 Need to remove waste
HI,
Many times we over feed and the fish will be generating alot of waste, as the water becomes more saturated with soluable waste stuff you can't see, red slime a type of bacteria will take off, this is a complex problem, that came about from excesses in the waste stuff in the water, what type of skimmer are you using does it pull alot of that brown stuff offf.how many fish, how many scavengers, are you testing for phos excess phos can cause an algae bloom, did you have a algae problem with a major die off of the algae this releases more waste. If your having a re-occurance you not getting rid of the food (waste products) for the slime. I ve heard of people vaccuming the slime out when water chaning you dont want it to cycle in the tank cause when it dies off more waste. its a cycle...
So maybe the system as a whole needs to be reviewed. Do you need more filtration, what are you feeding is it being consumed completly or are there leftovers are feeding mostly frozen of flake. many flake foods donot break down very easily in the fish or the filters , are you preventing food from entering your filtration loop, I will shut down my marineland and my canisters when I feed cause the filters would eat more than the fish this becomes a waste load for the water bacteria in the filters converts thefood to soluable waste products,that may cause problems as it accumalates in the water. there has to be a way to get waste out of the clear water either thru skimmer's or dilution by frequent water changes. waste maynot be obvious in saltwater but waste happens. hehe .
Doug
here's a pretty good post about cause and effect of red slime. About Red Slime Algae - Cyanobacteria - in Saltwater Aquariums - What Red Slime Algae Is - What Makes It Grow & Solutions for Eliminating
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Last edited by djnzlab1; 01-25-2007 at 01:57 PM.
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. i think it's better to let the skimmer run and try to sort it out along the way. changing the way we handle the situation is better than changing the tank i suppose...
