Red Algae Invasion VS. DIY XP2 reactor! More Advice Needed About a Product.

[burrows14]

I agree with the coral snow also. I had a bad out break myself and I fought it by doing a 3 to 4 day black out and added coral snow and I havent seen any red slime in 3 months

[MMAX]

What kind of water are you using Grizz? I had a bad outbreak 2 summers ago when I started experimenting with tap water because I ran out of RO. Mixed up a fresh bucket of salt water and scrubbed every rock in my tank. Did a complete water change using RO and haven't had a problem since.

[globaldesigns]

Hey it was great talking with you again, keep in touch. Let me know how it goes.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Hey it was great talking with you again, keep in touch. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for the info Rick. After 2 - 20% water change's (1 yesturday and 1 today)

Phos is at .5 ish
Ph. is at 8.4
NO3 is at 0
NO2 is at 0
NH3 is at 0
calcium is at 380 but have not dosed today yet
KH is at 196 ppm

[bauder1986]

Hey Greg, if you have any Red Slime on the substrate of your tank i find that if you bury it with other substrate in your tank that isnt covered in algea it ends up dying instantly. that is what i did with my tank and it worked great!

[RuGlu6]

Filter out Phosphates, regardless what test is showing, your live rock and sand is a phosphate storage, you may read low in the water column but that doesn't mean actual phos are low, if you have algae that usually means you have phosphates.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by MMAX

What kind of water are you using Grizz? I had a bad outbreak 2 summers ago when I started experimenting with tap water because I ran out of RO. Mixed up a fresh bucket of salt water and scrubbed every rock in my tank. Did a complete water change using RO and haven't had a problem since.

I have a whole house RO system (big $$$ system) that produces water with a better quality then store bought.