i have finished an anti-bacterial treatment for red slime which
from the looks of things was successful. but now i have MEGAFOAM, how do i get it to stop foaming? i assume the answer to be water changes-many.
Hi:
your antibacterial is most likely erythromycin or a -mycin derviative and it changes the surface tension of the water (hence the reason your foaming and skimmers prolly going crazy). Do 2 things, water changes and add carbon (change the carbon out after 2-3days).
franks
thanks frank, i just finished a 15 gal change and it has cut the foam quite a bit, but still can't run the skimmer it just foams out the top in about 1 minute. will get some carbon and put in the wet/dry sump? thanks again randy
Yep, you will need to run some carbon filtration in there, and probably change out the carbon every few days until you get medication residual out.
Hopefully, your tank is FO?
