Red Slime algae (cyano) in Refuge

I have a good amount of red slime algae growing on the sides and on some of the chaeto and live rock in my refuge - should I leave it there or should I get rid of it? I'm new to the fuge world and really not schooled about it too much. I currently have a 5" bed with some live rock, good amount of chaeto and some other plant which leaves look like green feathers, 10 mangroves and a S#!@ load of coepods living in the thing - while I'm here, anything I am missing??

Thanks!

 

well the good news is that cyno takes up lots of nutrients very quickly. I couldn't tell you if it is bad in the fuge or not. I would guess it should ok, but it does spread easily, but i would only be guessing.

 

i have a little bit of cyano in my refuge and a few specs on my chaeto too.

 

the fuge is supposed to be a swamp marsh of mess. you could test your Si, PO4, NO2,3. if the cyano gets out of hand it will smother the rest of the swamp.

 

i have a bushy red algae growing on my chaeto in my fuge i did have some cyano in my dt i just took the rocks out because they were easy to get to and scrubbed them until i couldn't see the cyano and i haven't seen it since im not sure if the bushy red algae is good or bad any one know it can be easily removed should it stay or go?

 

thanks for everyones input! I must have just had a bloom because since the initial post it has gone down drastically and my mangroves have taken off like I have never seen! They must be absorbing most of the nutrients now

 

"Cyano" is actually a bacteria, not an algae. So unless you a UV sterilizer on your return, you will get it in your display. It will smother beneficial algaes because it grows faster then algaes.

 

this is true, but some people mistake it for an algae because it does use photosynthesis as its main energy source

 

but doesn't the UV sterilizer kill some beneficial bacteria as well?