Too Much?

[Josh Candiotti]

I used red slime remover and I am trying to get it out of my system now that the red slime has died off. My skimmer is bubbling at a very fast rate releasing a lot more bubble in the DT. It is 65 gallon reef and I do weekly water changes 10 gallons every Saturday. Today, Friday I did a 15 gallon water change to get it out of the system. It is still in the system though, can I do anywhere bewteen a 5 to 10 gallon water change tommorow or is that much?

 

[davewbush]

IMO you will be fine doing another water change. You can also run active carbon for a few days to help get it out.

 

[cubsFAN]

shouldnt be a problem.

 

[nikon187]

A water change won't hurt anything. I believe you are supposed to shut off your skimmer for a few days when using red slime remover

 

[Josh Candiotti]

Ya, it was off for about 4 days. Now its back on but bubbling way to much. Is there anything else I can do to get the skimmer functioning normally again?

 

[wrott]

As suggested above, larger WCs and lots of carbon.
And adjust the skimmer so that it isn't going crazy (like driest skimming possible), and it will still skim wet for a few days. So be prepared to empty the cup every few hours, and turn it off if you are not going to be there to empty it (like at night).
When I used Chemi-Clean, I must have done 2-3 30% WCs, and my skimmer still went nuts for 3-4 days.
(and add SW to make up for the loss of skimming such a large volume)

 

[Josh Candiotti]

Ok, thank you for your for your help, I will keep you all posted.

 

[Josh Candiotti]

This moring I woke up and the skimmer is doing much better. There are still many bubbles coming out of the outake. But it is only about 1/5th the amount of bubbles coming out yesterday. I plan on doing a 10 gallon water change Wednesday if it remains like this. But the tank is looking much better now. Thanks everyone for your help.