Heres the question?

[marinelover]

A guy from a local business came into my store today and wants me to come maintain his 75 gallon salt tank so when i went to go see it red slime algae covering everything! He has nice rock too but no inverts so before i start taken care of it i want to make sure i get it taken care of better on the clean up crew side! So i know what to do and what to add to it, but i want to know what you guys would do! Aswell
Thanks
Shawn

 

[TDEVIL]

well, what i would do is get the params straight, with w/c's with good quality water
there will be some phos, etc present even if the test kits dont show it, the algae is feeding off of something

i would also add some more flow and decrease the photo-period and when doing the w/c's i would try to get as much of the algae i could get out of the tank
then i would run a magnum HOB filter with some carbon to help clean out the particles that will be floating and to help polish the tank

is it a young tank? remember algae is part of the aquarium, hard to rid it, but easy to control which is done by keeping the params in control

as far as the critter crew, for sb i like nassi snails, conchs and bumbble bee snails for the glass and LR, ceriths, Margarita, astera and some nerite snails

Jay

PS, sorry i didnt answer you q on another post, i dont work at the LFS i work at Amcast

 

[marinelover]

Thanks i fgured on those things !!!
Shawn

 

[Blackness]

try also using a cynobacteria remover. the water flow is the most important factor. No stagnent areas no slime. U didn't mention if there was a protein skimmer that will help alot too.