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God of thunder
11/05/2007, 02:13 PM
Iīm having trouble with a red/brown algea, donīt remember the name right now, any way it has quit alot of air bubbles in it, my water paramets are fine, how can i get rid of this
a2fire2i
11/05/2007, 02:47 PM
Cyano? How old are your bulbs? How many hours of lighting? What type of flow do you have? How often and how much do you feed?
bertoni
11/05/2007, 03:46 PM
Moved to New to the Hobby for more views.

I agree that it's likely cyanobacteria. For the moment, siphoning out the slime will remove nutrients from the system. Also, reducing feeding might be useful.

The more common approaches to this sort of approach include better skimming, adding a phosphate reactor, or growing and harvesting a macroalga.
God of thunder
11/05/2007, 03:54 PM
Yes cyani, my bulp is a reefluz 10k 400w itīs only about 4-5 months, have the acntic on for 10 hours and the MH for 7 hours, i feed quite heavely once a day, I have 20x turn around for an hour. any advice?
bertoni
11/05/2007, 03:56 PM
Less food...
God of thunder
11/05/2007, 04:06 PM
Reckon that will do it?
bertoni
11/05/2007, 06:02 PM
Maybe. It might take some time, or there might be a live rock issue, though.
God of thunder
11/05/2007, 06:05 PM
iīm setting up a sump along with a lot more poweful skimmer, that must help, isnīt there some sort of chemical that would help?
By the way, have you heard of weipro skimmers?
snakeklr
11/05/2007, 06:06 PM
Use a turkey baster and blow it off let the filter system to suck them up. abou the best you can do for now.
uscharalph
11/05/2007, 07:11 PM
I suck it up with a turkey baster and get it out of my system.
God of thunder
11/06/2007, 04:06 AM
Whatīs a turkey baster?
miketrevino
11/06/2007, 04:21 AM
wow, it could be many things, change old bulbs, old bulbs produce light in a spectrum that promotes algae blooms.

try shortening your photoperiod by a couple hours a day, make sure you use RO water for topoffs (stay away from tap water and dechlorinator)

make sure there is enough flow in your tank, stay on top of water changes, and dont overfeed.

and if you dont use a skimmer, you might want to invest in one.

chemiclean or other cyano removers should only be used as a last resort. try correcting the cause of the algae first...