Algae issues

[coker98]

Im not really new to the hobby but could use the help nonetheless.

I am having what seems to be between a bad diatom bloom with a cross of cyanobacteria.

I say this because the algae is creating a mat of algae when the lights are on and it can get pretty dense but it also has the signature nitrogen bubbles from a cyano bloom.

Is there a such thing as brown/golden cyanobacteria?

My nitrates are reading at .5ppm, phosphate????, pH at 8.0 to 8.2, alk at 300, and temp is between 79* to 81*.

Thanks,

[tchndie]

I had the same problem not to long ago. I just use red slime remover and its gone and hasn't come back! good luck!

[coker98]

Yeah........ I heard that is a temporary fix and it eventually comes back. You are not fixing the original problem, you are just masking it.

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