Ultralife red slime remover?

[Sgt Jonny Cat]

I have noticed a red slime outbreak forming on my sand. I saw a video on this stuff on youtube and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it?

If not, will any CUC members get rid of this stuff? I have a 55 gal FOWL tank, its been up and running 3 months now and my water parameters are pretty good Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate around 10-20 ppm, and I don't have a phosphate test kit yet, but plan on getting it this week.

Any help would be great....thanks

 

[Crooked Reef]

Red slime = Cyanobacteria. Siphon it when you do water changes and up your flow. I wouldn't add a chemical at this point not knowing whatnot will do to your tank in the long run. Nassarius snails or a fighting conch may keep the sand surface stirred enough to prevent it from forming, but flow is the key here.

 

[Sk8r]

Don't. Your sandbed is nowhere near 'adult'. The slime remover is safer in a more mature tank with adequate skimming. To handle this stuff, just turn your lights out 3 days a month while keeping your skimmer tuned to max efficiency. Won't hurt corals or fish if you leave it just on ambient light. [Room light]. Takes a while. But it will get it, with persistence. And this way doesn't risk crashing your tank, which can happen, with a bad case, a remover, and not enough skimming fast enough.

 

[CoralBeauty13]

+1 On SK8tr. I had it bad even on the rocks, and turned out the light for three days, turned on blues to feed fish, and all gone . Yes, keep skimmer running and watch it , it will run crazy.

 

[Mark9]

Cyano is very common.
Running a GFO reactor removed it for me, took a couple weeks.
Has not come back.

 

[r_g]

ULTRALIFE RED SLIME STAIN REMOVER
not happy.
Instructions are : NO WATER CHANGE NEEDED / JUST ADJUST SKIMMER.
But my Skimmer is going crazy, i had to turn it off

 

[Sk8r]

NO! Don't turn the skimmer off. Adjust it and keep tossing the cupful.

 

[shesacharmer]

You NEED to skim that stuff out of there asap! It's all die off!

 

[Xavibear]

Work to bring your nitrates down. 10 - 20 is pretty high.

 

[r_g]

if i let the skimmer on i have a lot of micro bubbles……what should i do?

 

[Sk8r]

Keep tossing the waste water in the cup, and watch your salinity.