How to get rid of these red stuff?

[arash53]

Originally Posted by Seriak

Its cyano. Is your tank new?

It is not cyano and it's is not a new tank , they just showed up!


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[howdy20012002]

sorry, but it is cyano.
easiet way to get rid of it is to siphon it off with a hose of some sort

[Spyd]

It is cyano. It does just show up when the nutrients get too high or not enough flow. The seahorses and corals all exhaust nutirents into the water and if you do not have enough flow, it settles on your sand bed.

Since you cannot increase the flow, siphoning it would be your best bet. It can also occur if your light bulbs are getting too old. Do you run GFO or anything like that?

[Spyd]

Also, what type of sand did you use in your tank? It may be difficult to siphon properly if it is not a coarse grain.

[reefgirl189]

Try to siphon out what you can and do a few water changes. It should help out tremendously.

[Seriak]

I don't know of anything that eats it.

[Coralgurl]

Get some sand sifting snails or a diamond goby. My goby won't eat the cyano, but does keep the sand clean of debris. I've got cyano on my rocks and I've been blowing it off and syphoning it out. I have also changed the flow in my tank and this seems to be helping. You may not be able to add more flow, but you can change it around to avoid "dead" spots.

[Spyd]

Some claim blue and red Hermit Crabs will eat it, however, all crabs are selective eaters and will eat what they want, when they want...

I suggest purchasing some Nassarius snails as well. They are sand sifters. They will not eat the cyano but they will eat the left over food particles, etc. as well as stir up the top layer of your sand bed.

[Cal_stir]

what are your no3 and po4?