RED TIDE

[fishnutham]

thanks guppy. time to pull out the old vortex (pain in the butt) filter.
this is a new one to me. although the fish are so mellow right now, maybe i should leave it, lol

on guppys note if your phosphates are high enough to promote this algae i would encrease your water changes and cut back on the feeding this should keep the phosphates in check

 

[Tyler]

one of my old 55 gal tanks for some reason turned like a reddish orange color too...never really figured out why so i sold it and got an nicer tank

 

[Stas]

Never seen this in a tank. But I have seen a whole creek here in Galilee, Israel, flowing blood red water in early summer, no kidding. Probably same algae boom. Looks like river of blood, makes you think about the origin of some Bible stories .

 

[guppy]

Never seen this in a tank. But I have seen a whole creek here in Galilee, Israel, flowing blood red water in early summer, no kidding. Probably same algae boom. Looks like river of blood, makes you think about the origin of some Bible stories .

I am betting the stream has a fairly high mineral content. Then when it hits the proper temp, algae bloom.