Battling red slime algae

[andrewttw]

Hi all, I'm battling this patch of red slime algae on my live rock and substrate. I have finished a whole box of ultra life red slime remover. The algae has completely gone off my sand bed but there are very stubborn spots on my live rock.

Just got my ro/di unit and did one 30% water change. Planning on doing more water changes.

But as it is, the algae wasn't completely wiped out. Should I remove the live rock totally? I bought a different brand of remover, chemiclean, just in case.

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[james72]

Just blow on all the live rocks just before you do your water change. The red slime will be easily blown off, siphon it away.

Cheers,

James

[andrewttw]

Just blow on all the live rocks just before you do your water change. The red slime will be easily blown off, siphon it away.

Cheers,

James

Wahahahaa! Looks like a tsunami went through my tank. Red slime keeps coming back though. Just bought a sand sifting starfish to see if he can help with the problem

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[qianjun]

Try using sea hare. It is helping me clean my sand bed now. Looks kinda ugly thou. I tried blowing but keeps coming back.

[lyeheng]

Btw, how long has your tank been running?

[sherman]

Try running rowa and wc every 3 days

[andrewttw]

Tank already running for about 9 months.

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[p.tm]

I battled red slime/cyano before.. found that a combination of phosphates and low flow is the cause. Did you test your po4 level?

[clownfish_forever]

Bro, I was in the exact situation more than 1 year ago. Don't give up.

But if you want to resolve your red slime issue, you still need to find the root causes.

I did a combination of WC, remove deep sea bed from display tank, install a better skimmer and start growing cheato. And I have no red slime problem ever since. So jia you!

[sherman]

Blow them off and clear your filter wool or cloth or bags. Dose Good Bye PO4 daily and do water change every few days

[blueclown]

Nualgi work for me, perhaps you can try it.

[beelim]

Nualgi works partially for me. But some blindspots (Underneath wavemaker) still very stubborn. Not cheap but good investment!!

[Zack Chan]

Nualgi is one of the most expensive solution

[beelim]

Yes Bro Zackary11, that is y every drop counts.

[sgtayc]

I heard the red and green led will cause red algae and they shld be turn off. Not sure true or not i have not experienced it yet. Finger crossed

[wanwan]

Mine grow from display to sump now... But display tank is lesser compare to weeks ago but sump is having more cyano. So growing cyano is gd in sump?

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