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Old 10-17-2007, 06:59 PM
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Red Slime Algae (Cyanobacteria)

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Old 10-17-2007, 07:03 PM
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Siphon out as much as you can, do a water change and increase the flow within your tank so you have no 'dead' areas.Snails will help to a degree, but you need to fix the cause of the cyano or it will continue to reoccur.
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Old 10-17-2007, 07:08 PM
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Search MR for cyanobacteria. You'll be pleasantly surprised with the results.
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Old 10-17-2007, 07:47 PM
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wut size power head shoould i hadv
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Old 10-17-2007, 08:15 PM
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for a 55 gal
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Old 10-17-2007, 08:33 PM
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Flow rates are more effective when determined by your livestock rather than tank size.
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Old 10-17-2007, 09:18 PM
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ok, while iam at, how can i fix a ick prob
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Old 10-17-2007, 11:22 PM
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Quarantine the sick fish or fishes and treat with copper.Especially tangs.2 weeks or so should do it.A ich breakout is real bad and can kill everything in there real quick.
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Old 10-21-2007, 03:10 AM
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my friend adds sugar to his sump.. dunno how much he adds but I know it cured all his problems with red allgee if you want you can message him on here
questionmarc is his user name I think he adds a teaspoon once a day and he has 150 gallon
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Old 10-21-2007, 08:58 AM
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tank

as for ick if you can qt the fish, one of the best livestock i have bought is my cleaner shrimp, they help alot with the problem, but wont solve the problem, water change, flow for the cyano, also do you use a ro\di to filter tap water ?
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