Help alge issue

[mj.grimmer]

Hi all,
I thought this was cyno, but I used 2 doses of red slime remover, and it still isn't going away. Any suggestions?

thanks!

 

[ebushrow]

Cyanobacteria, increase flow usually helps

 

[Reefing Madness]

Cyanobacteria, increase flow usually helps

Agreed, increase your flow.

 

[mj.grimmer]

Thanks ebushrow, I tried that too. There is soo much flow the sand in my 46 is always all over everything. I have videos of it flowing with the very high flow. I added two giant powerheads. I thought it was cyno too, so BRS suggested Red Slime Remover as the best option, but i gave it two dose, and it doesn't seem to be going away.
Thanks though!

 

[Toolmandan]

vacuum it out, turn off lights for 4 days and do a 30-40%wc. but thats what worked for me. good luck

 

[mj.grimmer]

Thanks Toolmandan, I'll try that, however for some reason none of the siphon vacuums I've tried have been strong enough to suck up the cyno. I even put my hose on the garden nozzle for more pressure, but it just picks it up, then drops it. Do you think 4 days with no light will hurt my zoanthids?

 

[kendavjac]

can you scoop it out?

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

For the natural way to remove the algae you can try to build your own algae scrubber:

Lowest cost and easiest way to eliminate green hair, bubble, turf and slime algae from your aquarium (hopefully permanently)

Hope this can help

-YK

 

[Seth fhy]

I had a bad cyano problem and I put some filter pads, carbon, waterchange, and left the lights off for 2 days and it was completely gone. When I turned the lights back on my zoas were stretched and my pulsing xenia wasn't pulsing, but everything else was fine. Now the xenia and zoas are fine and I am cyano free! Also I think 4 days w/o light might be too long, only do that if necessary.