I to, try to avoid chemicals and the chemipure is having a noticeable negative effect on my xenia. Lousey choice, scarifice the xenia or have the cyno kill everything.
Larry
At 09:21 PM 11/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
I would add some stromus snails and perhaps a queen conch. These both feed heavily on cyanobacteria. The strombus will breed until they wipe out the algae. Adding chemicals to stop the algae is not a good idea, it will retrun after the meds wear off.
HTH
Andrew
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Keith Douglas
- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 1:08 PM
- Subject: Re: slime algae
- I too am fighting slime algae right now. I can't figure out where it came from either. RO water has been used since day 1. Nitrates are below 10 and phosphates are 0. I have cut back on feeding. The tank is a 180 with about 300 lbs. of live rock. Skimmer works great. Could it have something to do with having new metal halide bulbs and they aren't 100% burned in. The bulbs have been in use since September 15th. They are on for approximately 8 hours a day. One is a 400W 10k German bulb and the other 2 are 250W 10k CSL bulbs. Fish load is minimum. Phosphate remover is used and chemipure is used. I am completely baffled. Any clues or ideas?
- Thanks
- Keith
- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
