Green slime on my bottom sand?

[n4red]

Hey guys i posted this before but i got no serious answer for how to fix it .. so here i go again . ive got some green slime on my bottom that keeps coming back no mather what i do , i tried to totally black out the aquarium for like 5 days didnt work . i removed most of it and it still came back. water changes , reduced lightining .

Someone told me earlier that i needed new plants to sort it out trying that now but it still increases !

please help me i hate this " slime " and i think it looks horrible .... its impossible to remove by hand i tried it and it didnt work out several times... anyway heres a pic .

 

[dwilder]

its cyanobacteria if the blackouts dont work antibiotics will

 

[n4red]

its cyanobacteria if the blackouts dont work antibiotics will

Hmm where do i get that? and whats it called?

 

[FSM]

It's photosynthetic bacteria...basically algae (but technically not)


Mix up the sand and bury it, suck it out when you do water changes...erythromycin is the antibiotic people have used.

 

[~ocean]

algae bacteria - what FSM said. Try removing sand, pouring medical suff over it, rinse 4 good times, than hope for the best!

 

[dwilder]

here is a nice page to help identify algae and treat http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm

 

[n4red]

It's photosynthetic bacteria...basically algae (but technically not)


Mix up the sand and bury it, suck it out when you do water changes...erythromycin is the antibiotic people have used.

Tried , that it doesnt work u cant remove all of it and it comes back really fast. (not the antibiotic)