red slime algea need advise

[cubman20]

The tank is 8 years old never had it. phos 0, nitrate 10, alk is a little high, cal 500 ph 8.2. The tank is a 40 breeder i do 6 gallon changes one a week. every thing in the tank looks fine. The only coral thats smaller is my brain. could it be telling me theres something off in the water. The thing that is weird is my 30 gallon sump is spotless no algea i wish it was the other way around. lights 400 watt 14k halide, 96 watt pc attic. flow 3000 ouite one, 1200 maxjet, and two 400 maxjets on a wave timer

 

[salineh2o]

The red slime could be feeding directly off the nutrients on the rocks.

You could have zero nitrates and still get red slime.

Take a powerhead and blow off all the rock.

Then go crazy with water changes until it is gone.

Don't let it takeover. I am talking from experience.


good luck.

 

[dragonforce]

Salineh2o gave some good advice. I would also Siphon as much if it as I possibly could. You can stamp it out quick if you are aggressive. I would hold off on feeding for a week while you do 25% water changes and siphoning it off the rocks.

 

[cubman20]

Thanks i will start water changes today

 

[GQ22]

my prob was my home made food. didnt clean, and the mysisi was using was apparently a posphate factory. also could be bulbs.

 

[Obi-dad]

Get 3/8" ID vinyl tubing from Home Depot, and siphon it out. You can put a filter sock in your sump and siphon it into there, that way you are not removing a lot of water. Only takes a few minutes to siphon.

 

[cubman20]

The bulbs are new maybe i feed much i cut back feeding a year back and the sps all faded then i fed more and they darkend up again it must be a fine line to balance it just right.

 

[Tbrew]

is this red slime?
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vatbrew/detail?.dir=cdcbre2&.dnm=8441re2.jpg&.src=ph

 

[cubman20]

yep

 

[Scottkelly911]

have you switched sources for your freshwater for either top off or if you make your own saltwater? If you haven't and have an RO/DI unit, it could be a sign of a failing RO/DI unit.

 

[RedEyeElf]

cyano can be other colors too

 

[plyle02]

As mentioned above, RO/DI and test on a tds meter.

 

[bluemantr]

I used red slime remover when i had red slime. It worked awesome. I didnt have the red slimeback again. And all my corals and fishes are perfectly healthy.

 

[MikeP471612]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9270087#post9270087 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bluemantr
I used red slime remover when i had red slime. It worked awesome. I didnt have the red slimeback again. And all my corals and fishes are perfectly healthy.

I second that, mine was gone completely in 48 hours after use and all corals, inverts and fish are fine. The brand I bought is called chemi-clean. It's kind of a band aid fix cause your outbreak happened for a reason, you should still do some water changes and try to pinpoint why you got it in the first place.

HTH

 

[cubman20]

The ro was changed 1 month ago i will take it in to get it tested. what gets me why is the sump clean.

 

[salineh2o]

If you can get it out without chemicals. Do it.

Try not to make chemical soup.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

1. Good flow. Nothing should settle on the substrate.
2. Run phosphate removal media such as phosban. I run the media eventhough I have tested my water with a salifert kit and it read 0. The Algae can be using the phosphate as fast as it's being intorduced to your system, and even small amounts of PO4 (too small to register on a kit) can fuel algae and harm corals.
3. Use RODI water. Check the TDS, your filters may need replacing.
4. Rinse all frozen food cubes before feeding.
5. Keep the sand stirred with a cucumber, conch and/or gobies.