red/purple slime algae
It’s not an algae,it’s actually a bacteria (Cynobacter) I find with my clients, they get it from OVERFEEDING ! I get them to stop feeding as heavy and a little help, it goes away. This is what I do, first vacuum any I can out replaced with fresh saltwater.. I add 1 oz coconut or good grade carbon per 10 gallons. 1 pouch of Phos-Zorb per 50 gallons. Nim is right about current being a factor, but on the reefs I set up current is not the problem, it’s over feeding. I run some reef at 30-40X turnover an hour. Another thing is very important, always top off with Kalwasser water, and keeping the Calcium levels up in the 500+ range. I run tanks 600 +. Only add Kalk water in the morning, when you pH is at its lowest and NEWER add it directly to the tank. Get you a trash can add the kalk to the ro water in the trashcan , stir it very well, then wait 24 hours to use it , then just use a gallon jug to dip off the top water in the trashcan and add to your aquarium to top off. You can continue to do the same thing everyday or so to keep the aquarium full. When you have used up your the Kalk-water (be carefull not to stir up the kalk on the bottom of the trashcan,dip slowly near the bottom so you dont get the actual kalk (lime) powder into you tank, this will start red (cyno) in your tank where it settles. You can also use erythromycin to kill it, and the low does I use wont kill or interrupt your bacteria bed ether. Use 300 mg. per 50 gallons for 10 days. If you have a skimmer ,you’ll have to turn it off for the duration of the treatment. This is not a long term cure, only a quick fix, to actually fix the problem, you need to find the source of the problem. Be it overfeeding, high Po4, high nitrates,low current,low calcium or your low pH top off water is the problem , you’ll need to address it, or it will come back. Hope this helps! DBA Aquariums By Sissy ww.aquariumsbysissy.com
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