[kellehar]

thanks for helping beverly
i declorinate all water prior to mix salt ,after mixing saltand checking salinity i then add the water to the tank .
yep scubbed it when i got home as i had read a post on here before about doing that.

i just now again scrubbed the live rock in another tank and which took off that red stuff easily.re cleaned filter medias and now doing another 20% water change as i drained some water to clean live rock and filter media. i hope this helps with the caynobacteria

thanks for all your help beverly and ryan and hopfully it doesnt come back.