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This stuff has taken over my tank. It is like a red wine/burgundy color. what eats it?

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Updated 07-12-2011 at 04:07 PM by melev

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  1. cyano's Avatar
    can you get a little clearer pic of it with less blue?
  2. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    ill try. It grows close to the rock. and It is a Burgundy color.
  3. matt_longview's Avatar
    Can you blow it off with a turkey baster or is it attached? Looks like a hair algae to me. I would snag margarita snails or mexican turbo snails. More than that though, I would found out what is feeding it's growth.

    Tell us about your tank, it's bioload and maintenance habits.
  4. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    It does not blow off. It is attached. O just checked phosphates. 0.0 on my hana checker. I run GFO, BIOpellets, and activated carbon. I have 6 t5 on the tank (about 2-3 months old.) I do 10 to 15% water change about every 2 weeks. My ph is always about 7.9. My calk and alk swing to much because I Forget to dose. I feed my tank/fish about 3 days a week. not a lot. I think that covers it.
  5. melev's Avatar
    With normal lighting, is it pink? I would put in a few of the huge Mexican Turbo snails.
  6. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    nope burgundy. Although my tank does have a blue hugh. it is not as blue as he pick.
  7. melev's Avatar
    And it feels like turf, not like cotton candy right?
  8. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    And it feels like turf, not like cotton candy right?
    correct
  9. melev's Avatar
    A couple of instant solutions: Remove a rock and dip it in Peroxide for 10 seconds, then rinse it off in saltwater and put it back in the tank. Dip, roll, lower it into the solution.... baste the area in question.

    With all the flow off, you can filling a syringe with Kent's Tech-M and baste one area that bothers you. After 5 minutes restart your pumps to get that stuff dispersed. You'd have to do a little bit each day rather than all at once because you don't want to overdose your tank with Mg nor burn nearby corals.

    Think this through, and come up with a game plan.

    Still think Mexican Turbo snails and an urchin would help.
  10. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    Im all about trying natural methods. An ideas on type of urchin?
  11. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    Looks like this
  12. melev's Avatar
    A pincushion or tuxedo urchin may do the trick.
  13. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    thanks guys
  14. rarelyseriousb's Avatar
    I just added 3 tuxedo urchins and they are eating this stuff. So thanks all for the help. I may add Mexican turbos if the urchins cant keep up. thanks for the help.