rad1687
04/04/2012, 03:10 PM
What is this red stringy stuff growing on my sand and rocks?
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My first thought was cyano due to color and how easily is siphons off, but it is growing in strands and not in a mat. Nitrates are reading zero and I do not have a phosphate test kit.
It is a 90 gallon tank hooked up to a 30 gallon sump that has been running 7 months. I run a skimmer and have cheato, and I am in the process of hook a 29 gallon biocube into the system that will end in a ATS dumping into the sump. What else can I do to solve this problem? My livestock consists of 2 false percs, 1 bangaii, 3 blue green chromis, 1 mystery wrasse, 1 melanurus wrasse, 1 clown goby, and 1 kole tang. My sump is also temporarily housing another clown and damsel for a friend. I feed about one square inch of rod's food per day. I also run a filter sock that is changed about every 5 days, once it is clogged.
Thanks for your help!
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My first thought was cyano due to color and how easily is siphons off, but it is growing in strands and not in a mat. Nitrates are reading zero and I do not have a phosphate test kit.
It is a 90 gallon tank hooked up to a 30 gallon sump that has been running 7 months. I run a skimmer and have cheato, and I am in the process of hook a 29 gallon biocube into the system that will end in a ATS dumping into the sump. What else can I do to solve this problem? My livestock consists of 2 false percs, 1 bangaii, 3 blue green chromis, 1 mystery wrasse, 1 melanurus wrasse, 1 clown goby, and 1 kole tang. My sump is also temporarily housing another clown and damsel for a friend. I feed about one square inch of rod's food per day. I also run a filter sock that is changed about every 5 days, once it is clogged.
Thanks for your help!