Red Slime Algae

[babiighurll]

My tank has some red slime algae that started growing on the sand and now I notice it on my rocks and near my coral.
Whenever I move my sand around it grows back quickly.
What do I do? :anxious

 

[KidNano]

I hate this stuff and have been dealing with it for a couple of months now.
What kind of Sand are you using? How old is your tank?

keep your water quality up and read this. Hopefully it helps.

http://www.fishdoctors.com/ArticlesDetail.asp?id=127

Good luck. ;-)

 

[Ritsuko N]

Chemiclean will work great...temporarly. It will buy you time while you take corrective action to save your corals. This is a long battle so hunker down and keep at it and eventuall;y your over come it. All the advice in that link is pretty solid.

 

[babiighurll]

I am using live sand and I set up my fish tank mid. December last year.
My tank is a coral reef tank and I'm still unsure of what to do.
Any other advice?
:sad:

 

[KidNano]

I'm still unsure of what to do.
Any other advice?
:sad:

Really? That article was pretty clear. Did you read the master list?

Well.... sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

[Ritsuko N]

Okay now I am scratching my head...

What is the concern of Live Sand and what that article suggest? I mean if you do all of the stuff outlined in the bottom of that article except nuke your tank with antibiotics...there shouldnt be a concern, nd algae should pretty much be a noin issue in your tank as well as Slime Algae.