red slime remover

[jays180]

I am starting to get some red slime on the sand, I do not think I have enough flow on the bottom of the tank. I added more power heads, and I bought Red Slime Remover from UltraLife. It does not mention if you leave the skimmer on or off.
Does anyone know if I should leave the skimmer on, or turn it off, is so how long?

 

[winstew]

I'm new to this whole thing to so take my advice with a grain of salt but if you think its because of flow problems shouldn't you try and solve that first, otherwise the slime will just come back and you'll have to keep dumping chemicals in there.... $.02
What size tank and what do you have for flow?

 

[hot883]

Originally Posted by jays180
I am starting to get some red slime on the sand, I do not think I have enough flow on the bottom of the tank. I added more power heads, and I bought Red Slime Remover from UltraLife. It does not mention if you leave the skimmer on or off.
Does anyone know if I should leave the skimmer on, or turn it off, is so how long?
Turn your skimmer off. Follow the directions, it should say for 48 hours or so and then do a water change?

 

[jays180]

Thanks,
Tank is a 180, with 40 sump and fuge, RO/DI. Had 2 mag 9.5 return pumps, just added 2 400gph hour PHs across the bottom.
How large of a water change, 15-20 gallons?
This is completely reef same correct?

 

[reefreak29]

red slime removers are bacteria killers so it will also kill your nitrifiing bacteria get a nother power head ang do more h2o changes