red slime

[sparkey65]

hi randy i talked to you before about phosphate i seem to have gotton it down considerably but i am noticing alot of red slime algae in my regugium and still have some green hair algae in my main tank what else would you recomend i was using rowaphos but i stopped after it dropped my phosphate and it was depleted should i get more and keep using it?

ph-8.4
sal-1.024
alk-4.0
cal-405
phos.03
temp-80

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Cyano can be a tough problem. The ways to get rid of it include reduced inorganic nutrients, reduce organics, and more circulation.

[sparkey65]

ok thats good but in a refugium you want low circulation right i seem to have it spreeding there more then in my show tank what would be the best way of getting organic nutriants down?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Refugia often get cyano. Mine has some. If it isn't in the main tank too much, I wouldn't agonize over it.

Skimming and carbon are good ways to reduce organics.