Red slime/ algae outbreak help

[Crabs]

Good luck. I'm not sure how the lack of lighting will affect the bacteria. Never thought of that. Let us know how it turns out

 

[xxStLxx]

Update: So I went to my LFS and they were all out of chemipure elite, so instead went with the killing the lights idea. It worked. 3 days of no light and using a turkey baster to blow off the rock work once a day and all the cyano bacteria is gone. Noted that I only am running my moonlight led's right now to slowly transition my tank back to where I can turn my 70w MH back on. Still going to get the chemipure though to help prevent further outbreaks down the road.

 

[Crabs]

Interesting how the lack of light would affect bacteria. Hmmm. Anyway, it won't hurt to use ChemiPure. The only thing I noticed when I first added this media was that my Coraline algae suffered a little. Some minor bleaching occurred. Could have been a coincidence. It's rebounding now. Let me know if u get similar results. Other than that, my tank seems to b more stable since I've started using it. I rinse out the media bag every couple weeks. Not sure where I read about doing that but u can c the crap rinsing out. So I think it's a good idea. Later!

 

[xxStLxx]

Thanks for the tip. Ill keep everyone posted as far as what happens when I add the chemipure and if any of my parameters change. And Ill note my 3 different colors of coraline algae and if I see any die off.