Red Algae Help!!!

I have alot of red algae all over my rocks and substrate. Any tips to solve this annoying problem?! please help

 

Pull the rock and brush them off in 5 gallon bucket then dose tank with red slime treatment kill skimmer while dosing then I always check my levels everyday after the red slime is gone make sure ca alk are ok and mag

 

Is it red slime algae (aka cyano bacteria)? I'd try natural methods first. Increase water flow where the cyano is growing, cut back on lighting and feeding, and do more frequent water changes. When you do the water changes clean off the cyano and then use a siphon to suck up as much of the cyano as you can. It will require some time before it goes away. Be patient. If those methods don't work then you can dose with chemicals, but I think those would definitely be a last resort.

Good luck!

 

+1 on increasing the flow, what size is the tank and what do you have moving water about in there , if you can indicate the total amount of water movement from return pumps, power heads , wave makers etc

also reducing nutrients Via water changes that involve syphoning to remove detrius from the rock work that may be trapped and adding to nitrate levels
over feeding is also a potential issue

chemical filtration using something like Sea Chems Purigen, which removes Nitrates can also be effective in the battle against cyno IME

Steve

 

Its a 75 and I use the return from my Fluval 305 and 2 Koralia 3's

 

K 3 = 850 gph x 2 = 1700
Fluval 305 = 250 gph

so total flow is 1950

tank is 75 gallons so you have about 25 x the total volume of water in terms of flow
increasing that to 30 plus would help IMO

Also whats in the fluval media wise and how often do you clean/ rinse it?
do you test for Nitrates? as if they are high, the Fluval could be (may not be, but could be) the source of your cyno problem

Steve

 

I use the 4 larger pads, 2 fine pads for smaller debris, 1 clearmax bag, the bio max cylinders, and 1 carbon bag. and yes i test for nitrates and I have never had high nitrates I test weekly