Cyanobacteria (red slime algae) vs copepods

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i've found something interesting, so this is my refugium, i stuffed it with a lot of macroalgae, but since the water flow is lacking, there was intense bloom of cyanobacteria
(red slime algae), almost give up on this tank until i put some dead fish there, which a lot of copepods feed into it. now it has a lot of pods which eating that red slime algae, around a week ago almost all the surface of my glass coated in it. now it is significantly clearer. i turn it on 24/7. i will throw more dead fish or my food in it for pods's food later.

 

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Btw what macro are you keeping in there?
 
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There are 5 species. Chaetomorpha. Caulerpa taxifolia. Caulerpa racemosa, hpnea and the other 1 which i dont know. I just asked local fisherman to pluck it from sea.
 
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There are 5 species. Chaetomorpha. Caulerpa taxifolia. Caulerpa racemosa, hpnea and the other 1 which i dont know. I just asked local fisherman to pluck it from sea.
The orange in the back si plastic decoration..
 
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Update. Almost clean now
 

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i've found something interesting, so this is my refugium, i stuffed it with a lot of macroalgae, but since the water flow is lacking, there was intense bloom of cyanobacteria
(red slime algae), almost give up on this tank until i put some dead fish there, which a lot of copepods feed into it. now it has a lot of pods which eating that red slime algae, around a week ago almost all the surface of my glass coated in it. now it is significantly clearer. i turn it on 24/7. i will throw more dead fish or my food in it for pods's food later.

What type of pods do you have trying to get rid of red slime in my tank
 

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