| Red slime algae EVERYWHERE!
I have been battling a large algae bloom for almost a month now. I've been the victor against all of it, except the red slime algae (which the only book I have that has anything similar to this calls it Cyanobacteria, and shows it as a decorative covering on a rock). Despite the RO water changes that have lowered my PO4 to lower than my test can detect, and physical removal of as much of it as I can get, it is thriving. So much so that it is nearly covering the sand in the entire front of my tank, and at least two LR's. I break it up and remove as much as I can every time I do a water change (10% every 5 days), yet the next morning, it seems like it's back just as thick as before.
My ammonia and nitrites = 0, nitrates 2, ph 8.3, temp 79F, and I use a CoraLife lighting fixture with 2 96W bulbs (one daylight, one actinic) that is only a couple months old.
Does anyone know how I can get rid of this stuff? (sorry about the pics. I'm not as good a photographer as my wife)
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Last edited by KodiakBear : 02-15-2007 at 07:26 PM.
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