so with this heat ive develped a red algea on the bottom of my 90g tank. water perams are 0 no3 and 0 po4. is this just new tank syndrome? is ther a way to destroy the algea. tips peeps help. i do have about 2 inches of crushed coral substrate on the bottom of the tank. was thinking of takeing an inch off and putting in sugarsand on top. ok GO......
red cyano i think
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mwebber28
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Yeah thats what it looked like in my tank a few years ago. I used some stuff called Chemiclean. It killed the stuff in a few days. Im sure there is a better method but it worked for me. That and water change every 3 days and turning off the lights.
Is this the tank with the new LED's?
Is this the tank with the new LED's?
mwebber28
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Cool. well Im sure there is better advice comming soon. But like I said Chemiclean, lights off and lots of water changes. Worked for me. Oh and picking out the substrate with heavy slime on it.
Jozee
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Suction it out and keep your ph up 
ph always sits at 8.02. dont ever get highet than that. i run soda lime on skimmer and fresh air. have never use chems to rais as i only dose and dont like adding outside chems. i like fixing the problem not putting a bandaid on it.
mwebber28
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Well my advice is pretty much a bandaid and looking at your tank you need more than that.
Lights off and water changes, pick the crap out in chunks. Its al I got. best of luck.
i have 30g started for wc and will hookup my handy dandy batterypowerd gravel vaccume. as for the lights this is a soft coral tank and dont want to short any light. any critters a can get that will eat the stuff my sand star can only manage about 8 square inches atm.
Peppie
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Your corals wont mind the lights out for three days. I have done it a few times with out ANY problems or loses.
NanaReefer
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Not much will eat the cyano. Speaking from experience the best thing you can do is siphon it out, add a little extra flow to the affected area and watch how/what your feeding. More often then not it will return after the lights out method unless the cause is removed.
dwarf blue leg hermit will on ocasion eat it but are not the best. What you need to find ou tis what is the source of food that is feeding this because water changes black out chemicals will all be temporary if you dont eliminate the food source. You say you tested 0 on nitrates and phosphates but judging from how much and how fast that cyano is growing it is probabaly consuming them as fast as it can so most is locked up in the cyano so when you test you get results of 0. Manuel removal does help and you want to make sure that it does not grow over any corals also extra flow in those areas as well just my .02 from personal experiances =)
wsboyette
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I think you just have new tank syndrome here; I had the same thing happen in my FOWLR shortly after setup, and it went away after removing most of it by siphoning and a week or so of lights-out.
Scooterman
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Best method that ever worked for me, this isn't the hardest algae to get under control, siphon, flow, feeding control with cleaning and you'll see long term results!
NC2WA
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this is due to increased nutrients in the tank...find the source and problem should be resolved.....one fact about chemiclean, sure it will work and agree with you about the bandaid approch, but it also removes good bacteria from the tank which u dont want to do
how old is the tank?
how much do you feed the tank
how old r your lights (outdated lights can cuz this)
I assume you use RO water
do you use carbon?
how old is the tank?
how much do you feed the tank
how old r your lights (outdated lights can cuz this)
I assume you use RO water
do you use carbon?
NanaReefer
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Chemiclean does the following:
Destroys disease causing Red Slime Algae (Cyanobacteria) from your fish tank.
Works quickly without harming fish, invertebrates, corals or important nitrifying bacteria.
Oxidizes organic sludge and sediment.
Helps to clarify both Saltwater Aquariums and Freshwater Aquariums by removing fish tank red slime algae.
Promotes Ideal Enzyme Balance
Safe for Reef Tanks, All Invertebrates, Desirable Macro Algaes, important nitrifiying bacteria and all fish.
Both Fresh water and Salt water secure.
Peppie
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Sounds like an ad. Did you post from the bottle? Still a band-aid IMO
josh88
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It's not a band aid. I use it as well, and it works, when I got dinoflagellate, I stopped feeding, turned my lights off for 4 days. And did a water change every two days. Cleaned the heck out of my back sump. the reason your testing probably says 0 is because It's bound up in the cyno. I've been doing testing to find out a good wait period in my tank for feeding And which food I'm feeding is causing the problem I was having, a also realized that if I feed my Duncan, my clown and peppermint shrimp do a good job of grabbing everything else. Just some thoughts. I also realized I need a bigger clean up crew, and a couple more fish. But mines not a 90gal. It's 25. So I guess I have a ? Since bigger tanks are supposed to do better then nanos. Is it a bad assumption to say that if you have cyno in a bigger tank, that the problem is maybe a bit worse?
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NanaReefer
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Yes that is a bad assumption. Cyanobacteria is not an actual algae. It is a bacteria and should be treated as such. Big tank or small the cause is the same. Treatment can be the same also.
The info i posted about Chemiclean above came from WiKi pedia. I should have posted that, sorry
I don't agree with Bigger Tanks Doing Better. They are just slightly easier to care for is all. More water volume is more forgiving as far as parameters are concerned. With smaller tanks we just have to be more diligent in our husbandry
The info i posted about Chemiclean above came from WiKi pedia. I should have posted that, sorry
I don't agree with Bigger Tanks Doing Better. They are just slightly easier to care for is all. More water volume is more forgiving as far as parameters are concerned. With smaller tanks we just have to be more diligent in our husbandry
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