red slime

[tpaparazzo]

Man..Im getting killed with cyano...Its all over my substrate..

I use ro/di, I checked my phoisphates and there 0. All my levels look good. I feed once a day. Not overfeeding. I siphon with twater changes and then it comes back within an hour..

Please help

1 other questiuon..i have 100lbs of live rock.I had a tank of base rock abou 20lbs thats been out of water for awhile..It has a little green algae but for the most part its still white...What should i do to this rock before putting it in my tank...Boil it???

Thanks guys

 

[scuba_steve]

have ya tested your ro unit ?!?!? after i got mine all cyanos were gone in a few weeks

 

[two11devan]

WHat about water flow and lighting? Any lighting upgrades recently? How long are they on? Are you getting any water movement over your substrate?

 

[tpaparazzo]

i tested for phosphates in my ro..what else should i change..the only real change is that i started using kent pro buffer dkh and calcium each day..My alk and calcium look ok....It seems when i started addin each day is when i started f=getting the slime

 

[two11devan]

What about lighting and water flow? Also, it is highly reccommended never to add anything to your tank without testing for it first. I have no Idea if you did or not, just trhowing that out there

 

[tpaparazzo]

also my lighting is on 8-9 blue act then i turn on the full spectrum at 9.00am and then at night i shut off the full spectrum at 8:00 and the blues at 9:00pm....They are custom sealife power compacts..I have a 75gallon tank (jetstreme by marineland) and 2 powerheads one on each side..Should i add another power head..

 

[two11devan]

I would try to adjust them so that at least one gets some good flow over your substrate...I had a nasty red slime problem for a couple of weeks and redirecting my powerheads help it alot. Its all gone now!

 

[tpaparazzo]

thanks for your help..I will adjust them and see