beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
Okay So I did the blackout and that worked for a little while. I also cut down my lights to 9 hours a day and moonlight on at night. And the red slime is back! I thought it might be flow so I got two powerheads. That seemed to help a little but not entirely. I dont overfeed. I do weekly water changes. Idk what is feeding this cyano! The only thing I can think of is that I use tap water. I don't have the money right now to get my own RO unit and I am reluctant to haul water back and forth from my lfs. I haven't used the red slime remover yet bc I wanted to figure out the cause first. But even though I do use tap water idk why that would cause it to grow soo much bc I do weekly water changes. I only have three small fish. Three snails and ten or eleven hermit crabs. Also have corals but I don't think they produce waste? Idk I never thought about that...I don't think having corals matter though. I'm at the end of the line here. I just want this stuff gone and my husband keep griping about it lol oh and i have a Rio nano skimmer running. I read very good things about the red slime remover so I think I am going to start that tomorrow. I will take the carbon out and turn off the skimmer while I'm at work so it doesn't overflow from excessive foaming. Any and all input would really be appreciated! You guys know a lot of stuff here so I know somebody will know what to do. :)