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Warnberg · 02-15-2007, 05:10 PM

Looks to me like what you have there is cyno bacteria and not algae. First increase flow in the tank, reduce feedings or amount fed, get a turkey baster and blast it off the rock or when doing a water change vacuum it up. Is this tank fairly new? It is normal to go thru cycles of cynobacteria when a tank in newer, also you should also be shooting for 0 nitrates.

02-15-2007, 05:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Warnberg Acropora Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Red slime algae EVERYWHERE! Looks to me like what you have there is cyno bacteria and not algae. First increase flow in the tank, reduce feedings or amount fed, get a turkey baster and blast it off the rock or when doing a water change vacuum it up. Is this tank fairly new? It is normal to go thru cycles of cynobacteria when a tank in newer, also you should also be shooting for 0 nitrates. __________________ Dave 240 Gallon Tall Tencor (96"L x 30"T x 18"W) 4 250 Watt MH XM10K bulbs 2-54 Watt T5 Actinic Euro-Reef CS8-2-RC Jetstream 1 Calcium Reactor 4 Tunze Turbelle stream 6000 power heads 7095 Tunze controller