Red Slime Algae

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blau

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I changed out one of my stock bulbs from my 12 gallon nanocube and replaced it with a 10000K bulb. Now red slime algae grows like crazy. It doesn't matter if I shorten the lighting cycle or if I kill the lights for two days. I even stirred up the gravel and did a vac and it came back within an hour! I am at a loss for what to do.

I have a few corals in my tank and one fiji devil with about 10 snails and 8 hermit crabs. Can anyone help me out here?
 
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efinjammin

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I had the same problem. Over feeding & over stocking was my problem. I'm learning the hard way that we put a great strain on the bio load of our tanks. You have 2 options , chemicals ( I personally stay away from chemicals ) or lessen the load on your system , try feeding less & maybe think of getting rid of unnecassary bio load. I'm new at this as well so please don't take what I say as gosspil
Greg
 
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blau

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Coral Life for the bulbs. I ended up using some chemicals to get rid of the slime algae. I can't remember the name of it, but it looks like you are doing a line of coke when dispensing it.
 
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