Red Slime Algea

[rainmkr07]

turning off the lights for 72 hours, followed by a 25-30% water change helps tremendously too. But only if you have attacked the cause as well (added more flow for example).

 

[rivoth]

I've found that turning off the lights for that long has a much worse effect on my corals and macro plants than the cyano ever did. So any more I just slow down the feeding a little and wait it out. Occasionaly I use a turkey baster to blow off thick loose clumps on the rocks. Just when I think it will never clear, the cyano starts to fade away on it's own.

 

[chercm]

mine is growing on the sand and it is such a headache ..... my nitrate is only 0.5 ppm

 

[bmullikin1]

had same problem in sand bed. tried red slime remover, worked but came back within months. tried rhowa phos w reactor, helped alot, but still never gone. tried more flow, nope. new bulbs,nope. cut back lighting,nope, cut back feedings, rinsed food,nope.finally w bb and havent seen for almost 2 months. good luck, sometimes wonder if sand bed gets to old, stirred my shallow sand bed weekly to no avail.

 

[chercm]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13344476#post13344476 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bmullikin1
had same problem in sand bed. tried red slime remover, worked but came back within months. tried rhowa phos w reactor, helped alot, but still never gone. tried more flow, nope. new bulbs,nope. cut back lighting,nope, cut back feedings, rinsed food,nope.finally w bb and havent seen for almost 2 months. good luck, sometimes wonder if sand bed gets to old, stirred my shallow sand bed weekly to no avail.

never heard of such thing with the old sand bed

 

[chercm]

any cleaning crew eats red slime ?

 

[EvasionOfTruth]

cerith snails

 

[ddjd13]

Red Slime remover and increase of flow and direction as to where the flow was going. It seems to be working for me now, been about 2 weeks since I have had it all over the place...

Picture below was 2 weeks ago has it on rocks and sand. I adjusted my powerheads and today even added another one just to be sure.

 

[Runfrumu]

I did the red slime remover route and it worked for a while, but would always come back, I quit feeding flake food of any kind and removed my filter socks, and the majority of it hasnt come back.

 

[chercm]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13348539#post13348539 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EvasionOfTruth
cerith snails

kinda of difficult to get it from Singapore