Red slime?

[reefchaser]

What causes red slime to start showing up in a established tank? I have it on my glass and crush coral.

 

[ebushrow]

Excess nutrients and low water flow ... Can also be old bulbs in your light fixture. Usual water changes and flow can fix it up

 

[SirKevinD]

I have had a few cyano outbreaks in my previous 46G tank and it always seemed to be after feeding my corals WAY TO MUCH! I would have to say make sure your feeding schedule is on par with your filtration, make sure your lighting is on a good 8 hour schedule or if your on LED's your not running them at 100%.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I don't see any Cyano in that pic.

 

[Mike J.]

I don't see any Cyano in that pic.

Me either. He describes it as red, so maybe the colors in the photo are off?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Even if they were off, I don't see the tell tail wavy hair like substance anywhere in that photo. ??

 

[Mike J.]

I know if I had to guess from the photo I'd say diatoms.

 

[reefchaser]

It looks brown on the coral. its more of a red color on the glass.

 

[NanaReefer]

Even if they were off, I don't see the tell tail wavy hair like substance anywhere in that photo. ??

No cyano I've ever seen looks "wavy hair"
Sure your not thinking of Dinos?

 

[twotangs]

Could be a bacterial imbalance. In the past I have had good success with "Dr Tim". For me I never felt flow was that big of a game changer, water changes, bulb changes if they are old and Dr Tim. Like the label says it will wipe out your shrimp. (Re-Fresh)

 

[reefchaser]

How do you get a bacterial imbalance?

 

[Reefing Madness]

No cyano I've ever seen looks "wavy hair"
Sure your not thinking of Dinos?

When its thick it looks as if its hairy.

 

[reefchaser]

OK thank you reefing madness. Do you know what could cause this brown algae or what ever it is start up. I thought I had everything under control.

 

[Mike J.]

Going through different stages of algae and diatom blooms is somewhat normal with a new tank. An established tank is really 6 - 18 months old.

 

[NanaReefer]

When its thick it looks as if its hairy.

Hahaha ooooh that kind of wavy hair-lol. When I think of wavy hair I was thinking of "long".

 

[reefchaser]

Yeah my tank is 8 months old.

 

[twotangs]

How do you get a bacterial imbalance?

cyno is bad bacteria. There is desirable bacteria and undesirable bacteria. Cyno is a form of bacteria that is undesirable.

 

[Reefing Madness]

You may try getting some more flow into that certain area, see if it breaks it up for you.

 

[reefchaser]

I moved my power head to see if it changes.

 

[reefchaser]

I started running my return pump threw my chiller instead of having a separate pump just for my chiller. Do you guys think that is limiting my flow? I have a mag 9.