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03-25-2009, 10:59 PM
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how much rock do you have in the tank? is possible you don't have enough bio filtration to keep up. OR.... if you have sand it my contain high phosphate content over time. I know red slime seems to occur in dead spots, where food may land. I wouldnt do drastic water changes until your sure you know whats wrong. If you do too much it could cycle the tank.
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03-26-2009, 12:36 AM
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J&L suggested a rock amount and I took considerably more than that. Most of the tank has rock. I do not have red slime (cyan) I have red bubble algae on the rocks and at the base of some coral. The sand is clear white and about a year old.
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03-29-2009, 02:20 AM
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I have successfully dealt with bubble algae in the past.... I had a 20 gallon nano that was totally infested with it. The problem is that bursting the bubbles results in it spreading. What I did was to chisel the end of a turkey baster. I sucked up the pieces as I chiseled the bubbles off the rock. Eventually this method completely solved the problem.
Hope it, or something else, works for you. 
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03-29-2009, 05:02 AM
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I tried a dental scaler and the bits I could reach came off well. Unfortunately I expect I ripped open a lot of them in the process! as a newbie I have put my rock too close to the edges, have lots of overhangs etc --> make it next to impossible to reach with a baster. I shall see what happens
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03-29-2009, 07:13 AM
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More rock then 25% of tank volume will lead to: 1-Lack of circulation 2-Dead zones with no O2 3-Po4 phosphates accumulation as well as No3. Solution: 1-Remove some live rock 2- Go bare bottom or 1" inch sand bed at max. 3- increase circulation with propeller type pumps for wider flow pattern (not impeller) 4- Get rid of Po4, phosphates are main cause of algae. Live rock and sand are "Home Depot" size source of Po4.
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