I need major help pplleeaassee!!!

[LilMikey3]

Hi everybody recently i have been going into the month to month cycle i have a saltwater 8 gallon bio cube with two big corals and two mushrooms, i also have a couple of smaller cleaner snails,one cleaner shrimp, a mexican turbo snail,and an emerald crab But for the past month and a half i have ran into a problem i've been getting this long stringy, thick, dark green slime in my tank i have continuesly vaccumed it out brushed it out and i'm thinking about cutting back my light time to 8 hours and it keeps growing back though i only have 1 month before i add my 2 clowns *SUPERSMIL but i'm also worried it might kill my corals please any suggestions would be useful!

Thanks,
Mike *twirlysmi

 

[LilMikey3]

oh and sorry i have a saltwater tank thanks!

 

[ValRasbora]

Google it. Haha that's what I always say

 

[LilMikey3]

thanks! I'll try it

 

[LilMikey3]

uuuhhh i googled it nothin much nothin really tellin me how to treat it darn, anybody else ever have this problem?

 

[BlueStraggler]

Well its either algae or cyanobacteria.
If its algae you just have to keep cleaning it out because it is a lifeform that competes for nutrients (I believe).
Cyanobacteria is the same story but it isn't algae and its hard to purge from the tank. Try googling cyanobacteria images to see if that is what you have.

Reducing lighting, in either case, should help some. (But it would help more if algae is what you have)
Although some saltwater pros may tell you to not cut back on the lighting because your (corals need them?) I'm not sure though (my experience is limited to freshwater) I just wanted to point you in the right direction so you know what to research.

You have cleaner shrimp I just noticed. So if it was algae they would have eaten it by now (I'm thinking)
Google cyanobacteria. Thats probaly what you have.

 

[LilMikey3]

omg! thanks!!! i think that that's exactly what i have! i'm pretty sure that it's cyanobacteria because it looks exactly the same so how should i kill it???

 

[homebunnyj]

You really need to post this in the saltwater forum. Some things are just so specific to saltwater that you'll be more likely to get the help you need there.

 

[LilMikey3]

ok thanks i just joined today and i didn't know that saltwater and freshwater was divided up so i just posted on begginer but Thanks I'll try my luck there

 

[homebunnyj]

Well, welcome, even if we don't see you much in the freshwater forums from now on.