Help - Red Algae - Type and how to stop it

[BCBigWolf & Pack]

Hi,

My tank has all of a sudden started growing a dark red/purple algae that is basically starting to cover everything. Have been told its coraline algae but not sure. Its not slimy to the touch but forms like a thick woven blanket. How do I stop it as it covers everything and seems to smother whatever it covers.

Thanks
Wayne

[intarsiabox]

Use a turkey baster to suck out as much as you can and do a water change. Increasing circulation in the tank prevents it from taking hold. You should also check your water parameters. Coraline makes a hard skin over the rocks and glass that can only be scraped off. If it is soft and can be sucked off the rocks easily it is cyano algae.

[monocus]

get some cyano remover-add three days before a water change and start using coral snow-it helped with my problem cyano

[Diana]

Combine both the above advices- and you should be rid of it!

[plutoniumJoe]

If it forms a thick woven blanket, it might be turf algae. Either way try reducing your nitrates and phosphates. Foxface will eat it as will some tangs.

Have you checked your nutrients?