toothman
05/19/2007, 09:32 AM
I have tried vinegar, vodka and now sugar. I have added only 3 pinches of sugar in the past month and now red slime. It has been 3 weeks since I added any sugar and it still remains. It by no means is out of control or growing on any sps but in lower water flow areas under rocks it dwells.
I thought the meager 30 lbs of sand may need a vacuum but it is clean.
Tested phosphate with a hanna test kit it is really low possibly too low. It tests 0. I change 15% of the water weekly. Have a ca reactor and kalk bucket. Khi, mg and ca all are at normal levels.
I do think sugar is a fuel to grow bacteria as well as cyanobacteria. But do I have to resort to a erythromycin based red slime remover to stop the plague.
All first hand information is really appreciated.
Ed
I thought the meager 30 lbs of sand may need a vacuum but it is clean.
Tested phosphate with a hanna test kit it is really low possibly too low. It tests 0. I change 15% of the water weekly. Have a ca reactor and kalk bucket. Khi, mg and ca all are at normal levels.
I do think sugar is a fuel to grow bacteria as well as cyanobacteria. But do I have to resort to a erythromycin based red slime remover to stop the plague.
All first hand information is really appreciated.
Ed