purple slime algae
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Topic: purple slime algae
Posted By: utahwatertoys
Subject: purple slime algae
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 7:55pm
  I keep getting patches of purple slime on my monti and here and there in my 120g tank I see patches of this purple slime. Where it sticks to the monti it seems to be causing the monti to recede and it seems to like to keep re-growing back in the same exact place though I clean it off with a soft brush daily.I don't have a lot of it in the tank but it is a nuisance to keep on cleaning off the monti every day Any ideas how to deal with this stuff?  |
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Posted By: Chad
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 8:33pm
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Usually if you increase the water flow where it is growing that helps. I would recommend treating the tank with Chemi Clean (or similar Cyano treatment) and then increase the water movement to try and eleminate it from coming back. Chad. ------------- What?! You pooped in the refrigerator, and ate the entire wheel of cheese?! I'm not even mad.... That's actually amazing! |
Posted By: utahwatertoys
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 8:53pm
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Posted By: utahwatertoys
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 8:54pm
| Sort of difficult to get a pic of the slime |
Posted By: utahwatertoys
Date Posted: January 10 2012 at 4:53pm
| Does feeding the fish Nori add to the bio load in the water when trying to lower the algae problem? |
Posted By: fishnfresh
Date Posted: January 10 2012 at 6:31pm
| If they are eating the nori in a few min you should be fine. just put enough maybe so they eat it in a short time period. |