Red Algie

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[Sam]

I have a large problem with red algae. I have new canister filter system and that did not correct the problem. I was hoping to locate Dave that used to work for Aqua Tropics. He has always been able to help me in the past. If anyone knows him will you please have him email me at Toddsm62@aol.com

[reefbegood]

protein  skimmer would help a lot better! please come to the meeting and i can help you out

[Ed]

Here are things that contribute to Cyanobacteria if this is what you have.

neglecting  weekly water changes:

Overstocking a Tank

Inadaquate biological filtration (like Grant said good protien skimmer, etc) and reduced Oxygen levels in water.

lighting the tank with Real Sunlight or too much artificial light, also when lighting spectrum in mostly in the red spectrum.

What Cyano can do:   when it covers corals and sand beds it interferes with gas exchange.  That interuption sometimes causes noxic zones and even worst hydrogen sulfide.  Hydrogen Sulfide is a poisonious gas to aquarium inhabitants.

Come to a meeting and learn as one as Grant said.

[jimbo]

Hi Guys,
Dont forget  the slime algea vacuum, because removal of it(slime algea) is better than storing it in a canister.

[drstratton]

Hi Guys,
Dont forget  the slime algea vacuum, because removal of it(slime algea) is better than storing it in a canister.

What is the algae vacuum?

[Kyleb100]

Not sure about the slime vacuum, he may mean the typical siphon hose with a nozzle on the end of it.  If you have exhausted all your resources and have to resort to dosing like I did then buy RedCyano RX by Blue Vet from Aqua Tropics.  The way I understand it is it's an antibiotic and since the algae is a bacteria it kills it.  That stuff worked for me in 1 dose, the tank looks better than ever.

[drstratton]

Thank you, I am not having a problem at the moment, but I will remember that if I ever need to use it!