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Sorry... but the forum just lost my entire original posting.... So here's a lighter version.
I don't think it's diatom's, but I do have plenty of green algae underneath this "red slime"
The entire bottom of my tank, and many of the rocks, look exactly like this picture.
The link to the...
Altohombre: my mag is floating around 1800-1900 (according to my Sera Mag test) and I have a pretty good amount of hair algae in my tank. It's now covered with red algae or cyano but it's there. Calcium levels are pretty much off the charts as well - even after weekly water changes of ~20% for 3...
Bob: I didn't.. I figured that they were ready for consumption. I had only used them 1x since the red bloom started and I didn't want to chance adding any other possible impurities.
Phyl: I'm using a Coralife 36" PC - 2x96 bulbs -...
Hey Guys.. Hopefully a quick question here.. It looks like either my Typhoon III DI or my cleaning the bottom substrate (to remove green algae) has caused a MAJOR red slime/algae bloom. It has lasted for I think 3 weeks now. A few days ago ( about 3-4 days ) I put in A LOT of PURA PhosLock (...