Purple/red algea

[The Guy]

I have a couple of areas on some of my live rock with this maroon colored algae on it, it lifts off easily but back comes back again. Is there anything I can use that will get rid of this stuff without having to upset the system

[Cymaster007]

Chemi clean makes a good product. Look up the red slime remover

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[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Cymaster007

Chemi clean makes a good product. Look up the red slime remover

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Thanks got some going in my tank now, not thrilled about turning off the protein skimmer and UV while treating for 48 hours but I thought I better follow the directions and do it right. I also added an air stone as suggested on the package.
Thanks again for your help.

[input80]

Yes, if it is cyano, Chemiclean worked very well on both of our tanks.

[Tom R]

If it is red turf algae then snail work very well. I like Mexican Turbo Snails.

Tom R

[asylumdown]

Can you post a picture of the algae? How you respond depends very much on what it is you're dealing with.

Cyano is a bacteria that can be treated chemically with a product like chemi-clean. Chemi-clean won't do a thing for real algaes, diatoms, or dinoflagellates though. Buying a herbivore to eat turf algae won't do a thing for cyano.

It's best to get a positive ID on what it is first.

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Can you post a picture of the algae? How you respond depends very much on what it is you're dealing with.

Cyano is a bacteria that can be treated chemically with a product like chemi-clean. Chemi-clean won't do a thing for real algaes, diatoms, or dinoflagellates though. Buying a herbivore to eat turf algae won't do a thing for cyano.

It's best to get a positive ID on what it is first.

Here's a picture of it. I started a Chemi-clean treatment last night, Hopefully this will get rid of this stuff. Any suggestions on what may be causing it. I am using Rowaphos and all my other levels seem good.

[asylumdown]

I'm not sure I'm seeing anything on that rock that looks like cyano. Is it the dark red patches that you're talking about? What's it like when it comes off? Slimy and disintegrates, flaky, or spongy?

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I'm not sure I'm seeing anything on that rock that looks like cyano. Is it the dark red patches that you're talking about? What's it like when it comes off? Slimy and disintegrates, flaky, or spongy?

It's slimy and breaks up easily when it comes off.

[input80]

When I had, what I thought was, cyano, it was only on the sands bed(s), never saw it on the rocks. Has it started to brown up/recede yet Laurie ?