red stuff on live sand

[j123]

i have a 12 g cube that is 5 days old. the tank is cycled and has 10 pounds of ls, 15 pounds of lr, royal gramma, and percula clown. a few minutes ago i checked the the tank and the sand had started to turn a light red color. can anyone tell me what this is and how to fix it? any help would be apppreciated.

 

[jrthomas40]

it is probably diatoms

 

[j123]

what does that mean? is it good or bad?

 

[24aqua]

either your feeding too much or not enough flow and both

 

[24aqua]

you shouldnt have any live stock if your still in cycle whats your parameters

 

[j123]

the tank has completed cycling and there are no nitrites or ammonia

 

[24aqua]

are you overfeeding?how much water flow?

 

[j123]

i feed twice a day once in the morning and once in the evining and only drop in around 5 little pellets. as for the water flow it seems to be normal

 

[24aqua]

you can put a rio900 or some stuff called cyno x

 

[payton 350]

cynobacteria not good to have.but since it's a new tank you are gonna have a few battles with it and algae....increase water flow and try to remove it if you can

 

[j123]

how do i increase water flow or remove it?

 

[payton 350]

get another power head or point the one you have towards it....another option ...get yourself some sand sifting creatures......do a search for "cyno" on here and there are tons of tips and help for this....try not to use any chemicals in there either....according to others it just helps temp.

 

[demartini]

If all else fails... like in my case, then I would suggest chemiclean red slime remover. I used a tiny bit once and it went away that day. I have never had a break out of the cyno since...and that was about 6 months ago.

 

[d0 thy d3w]

ur tank is 5 days old total?? or five days since the cycle ended?

 

[demartini]

he said it's cycled

 

[d0 thy d3w]

gah! and once again i run into u demartini! lol..i just wanted to make sure..because my first time doin SW i thot i was doing everything right..and didnt take things slow..i didnt lose alot of money from it..but a few clowns died as the results of my unknowledgefulness... i just was tryin to make sure the poster of this thread wasnt making the same mistake! =)

 

[captn bob]

If all else fails... like in my case, then I would suggest chemiclean red slime remover.
Could you tell where you get chemiclean red slime remover? There is no lsf in the area and I have to buy everything over the internet. Thanks

 

[demartini]

I bought mine from a fish store so I'm not sure where online you can find it. I'm sure if you google it you could find it. before you buy it try doing what people told you to do first...cut down on light, get better water flow etc..... oh and if your feeding your fish flakes then get rid of those and use formula one frozen food or pellets.

 

[d0 thy d3w]

actually..my lights suck bigtime..so im upgrading...ill try some googling...and my moms friend used to own a pet store..so ill talk to them tommorow if possible on a hookup for better LR..im also planning on adding another powerhead...and i dont feed flakes..i have formula..1 or 2..dont rememebr..and im too lazy to walk to my freezer to find out...and sum other food thats mostly veggies!

 

[fishfatty]

If I were you I would cut back on the feedings to ATLEAST once daily, if not once every other day. That could be a part of the problem too. I feed my reef only once a week.