Please help identify this algae

I will look into the Hanna checkers as well. Thank you

 

well bob. I wish I could help you more ..but im having the same problem as you right now. im thinking I need a phosphate remover or something..i have NO fish and do water changes 20% a month..red slime is still in my darkest places under the rock ..I will post pics when I get a chance..good luck bro

 

Turn lights off. Dose with chemipure. Take carbon out. About a little siphon the cyano out and should be good.

 

Thanks good luck to you as well

 

Meant to say safe and after weeks

 

Ugh. I'm using iPhone dictation. Siphon after a week or so of treatment

 

I read somewhere that low alk Is associated with cyano. Regular water changes would probably adjust your chemistry as well as remove the nutrients that help grow cyano. My philosophy is that if I can manage to syphon out as much cyano as possible, I'll be removing the nutrients it is partial to. Also, you may see that when suctioning cyano, there is a dusty substance underneath it. My understanding is that cyano, and algae, can sequester phosphate and other nutrients for later use. So it doesn't even need to be removing nutrients from the water column. I try to blow this stuff into the water column, or take a tooth brush to it, or vacuum it up.

 

Ok, so I am in second day of 3 day black out and my question is, Do I feed fish during black out? I read that some do feed and say that they will feed in dark but my fish sleep and hide, I never see them out at night beside the banghi Cardinals. Also, i have an RBTA should I be concerned with balck out?
Coming out of black out i will do a 20% water change can feed less than what I have been and step up my regular water changes. Also, Hope my new protien skimmer is fully tuned in shortly (still fine tuning but pulling stuff out). I also checked my alk at LFS and was higher than what i have been reading so I am ordering new Hanna test. Is there anthing i am missing? thanks again

 

I think the water changes alone should eventually bring chemistry in line eventually, assuming you are using a good quality salt. I'm not sure about the feeding or nem.

 

would think you could do a light feeding. I did when I was fighting cyano. Nem will be ok