Thread: reddish algae
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Old 01/08/2008, 01:15 PM
mrSnoid mrSnoid is offline
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This is probably cyno which is a bacteria not an algae. Usually caused by excessive nutrients in the water. You can use antibiotics like red slime remover but I don,t recommend that cause it can also kill the good bacteria in the tank. You can remove it by syphoning it out and cut down on feeding.