I need to get rid of red slime "algae" (cyanobacteria) in my marine acquarium. I have tried ChemiClear and Eurythromycin and it keeps coming back. It now appears to be resistant to both those treatments. Anybody have a good treatment? I have invertebrates in the tank so any treatment would have to be safe for them.
2006-12-07 15:54:53 · 5 answers · asked by Mike R 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
If you have a refugium (and refugium lighting) load it with lots of macroalgae (like chaetomorpha, etc) which will compete over the excess nutrients which are fueling the cyano (primarily phosphate and nitrate).
If you don't have one, get a phospate reactor (or something else which will export phosphates).
Low nitirates (0-5ppm) and low phosphates (0-0.03ppm) combined with lots of macroalgae is a method of getting rid of cyanobacteria (which typically occurs in new marine tanks). Basically you need to starve it out.
2006-12-07 21:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kay B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Limit the duration of light. Excess light breeds algae. 2. Add an algae eater to your tank. A pleco is a nice addition. Fun to watch too.
2016-03-28 22:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cyanobacteria usually is blue green colour. Make sure that your not overfeeding, overcrowding the fish, or have any dead plants. Clean the gravel or sand and change 1/3 water but not the filter. Scrape the algae off of the glass. Sucker fish wont eat it because its a bacteria so dont try to buy them.
hope it helps
2006-12-07 16:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let us try this dilemma naturally. First, if you have this form of algae, your water is healthy. Congratulations on that. A great deal of vertabrae such as peppermint shrimp will eat the algae. I would suggest wiping it from the glass. Typically, red algae will appear only on rocks and corals. Brown algae appears on the glass. Wipe as much of it as possible. Be cautious on adding the chemicals to your water because it can throw some of your levels off. It is a normal part of marina aqua and ecology. You can lessen the amount of light to your tank as well, to inhibit the growth of this. Obtain some additional algae eating crustaceons.
2006-12-07 22:02:30 · answer #4 · answered by punxsyparty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
snails and hermit crabs should take care of it.. they should go in as soon as you're done cycling the tank.
also, make sure you're not overstocked and/or overfeeding whatever's in there already.
2006-12-08 05:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋