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Old 04-15-2010, 10:18 PM
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Blasting it will not help.
This will just spread it around your tank and it will grow to be a overwhelming problem.
Best solution is to manually siphon it out of the tank, if it is just a few peices of rock remove them and let the rock die off, otherwise use a hose to suck it all into a bucket, then replace the water after each time.
reduce your light period one hour in the morning and one hour at night.
this will help stop its reproduction.
You can use a very safe reed additive called coral snow, this seems to inhibit it from reproducing as well.
And as well increase the flow in the area where you siphoned the slime from, reposition your power heads and inlets.
In no circumstances use the redslime remover this will certainly make your tank recycle and cause more problems then it solves.
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Old 04-16-2010, 12:14 AM
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Ive had success using coral snow and seachem stability to boost the good bacteria to fight the cyano. I also cut my light down to 4 hours a day for 4-5 days
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:33 PM
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do you cut all your lights?
i cut my mh, and just running the actinics.
Should i cut those as well?
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Old 04-17-2010, 11:52 PM
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Cutting the white or 10,000k lights is a big help.
The darker blue lights should be fine as they are not as bright, however a full blackout is not needed, a reduction in the light period is much better for the tank over the long run.
Be sure tho to remove the Redslime as when it dies it creates toxins to your tanks water.
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Old 04-19-2010, 04:15 AM
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I just managed to get rid of mine. I basicly got rid of what I could off the rocks, doing water changes every couple of days and reduced the amount I fed. Most of what I read stated that water quality was a big factor in dealing with it.
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