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  1. Dasco

    Dasco Vagabond Butterfly

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    started to get this on my sand aabout a weeks ago. Now its starting to tie up some polyps. brown red makes long strings. only on sand right now.

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    Dasco, Jun 18, 2009
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  2. cdeboard

    cdeboard Montipora Digitata

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    Looks like dino to me....
    What kind of cleanup crew you got
     
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  3. Dasco

    Dasco Vagabond Butterfly

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    some hermits and some turbos and some of the chinees hat snails 3 green emralds
     
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  4. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Definitely red slime algae.
    What are your nitrate readings?
    How long has the tank been running?
    How long and what type of lights do you have?
     
    Siddique, Jun 18, 2009
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  5. cdeboard

    cdeboard Montipora Digitata

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    Nassarius will sometimes take care of this...
    One way if it gets bad.. is to go lights out.. I have seen some do this
     
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  6. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    If I'm not mistaken, I think dino is green:confused:
     
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  7. Dasco

    Dasco Vagabond Butterfly

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    nitrates 0
    tank running 4 months
    brand new 2x uvl superactinics 2x geismenn aquablue+
     
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  8. Dasco

    Dasco Vagabond Butterfly

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    red slime make loong strands that blow in current and tie up coral polyps?
     
    Dasco, Jun 18, 2009
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  9. adam

    adam Montipora Digitata

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    What are your NO3 and PO4 readings? Until you get rid of it i would feed less and maybe add some more hermits
     
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  10. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Those are good lights. But what wattage? and How long do you keep them on per day?
    Your nitrates are good so that's definitely not the case.

    Yes they do. I had a really bad case of it a couple weeks ago. For me, it was because I had the incorrect light (6,400K MH) and my lights were on too long.
     
    Siddique, Jun 18, 2009
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