nanchil

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I started my tank few months back with Marco rocks and live sand. The tank is up and running for few months. It went through the regular cycling process. I did dump a couple bottle of Bio Spira to speed up the cycling process. I am noticing red slime over the rocks ... Wondering is it normal for Marco rocks ... I am running GFO ... Might use red slime remover ... but would like to know if this is a extended cycling ? Thanks
 

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jrobbins

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the tank is still young. just be patient, feed less, and keep up with water changes. I've had Marco rocks in my tank for about 7 years now and I don't think they are leaching anything.
 

junker68

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In an established tank, I had an issue with cyanobacteria, and I used Chemi-clean.
I'm not a chemical guy, but after water changes upon water changes, I gave in and I now swear by it.
Follow the directions and the cyno is GONE!
 

piranhapat

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In an established tank, I had an issue with cyanobacteria, and I used Chemi-clean.
I'm not a chemical guy, but after water changes upon water changes, I gave in and I now swear by it.
Follow the directions and the cyno is GONE!

+1. I just went through this in my new setup. I didn't want to but was the best thing. 3 days all gone hasn't comeback. Matter what a did water change and GFO cyano never went away until chemi-clean.
 

nanchil

Crawling Reefer.
Location
Mohegan Lake, NY
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Update

Sorry ... I didn't use Chemi clean yet ... I used red slime remover ... Its been 20 hours and i do see the change ... But still wondering what are those in the rocks ...
 
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That chemi-clean usually works in 48 hours...after about a day you'll see the color of the slime starting to change. Around 36 hours you'll see it starting to loosen from the rock and sand. Around 48 hours it will come dislodged and get taken up by the filters.

Amazing stuff.
 

nanchil

Crawling Reefer.
Location
Mohegan Lake, NY
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Thanks ... After 48 hours everything looks clean ... Amazing .. Now running Chemi-Pure elite ... Used Oceanic Salt (Found in my garage...unopened .. Hope no expiration date .. Got this one 7 years back and for some reason didn't use it) for a 30% water change ... now all good ... all happy :)
 

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