How to get rid of Cyanobacteria? Black /red Slime

[Oldsalt01]

23 minutes ago, C2 da fish said:

So you stick your hand in your tank every other day to remove algae?

Hey. Do what ever you want. You asked for suggestions. Ya got 'em. Another $.02.

[seabass]

5 hours ago, C2 da fish said:

Can I add microbacter7 with Chemi pure and poly filter in my tank currently ?

Neither product should affect the bacteria cultures.  However, protein skimmers and UV sterilizers could affect it.

[mcarroll]

On 12/17/2018 at 4:16 PM, Oldsalt01 said:

Personally, I prefer to rely on natural predators for algae. Mother Nature figured it out long before we came along. It’s more work intensive but you don’t mess with the chemical balance. Just my $.02.

 

On 12/17/2018 at 7:04 PM, C2 da fish said:

So you stick your hand in your tank every other day to remove algae?

 

You're the #1 member of the CUC.  If that means putting your hands in the tank to rip out what the CUC can't eat, then that's what it means.

 

If you're having to do this on an ongoing basis, it also means you may need to enlist a larger and/or more diverse CUC for the tank. 

 

You don't want your CUC starving to death, but your CUC will get picky if they aren't not hungry.....so if you have more apparent algae than you want, keep upping the CUC numbers a little at a time until they can handle keeping it all mowed.

 

Consider using spot-treatment of real problem areas with peroxide in a small syringe while all flow in the tank is off.

[Oldsalt01]

^^ What I would have said if I hadn’t gotten an attitude from you.