help please.

[jtsojt]

can anyone help>?on the candy coral the red colour thing is it harmful?and my prata does it look ok?

[raydiative]

your candy cane looks like its gonna be overrun by red slime or some red algae... if you dun remove them, they would eventually grow over the candy cane and kill them...

prata looks kind of stress.. there seem to be some exposed skeleton.. is the picture taken when the lights are on or off?

[Terryz_]

your candy cane looks like its gonna be overrun by red slime or some red algae... if you dun remove them, they would eventually grow over the candy cane and kill them...

prata looks kind of stress.. there seem to be some exposed skeleton.. is the picture taken when the lights are on or off?

Those are red algae.. But they can overgrow and take over your candy cane..

[jtsojt]

your candy cane looks like its gonna be overrun by red slime or some red algae... if you dun remove them, they would eventually grow over the candy cane and kill them...

prata looks kind of stress.. there seem to be some exposed skeleton.. is the picture taken when the lights are on or off?

i going to remove the red algae soon.and the prata pic is taken when the light is just on.

[raydiative]

the prata seems to be bleaching a little too.. try feeding it with some meaty food? do you dose iodine?

[jtsojt]

the prata seems to be bleaching a little too.. try feeding it with some meaty food? do you dose iodine?

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ok.thanks alot!ya i dose iodine in also!btw how do i get rid of the red algae?is there any solution to prevent it?

[desideria]

Maybe your tank has allot of dead spots? not enough flow? High Phosphates? Have you tested for phosphates? Rowaphos is a good media to remove phosphates.

another good media to remove red slime algae is the zeovit : Coral snow and Zeozym combination. Expensive but works like a charm.

good luck

[raydiative]

chances are your phosphate and nitrate level are very high... did you do any readings of the both lately? From the pics you provide, its seems like you have an algae issue...

Solution? Ensure your water condition is pristine... even with good water condition algae will still grow but very slowly.. think you can try adding a "vegetarian" fish or just manual labour..

HTH!

[jtsojt]

ame='jtsojt' date='12 May 2010 - 12:31 PM' timestamp='1273638666' post='909372']

chances are your phosphate and nitrate level are very high... did you do any readings of the both lately? From the pics you provide, its seems like you have an algae issue...

Solution? Ensure your water condition is pristine... even with good water condition algae will still grow but very slowly.. think you can try adding a "vegetarian" fish or just manual labour..

HTH!

ok.thanks alot!will take note on this !thanks for helping !!!!! ,

[Eniram]

i don't think its red slime as shown in your pic, could be an algae. A clearer re sized picture would be good

[MOssrope]

looks like red macro algae to me.. forgot the scientific name but was posted not long ago before.

good things to have in sump(only!).