ID help and cure?

[j.d.moulder25]

Have this blanket looking deep red slime on my live rocks dont know what it is or if its hurting anything but it is annoying when it starts to develop on the tank glass also. Apparently my anemones do not like it also.
Can anyone ID this and tell me how to get rid of it. Thanx in advance.

 

[camocustom]

Its prob. gonna be red cyano bacteria "Red Slime", usually means you have a lot of excess nutrients dissolved into the water, there is a powder called redslime remover, I have used it before in the past and it seems to work...in the mean time...cut down on feeding/supplement additions and ect....does anybody else have any suggestions on red slime....I really have never had a bad case of it....

 

[dcombs44]

DON'T USE ADDITIVES AS A QUICK FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How old is your tank? This is possibly just part of your tank's maturation process.

If your tank is mature, cut down on feeding to begin cutting down on excess nutrients in your tank. Possibly do a water change with mixed RO/DI water.

 

[j.d.moulder25]

Tank has been runing for about 1 year now so its not new, I feed the fish just flake food 2-3 times a week and the anenomes small krill maybe 1 time a week. This is too much?

 

[dcombs44]

I wouldn't say that is too much at all. I actually feed more than that to be honest.

Do you use RO/DI water for top off and water changes?
Can you list your water parameters?

 

[dcombs44]

"There are different commercial treatments for cyanobacteria around. I am not sure what they all are. Some are antibiotics and some have unstated ingredients and mechanisms.

My preference is to deal with cyanobacteria by reducing nutrients (nitrate and phosphate especially, but also including organics by skimming, ozone, carbon, etc) and increasing water flow."

The above is a quote from Randy Holmes Farley (A well known reef chemist and moderator of the chemistry forum here at RC)
It was a post from the following thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8399777

You can find various other threads on cyanobacteria by going to google.com and typing:
cyanobacteria site:www.reefcentral.com
in the search bar.