White slime algae from hell

[andrepeixoto]

I had that problem before in the same tank, I took the tank down, empty washed everything and now 30 days later that crap shows up again.

Does anybody know how to clean (AKA kill) that thing? There is not much information available online.

Before I left home this morning I clean the slime, when I got at home at 6pm thats how it looks like. It grows super F%$ing fast!!!

 

[swk]

Are you carbon dosing? Bio pellets? Bacteria I think. Not algae

 

[andrepeixoto]

Not doing any carbon dosing, no bio pellets, but I was feeding my corals regularly, maybe to regularly

I will stop the feeding and do a few water changes over the weekend to see what happens.
BTW I only have a couple of clowns and a few coral colonies and frags.

Here is the parameters of the tank:

Sal. 1.025
Amonia close to 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Phos. 0
Ph - 8-8.4
Alk. 9-10
Cal. 400
Mag. 1350

 

[mav3rick478]

No snails of any sorts?

 

[Reef Bass]

Not algae +1. Likely bacterial. Siphon it out. Dial back feeding. Stay on top of water changes.

 

[andrepeixoto]

Not algae +1. Likely bacterial. Siphon it out. Dial back feeding. Stay on top of water changes.

Thats is my game plan for the weekend.

I will keep you guys posted of the progress.

 

[andrepeixoto]

looks like the white slime is gone. YES!!!

I did a couple of 10% water changes during the weekend and stop the feeding completely, but I think what really works was dialing up the skimmer, since a change the setting on it took just a couple of days for the "thing" to disappear, and I have to empty the container two times a day, tons of yellow foam.

 

[Reef Bass]

Congrats!

 

[nly04]

I see those stuff when running bio pellet and also see them when doing vinegar through ATO.