Red slime algae

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:11 am

ill try the sugar, ive noticed a dramatic increase in it in the past 2 days... i added pure RO water as a top off and i think it helped it... so in theory would a higher salinity hinder it?

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:09 am

just got to be careful with your corals and verts --they dont like big changes in paramiters, i only have clowns so i did some drastic shit with my salinity and to be quiet honest it did make fast changes but nothing long lasting, as soon as i came back to normal levels it started growing again - - -i have been thinking about setting up a tub with something in the 2.000 or higher level and bathing the rocks for like a week and see if i can "steralize" them but that would be like buying dead rock after i was done - - -havent done it yet but im getting there - - -im gonna mess with the sand bed this week and if that dont work im gonna get real extreme

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:34 pm

what is the oceans cure for the algae? Its gotta be in the food chain somewhere

by **fihsboy** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:24 pm

Theres a few hermits that will eat it.........but what you have to realize is that red slime is actually a bacteria. Im not sure if the sugar would help or hinder now that I think about it. Most of the time the red slime grows in anerobic areas where water flow is low and lighting is poor. (in the wild that is)

by **snowboss** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:07 pm

i would think its in the food chain but as far as large growths of algae go..........in the ocean the reefs aren't where the algae is.....unfortunatley we don't have the luxery of moveing our reefs 50 miles to the north or south of a bad algae area................google algae fields, the largests one is off the west coast of africa like 300-400 miles wide and the entire length north and south {1000's of miles} if it were to disapear the worlds entire ecosystem would crash...........so in a sense algae's are a needed part of this cycle we call life

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:57 pm

ok so i kinda figured out my coralife digital timer but i still need something else. I got it to where, the skimmer, filter, led lights and powerhead run constantly, but i cant make hte pc's run for 10 hours and the halides run for 8, i can only figure it out to where they are both either on at the same time or off at the same time..... anyone have this timer... i really need help

by **fihsboy** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:49 pm

I used it ........but it was too confusing. I just use digital timers from home depot. They are NEVER wrong. They are just as dependable as the sun.

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:53 am

i use 12 dollar {2 pack} rotateing mechanical timers from Lowes, set the timer, pull the pins out when you want it on and off plug it in your done, day light savings time and power outages need an adjustment though

Boss

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:55 am

so would it jsut be easier to leave the constant power things like the filter on the coralife since ive got that down adn get one timer for the pc's and one timer for the halide ?

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:38 am

gotta be better than the head ache you have right now eh? as long as you have the room to plug em in, they are kinda bulky

Red slime algae

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Red slime algae

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