Recently my tank got blue slime algae worse and worse,My friend told me this website yesterday, so i hope some reefers here can feel free and give me some advice. Try to upload some pictures of the algae issues but all fail lol. Thanks in advanced! John.
Blue slime algae help
- Thread starter john70
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- Location
- Woodbridge
Can you take a picture?
- Location
- Bethpage,NY
Blue?I've heard of red
- Location
- Woodbridge
Brown red green purple never heard of blue either
This is a good product that cleared up my slime algae issues.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/ultralife-red-slime-remover.html?gclid=CPf6v8q58MoCFQsaHwod9_ENVw
Thanks for healping guys! Dkw just can't post picture,actually much more blue slime,then little green and red slime too grow in same spot.they're same algae ti me just the color different, I using a small power head to blow them,they're all easy to Pell off from any surface, but coming back very quickly. Very annoying !
Thanks themeat! I just got the phosbam reactor from lfs today,going to install it tonight, and also my friend going to send me some cheato algae tomorrow, hopefully when nutrent getting lower will kill all the slime. I already did as you said,put one more power head to the tank to get more flow. It works good,i can see some slime peel off from the rock because the higher flow, but few soft coral looks bad lol,need to move the to the corner. Thanks again!
Make sure the flow throu the reactor is slow so the media has time to work. Plus too fast and media works it's way out of the reactor and gets stuck onto pump motor magnets leading to hi heat and/or failure.
Unless you are removing the detached algae that the added circulation is causing, it brakes down and re releases the nutrients it used to grow. A catch 22.
With a filter sock in place blow off the rocks with a turkey baster, and mix up the surface of the sand. An hour or two later, clean or replace the sock. The more often you do this the better, until you get nitrates and phosphates in check.
Unless you are removing the detached algae that the added circulation is causing, it brakes down and re releases the nutrients it used to grow. A catch 22.
With a filter sock in place blow off the rocks with a turkey baster, and mix up the surface of the sand. An hour or two later, clean or replace the sock. The more often you do this the better, until you get nitrates and phosphates in check.
Yes i have set up the po4 reactor exactly as you show me here! After major cleaning and a big water change,also keep the tank under darker light. Now,the tank looks much clean than before! I can see the blue slime still grows back after my cleaning but slower than befor,very happy about that! Hopeful take week or two,I can completely get rip of the nasty slime from my system.Thanks for help guys!
- Location
- Woodbridge
Have you tried peroxide dosing?
Thanks mu8st! I heard this before but Didn't try it at this time. My tank getting much better than before since I did a big cleaning and big water change, plus god and extra big circulation pump. I will do research on peroxide and keep in mind for the future. Thanks again bro!
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