Couple questions

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saltwaterclown

I have some bubble algae I need to get out of the tank and a couple of other things.. Here are some pics of what I'm talking about, if you can tell me how or what the best way to get this stuff out is I would appreciate it!

Red algae I was told? It was one of the first rocks in my tank from a friends well established 200g tank.
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Behind the polyps, was told needed chiseled off or burnt off?
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The green bubble algae.
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Emerald crab for the green bubble algae. You can either buy a couple peppermint shrimp for the aiptasia or get some aiptasia x. The redslime is a bit more tough. You need to figure out where the excessive nutrients are coming from. What are your phosphate and nitrate levels?
 
So in reviewing your pics, I have several recommendations for you. First take the rock out with aptasia on it and put some calkwater solution on it 50 calc/50 water. It will melt the aptasia. Then you can dig the body out. Don't worry about the polyps they will be fine for some time out of the aquarium. rinse off and return to aquarium. The cyano algae you have. Did you get that from other aquarium or did you get that after you put it in your aquarium?
 
Oh ok. I would also remove that rock. Take some of your tank water and add about 1/4 peroxide. Use this water and say an old tooth brush and scrub that cyano off the rock. When done rinse. Do this several times trying not to touch the coral. when done be sure to rinse the coral with 100% tank water. Place it back in the aquarium.

Now this will not fix the problem of the algae. It will only get it off the rock temporarily. You will need to increase the flow around that area of your aquarium and start performing some tests to see if your parameters are ok. That algae likes high nutrients and low flow. Do you use RO/DI water?

That bubble algae also looked like it was on a top rock that you could remove. You can take that rock out and use a flat head screw driver carfully and slowly pry them off without popping them. A razor blade will work too, but more dangerous to use. They don't seem big enough to twist off. If they bust use some to the solution above to clean the rock.
 
For red slime do as above stated. For aptisia I always just use super glue gel and poke them a few times to make them shrink then cover them with the super glue. Works everytime.


Sent from inside the shark tank!
 
Thanks ill give that try!!
And I don't use ro/di I top off every night with water from the faucet I keep in a jug with dechlorizer. I know I know
 
If the problem with the cyano gets any worse you can use chemiclean. I battled cyano for about a month syphoning it out and scraping rocks. And it still came back every time. I used the chemiclean and it was gone in about three days. Have to do a pretty good water change after the dose though to get all the nitrate out after the cyano dies off.
 
I'm getting white specs on the glass alot.. Don't think it's coraline I can see the difference in them. Any idea what's causing this or how to save me some scrubbing time?
 
Thanks for the tip! Also the coralife fixture I'm running now, would there be a noticeable difference in getting the h.o version of it? One 10k and one actinic bulb. I think there 31w vs the 17w I have now.
 
@saltwaterclown wrote:
Thanks ill give that try!! And I don't use ro/di I top off every night with water from the faucet I keep in a jug with dechlorizer. I know I know said:
Well there is your problem with the red slime. You can not use tap water if you want an algae free tank that is successful. A RODI unit is the first thing that should be purchased in this hobby. At least get some RODI from a LFS until you can get a RODI unit.
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@DaveG99 wrote:
[I]@saltwaterclown wrote:[/I][quote="Thanks ill give that try!! And I don't use ro/di I top off every night with water from the faucet I keep in a jug with dechlorizer. I know I know said:
Well there is your problem with the red slime. You can not use tap water if you want an algae free tank that is successful. A RODI unit is the first thing that should be purchased in this hobby. At least get some RODI from a LFS until you can get a RODI unit."]


+1 It will really hard to get rid of. You are feeding it.
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I already have a 30" fixture, someone was selling a h.o version cheap, I was going to get it so I could run 4 bulbs. How would I get a 24" to sit on top of my tank?
 
You buying light hanging arms that bolt to a stand or wall. Aquatic Life makes some if you don't want to make your own.
 
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