Bad Hair Algae

[likwid]

Here are the photos of the red slime.






And a FTS so you can see all the ugly hair algae on my rocks :/

[BC564]

I had a bunch of hair algae like that also.....I used Algae magic on it for 3 consecutive days.....and it has never returned either.....but I also added a Phosban reactor on the 5th day from treatment....so I would guess that is why it hasnt come back. That looks like Cyano to me...

[Reefer Rob]

I suppose I'm stating the obvious when I say it has to be a nutrient export issue. You could try "live rock in a bucket", or dosing iron to increase your Chaeto growth.

Also have a look at this thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1078532

[likwid]

Ya I spent $60 on a bottle of Algae magic that did nothing at all for my tank.

Ill try 3 days of darkness and post the results.

[BC564]

wow....I dont know what to tell you ......hmmm

[fiorano]

can cyano also get all long and stringy too because i have like thick red slime on some parts of my sand that is like flowing with the water in strings?

[Farrmanchu]

Are you using tap water? That's an insane amount of nuisance algae. I would decrease the waterchanges and feeding, maybe even lower the bioload. Manually remove the Hair Algae, and use Maracyn antibiotic on the Cyano. I've found that too many or too large of water changes can contribute to this problem, especially if you use tap water.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by fiorano

can cyano also get all long and stringy too because i have like thick red slime on some parts of my sand that is like flowing with the water in strings?

Yes.