn off snd then an hour later the acnitics turn off
beenbag497
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im getting some light geeen algea in the sand too..what should i do to take care of that?
beenbag497
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anybody
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slp004
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I am having red slime algae problems too. My tank is almost covered and there are bubbles trapped under the algae. We bought new fancy lights for the tank and ever since the tank cycled again. We bought a huge clean up crew to add to our crew we had, but none of them seem to be eating the slime. We do feed the fish every day, which seems to be a problem by the looks of things. Not really sure what else to do?
superman59
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there is stuff you can buy called cemi-clean works great for red slim. from what i know water flow is more of an problem and lighting for red slim
spanko
Active Member
Red Slime (Cyano Bacteria)
Cyano grows on top of nutrient rich areas of low flow. There are a number of things that need to be correct or possibly corrected to combat this without the use of chemical additives.
1.Evaluate your feeding. If you are feeding more than can be eaten in about 1-2 minutes it is too much and the remainder of it is falling to the rock and sand and becoming nutrient.
2.Evaluate your flow. If you have areas in the tank where there is little to no flow this can be corrected by adding power heads or repositioning the ones you already have. You don’t need to create sand storms just have water moving over the area to keep detritus suspended in the water column for removal by your filter – skimmer.
3.Evaluate your water changes. The solution to pollution is dilution! You want to continually remove unneeded nutrients as well as replace those things that are used by the system. 10% weekly is a good change schedule. Some do 20% every other week and some vary the schedule from there, but a good start is 10% per week.
4.Evaluate your lighting schedule. About 10 hours of daylight is all that is needed.
5.If you have a cyano outbreak do the above 4 items andh:
a.At water change time siphon off the cyano first. It will come up easily almost like a blanker.
b.After siphoning stir the affected areas a little to suspend any detritus for the water change and filtering - skimming removal.
c.Use a turkey baster now and at every water change in the future to again suspend the detritus for removal by the water change and your filtering – skimming.
Keeping nutrient levels low to non-existent will help to avoid cyano outbreaks and any algae outbreaks as well as keep your tank and you happy happy.
Hope that helps.
Cyano grows on top of nutrient rich areas of low flow. There are a number of things that need to be correct or possibly corrected to combat this without the use of chemical additives.
1.Evaluate your feeding. If you are feeding more than can be eaten in about 1-2 minutes it is too much and the remainder of it is falling to the rock and sand and becoming nutrient.
2.Evaluate your flow. If you have areas in the tank where there is little to no flow this can be corrected by adding power heads or repositioning the ones you already have. You don’t need to create sand storms just have water moving over the area to keep detritus suspended in the water column for removal by your filter – skimmer.
3.Evaluate your water changes. The solution to pollution is dilution! You want to continually remove unneeded nutrients as well as replace those things that are used by the system. 10% weekly is a good change schedule. Some do 20% every other week and some vary the schedule from there, but a good start is 10% per week.
4.Evaluate your lighting schedule. About 10 hours of daylight is all that is needed.
5.If you have a cyano outbreak do the above 4 items andh:
a.At water change time siphon off the cyano first. It will come up easily almost like a blanker.
b.After siphoning stir the affected areas a little to suspend any detritus for the water change and filtering - skimming removal.
c.Use a turkey baster now and at every water change in the future to again suspend the detritus for removal by the water change and your filtering – skimming.
Keeping nutrient levels low to non-existent will help to avoid cyano outbreaks and any algae outbreaks as well as keep your tank and you happy happy.
Hope that helps.
K
krichardson
Guest
yes! it does help. thank you!
i have been battling red slime for about 3 weeks and was about to result to chemicals. but i shall try a few more things from your list(i have already done some of the things suggested already)
florida joe
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If you are not apposed to a chemical treatment ultralife makes a red slime remover that works well. If you do use it remember to turn off your protein skimmer for a few days or empty out your collection cup every day this produce will cause over skimming i have found it to be reef safe as they state
beenbag497
Member
well i bought the korolia nano today and im gonna see how that works..im also mixing water as we speak for a water change that im going to do tommorow
