how do you get rid of red slime naturally and what causes it?

[acrojay]

i have been fifgting a red slime in my tank for a month now and keeps on coming back.how do i get rid of it naturally? its not that bad but it anoying though. what caues this red algae?
i got plenty of water flow so i know that isnt the problem.i got a mag 9.5 on a 40 breeder w/2 maxi jet 1200 in the tank also.i dont put no nutrients in the tank but ocean fresh artemia and cyclopsezze.let me now what to do.!.!thanks

 

[kmk2307]

acrojay,

Do you test your phosphates? Cyanobacteria love phosphates. If you don't already, you may want to check your water source for phosphates and use purified water like RO/DI instead of tap water. Growing other algae in your tank or in a refugium can help too. Chaetomorpha and Caulerpa are commonly used as 'fuge algaes to help remove nutrients.

HTH & Good luck,
Kevin

 

[acrojay]

my phosphates are @0

my phosphates are @0

yes i do check phosphate and they at 0.and i have a 5 stage ro/di unit for just making water the dts is 0 also.so i know that is not the problem of my red slime.maybe its just a bloom.im going to get some queen conchs in there.

 

[luvmyreef]

It is a bacterial algae...After increasing my water volume with sump and refugium mine has not come back...I added the chemi- clean to rid of it then added the water volume. In my frag tank when it was new had same problem..added same stuff now gone. I think now skimmer has caught up and it has not come back. Naturally hmmmm don't know you have to find the source. Good Luck!