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04/26/2010, 07:08 PM | #1 |
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What is this red stuff?
I just set up a 90 gallon tank that was established with water, live rock and sand. Its going through a small nitrogen cycle, the ammonia is gone, took about 5 days and now nitrite is @ 1.0 and nitrate is @ 20 PH is around 8.3. I've been noticing this red stuff in my tank, any ideas? And when do you think my nitrites will be gone so I can add livestock?
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04/26/2010, 08:09 PM | #2 |
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Looks like diatoms and the red stuff is some cyano. They both are normal parts of a cycle and will go away with time and water changes. do you use tap water?
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04/26/2010, 08:20 PM | #3 |
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04/26/2010, 08:30 PM | #4 |
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i dont think the red stuff is cyano looks like normal coraline algae growth to me.
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04/26/2010, 08:31 PM | #5 |
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Its cyano bacteria. It is a normal part of the tanks cycle as mentioned above. It takes hold at place in the tank that lack flow. Try adjusting your flow so that there are no dead spots in your tank. Also, because you used tap water, your phosphate level is probably high. Try running some GFO (can get from lfs) to help remove those phosphates. The phosphates in our tanks is what algae feeds off of.
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04/27/2010, 08:51 AM | #6 |
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Thank you!
Thank you very much for all the help everyone?
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04/27/2010, 09:30 AM | #7 |
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STOP USING TAP WATER yes i was attempting to shout get an RO/DI filter. you can get a good one for under 200$..... best investment you will make in your tank.
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04/27/2010, 12:24 PM | #8 |
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melev's reef has a good cheap ro/di unit. What you have is definitely cyano, throw some sort of phosphate removing media in there and it will get rid of it also. Trust me this stuff will not just go away on it's own with tap water being used.
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04/28/2010, 08:45 AM | #9 |
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is it really necessary to get rid of it?
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04/28/2010, 08:48 AM | #10 | |
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