Red slime!!!

[biker364]

This sucks! If I use the treatment for it, I then have to do a 20% water change soon after, wich is not good for coral and fish. Tank has been established for one year, water tests are good. Any other suggestions? I am fixing leak in main circulation pump tommorrow, would decreased water flow cause this? Help please..... :notsure: Thanks!!

 

[ledzep fan]

I use a red slime remover when I get slime. Yes, you have to do a 20% water change and to answer your question about if it is bad for coral and fish and that is no. It does not harm them at all. I have used it in a a complete reef with good results.
Or you can always just find out your problem like lighting, water flow, etc,.

 

[murph145]

i get red slime every few months and when i do i use boyds chemi-clean red slime remover
anyways u do a 20% water change after 48 hours and it works excellent and i have a 180G full mixed reef with lots of sps and nothing has ever been harmed

 

[xdave]

It's usually a phosphate problem, since you're keeping corals I will rule out lack of proper lighting as a factor.

 

[laddy]

The list of causes go on, and one, and on.......

 

[hot883]

Are you feeding brine? Likely cause is phosphates as stated above. I have used Chemi-clean a couple of times following the directions and have not lost any fish or corals by doing the 20% water change.
Important thing to remember is that the red slime remover takes out alot of oxygen so a large water change is manditory.

 

[mudplayerx]

My opinion on Red Slime Remover is very negative. It is nothing more than tetracycline, an antibiotic. This means that it is having a negative effect on all of your beneficial bacteria as well. Worst of all, you aren't correcting the problem that led to the cyanobacteria (most likely high DOC or insufficient flow), but rather just prolonging the time until you will see it again.