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I am battling red slime these days. My tank is only 6 months old. I've been told many things. To leave it alone and it will use up all the nutrients and die off. To turn off the lights and kill its food sourse. To not overfeed.

My nitrates are at 5 ppm and my phosphates are undetectable with Hagen test kit. So there could be a little bit but nothing to strain about.

I chose the wait it out method. Since im not getting any company for a while. And I like the fact that even though its ugly and bad it is using up its nutrients. My question is that there are a ton of bubbles starting to form undeneath the red slime. Are these bubbles bad for the tank? Should I be doing something else, like maybe trying to suck it out. I have a fine dsb 4" and I dont really want to disturb the sand too much, or accidently suck a whole bunch up. I do top off with Ro water now (since 2 weeks ago).

Are there any critters than eat red slime algae?

Any suggestions, flames, comments would be great

Mark