Boyds Red Slime Remover vs. Tridacna Clam

[Scratch-D]

My experience is as follows:


I dosed the tank according to instruction.


the Corals, inverts and fish made it thru no prob


my 8" iridescent purple blue Tridacna Clam DOA.


It opened its mouth wide by the next morning and by the following day it had a perma-grin.


Prior to that the Clam was happy as a clam. I fed it phyto and it had grown 2 inches since I added it to the tank.

 

[loyalrogue]

Ouch!
That sucks.

I guess the lesson for everyone is that no matter how safe a product says it is, you are always taking a chance when you add any chemical additives to your tank.
I've used both Boyd's Chemi-Clean and UltraLife's Red Slime Remover in the past with no problems... of course, I have no clams so I wasn't in the same boat as you.

 

[jeffbrig]

I'm funny like that too, John. No medicines/treatments in the tank, no matter what the bottle says.

 

[jessp]

i've used red slime remover w/ two clams and never had a problem. i usually dose about 1/4 of what the bottel reccomends.

 

[FatmanII]

I 2nd that, Ive never had a problem with my clam and Red Slime remover.

 

[Scratch-D]

UltraLife's Red Slime Remover never gave me a problem but the first time I tried Boyds red slime


:uzi: Perma-grin clam


I am not saying this will happen every time and some of you may get good results.


Their Chemipure rOx imho :thumbsup:

 

[ReefWreak]

I dunno if it makes a difference or not, but the only difference between their Chemipure and the black bottle chemipure is that the black bottle "special grade" or w/e it is has some red slime remover in it, I believe. I remember comparing the two bottles next to each other, and that was the only difference, which was weird that they would suggest running it like that all the time...

 

[FatmanII]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9240792#post9240792 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Scratch-D
UltraLife's Red Slime Remover never gave me a problem but the first time I tried Boyds red slime


:uzi: Perma-grin clam


I am not saying this will happen every time and some of you may get good results.


Their Chemipure rOx imho :thumbsup:

Sorry about that, your right I have only used Ultra-Life.