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ok, just need alittle help
ok, I need just a little bit of help, this darn red algae is taking over my tank, I have cleaned and clean, and it goes away then all the sudden comes back and takes over and I clean and clean again, any certain way of getting rid of this stuff for good? I took some pictures of it, but on my friend’s camera, so she has to load them onto her computer, so tomorrow they should be up and you can get what I mean on what kind of algae it is. but anything is good right now as for what you can tell me.
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probably cyano...if you get the 2005 annual reef magazine (has mandarine dragonettes on the cover) they have a 3-4 page article on it...it takes a while to go away on it's own..just be persistant, do nice frequent water changes sucking out as much as you can...it's a PITA (pain in the ass) but it should go away on it's own as long as you stay on it!
hope this helps! if you want a quick fix that's somewhat detrimental to your system, search big al's for "red slime remover" works like a darn. comes in a blue box. it smokes off quite a bit of benificial bacteria while it's at it, but definately shows that red slime who's boss. |
i will have to pick up that mag. other then that, i rather not use any stuff to todally kill it away, i just thought someone who would know a fish that would get rid of it, its going all over my mushrooms and my leather, i hate that looks nasty lol
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ok got the pictures theres just 2, sorry there kind of bad, but hey it gets the point across. i am also going to post the other pictures of my tank i took, and in some of the other pictures you can just see how bad it is
http://members.shaw.ca/mikeandmatt/salt/tank13.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/mikeandmatt/salt/tank12.jpg |
That is Cyano. Try upping the flow in those areas to see if it helps.
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yeah i tried, the only thing that has worked for is my finger coral, that loves it lol
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i don't have one yet, i do plann on getting one, but i have no money the river is dry! lol
i got good flow 2 fluvals, and 2 powerheads |
What are the nutrient levels in your tank?
-Rich |
Do you use ro/di water?
Using ro/di water might help a little. |
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