red slime algae
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miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by helpme74
I have this red slime algae growing in with my cheato and some on my sponge filter.
It looks like red flake food when wet. But I don’t feed any flake food. What is it? Is it bad?
This is bad, it is a sign of high phosphates, bad water circulation and deteriorating water conditions, Also a major culprit is OVERFEEDING!
Cut Down on feeding maybe 1 every 3days, check water parameters, is it time for a water change? also how long do you keep your main lights on? Do you use RO/DI water? Pass along your water parameters as well for further diagnosis please!
I have this red slime algae growing in with my cheato and some on my sponge filter.
It looks like red flake food when wet. But I don’t feed any flake food. What is it? Is it bad?
This is bad, it is a sign of high phosphates, bad water circulation and deteriorating water conditions, Also a major culprit is OVERFEEDING!
Cut Down on feeding maybe 1 every 3days, check water parameters, is it time for a water change? also how long do you keep your main lights on? Do you use RO/DI water? Pass along your water parameters as well for further diagnosis please!
helpme74
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I have a 75 gallon reef ready tank . i have a sump on the bottom with a trio 27 pump with two 3/4 return nozzels in my tank i also have a hot magnum in my tank . I use ro/di water. my lighting on my main tank is on 12 hours but where the red algie is in my sump only . but i just started running my sump light 12 hours for my cheto i was running my sump light before 24/7 but not anymore . i also have a skimmer and a 36 watt uv light on my system.
