redslime help
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SaltyWaters
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How old is the Tank? I'm Having the same problem. I have it on my sand and LR. I think mines from Old Tank Syndrome. Phosphates In the rock.
vietcu
New member
Here is what I had to do to get rid of my red slime. First thing was do the 3 day no lights. After that do a good amount of water change. Then cut back on feeding. I would suggest raising your Calc and Alk, check first your Magesium level though. From personal experience I had a low level of Mag, and did not matter how much I added Calc and Kalk. The level would not go up until I got my Mag up past 1300. I finally got it to kick using the Vodka method. That's just what I did, I don't know if it is correct or not. But that's how I got my Cyano to go away for good.
MMOORE0324
Member
.25 Po4 is really high. Do you use RO/DI water for top off? Do you does kalkwasser?
joe i was starting to get red slime also i addded phosban to my fluvall canister which i use for media and did a big water change my nitrates were high also it seemed to take care of the problem. I wouild only use the red slime remover as a last option ive heard really good and really bad things about it. Ask tony
Briney Dave
New member
the cyano or red slime is very easy to solve. I would rather not see you use a treatment chemical. I think they only really mask the problem of too many nutrients.
If you are not using R/O water you may really want to look into that.
a water change will be needed right away to start getting those nutrients down.
Next is water flow. Cyano will blow off right away with even a modest increase in water flow. if your rock has that on it then I don't think it is getting enough flow for most any sort of coral to be happy.
either add another water mover or re-shape the flow pattern to avoid these dead spots.
If you are not using R/O water you may really want to look into that.
a water change will be needed right away to start getting those nutrients down.
Next is water flow. Cyano will blow off right away with even a modest increase in water flow. if your rock has that on it then I don't think it is getting enough flow for most any sort of coral to be happy.
either add another water mover or re-shape the flow pattern to avoid these dead spots.
serpentman
part time superhero
Personally, flow when combined with carbon and GFO has always worked best for me.
I would hesitate using chemical means as I know of one local reefer whose tank crashed after using red slime remover. Its still unknown for sure as to whether it was the cause, however, its highly suspect.
I would hesitate using chemical means as I know of one local reefer whose tank crashed after using red slime remover. Its still unknown for sure as to whether it was the cause, however, its highly suspect.
Briney Dave
New member
I whole heartedly agree with the carbon addition. But also, you do need to take a look at those nutrient numbers, They don't need to be zeros by any means but need to come down for fish and coral health.
DiscoReefRover
Active member
Just say no to chemicaly treating your tank ... Get rid of exess organics by use of carbon , phos remover , and what are you using as a skimmer a quality skimmer can do wonders for cleaning up your water ..
i have am using RO water for topoff and changes. I'm not running a skimmer right now, but will be adding one shortly. The break out started when I got back from a work trip and my wife was feeding the tank, So that very well could have been over feed . I do have carbon running and I just changed it to make sure that was not the problem. I want to find the source so i'm not going through this again anytime soon. I picked up some phosban today and will be addding it tonight. So after all this is anyone selling a skimmer?
BrunstuckyJoe
Active member
You have new tank syndrome....
Jeff Trout
New member
I have used redslime romover in my sps tanks with no problem!
Briney Dave
New member
the new carbon you are putting in and the skimmer back on will help a bunch. As will the water change to get ahead of it and you still may want to look at flow around the tank. I know I have had dead spots and have a little of that grow despite pretty darn good parameters. I moved the flow a bit and it was gone about as quick as it showed up
Thanks everyone for the help. I started to mess around with it and noticed that my return puma is alot louder than normal so i wonder if the flow is lees than it has been? I used a turkey baster and pulled as much out as i could untill my water is done mixing and i could do a change.
