What's this red stuff and why is it getting dangerously close to my Zoas?

Tony · Mar 8, 2014

As the title states.....and the entire area that the "red slime" stuff is occupying....USED to be occupied by some real tough green hair algae.

I then got a lawnmower blenny.

Is the slime going to attempt to consume my Zoa? Is this bad slime? Good slime? Otherwise?

thank you

bryanle87 · Mar 8, 2014

red cyano check out boyds chemiclean works wonders

peter · Mar 8, 2014

Just siphon it out for now.

bryanle87 · Mar 8, 2014

actually what peter said works best chemicals last resort

standaman4 · Mar 8, 2014

peter said:

+1 ... Chemiclean works great, but if you can avoid using it... go that route

LAreefguy · Mar 8, 2014

You gotta just use red slime remover the do a water change couple days later. Expect a lot of bubbles!

Tony · Mar 10, 2014

I had to don some gloves to take a zoa that the stupid blenny knocked off a rock.....and I just pulled out a **** ton of the slime with my hands.

That and the hair algae.

Justkeepswimming · Mar 10, 2014

Tony said:

You know you can handle zoas without gloves... Just don't squeeze the zoa and rub the juice in your eye! Also wash yours hands after

h0ndap0w3r · Mar 11, 2014

Just wait till it's a bit thicker and siphon it out

BeanMachine · Mar 11, 2014

Yeah siphon it out and increase your water changes or reduce your feedings. Increasing the flow may also help to prevent the detritus from settling.

If you use the chemiclean or similar product make sure to follow the directions exactly. Run an air stone and powerheads as well as it will drop the 02 in the water which presents obvious problems for the fish.

Tony · Mar 16, 2014

I just put on some gloves and pulled out as much as I could by hand. The red stuff is inter-twined with the green hair algae.

I never realized how much work a 24ga nano is.....and how expensive.

Six2seven · Mar 16, 2014

Habits have to change or you will be pulling it out often. Less feeding less lighting better skimmer

Tony · Mar 16, 2014

So I was at my local fish store....it's the one off of Fairview and.....Warner? in Orange County Ca.

They are some cool people there and they got a $10 back everytime you spend $100.

Anyways so I stopped by and in passing conversation I complained about the red slime. The 16 year old kid convinced me to use the Chemiclean.

So I bought it.

Went home, made a batch and dumped it in my tank.

It's actually dissolving the red crap in real time.....I mean.....wow! It really works!

Tony · Mar 16, 2014

so apparently you need to use an airstone when using chemi-clean.

I did not.

I added it at 6pm on Sunday.

Did I screw up or should I do an immediate water change Monday morning?

Tony · Mar 16, 2014

I should also mention that I'm using it on a JBJ 24ga nano tank....and prior to dosing I turned the power head way up, toward the top of the tank (surface disturbance) so it's really creating some oxygen bubbles in the tank.

SC50964 · Mar 16, 2014

Tony said:

Doe anything look stressed ? If not, no need to do anything drastic and follow the meds instruction.

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Tony · Mar 19, 2014

I'm good. Everything pulled through and we successfully completed the final solution for the red slime in my tank.

Green hair algae still there....but whatever.

el mayo · Mar 19, 2014

You got lucky man. I used chemiclean and took the airstone out half way through the time frame and killed my fish.

Persian · Mar 31, 2014

Tony said:

I know the red stuff is a pest but I personally like the colors.

lowbudget · Mar 31, 2014

we call that cyano algae suck it out while you are doing a water change. do not blow it off cause it will spread like wildfire. find out the source of high phosphate.

What's this red stuff and why is it getting dangerously close to my Zoas?

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