Red/purple slime

[Zuska]

Whats the best product out there to get rid of this slime? i have it all over my rocks and parts or sand? and whats the cause of this? But i really need a good product to get rid of it

 

[ryangrieder]

i like chemi-clean. the red slime remover by ultralife and blue life red slime rx did not work for me. also kent poly-ox worked very well for me as well. changed the tank dark purple, but still gone within 2-3 days. i used kent poly-ox though when i had a small amount of cyno like infront of my sand between my glass or small parts on my rock... but id reccomend chemi-clean if you have alot.

just click the links for those products.

 

[ryangrieder]

also adding higher flow in the tank could help and adding a phosphate remover

 

[Dre]

Whats the best product out there to get rid of this slime? i have it all over my rocks and parts or sand? and whats the cause of this? But i really need a good product to get rid of it

A good skimmer,water change,remove it at night with a tooth brush.No chemicals necessary here.

 

[Imbarrie]

If you have a sump, you can create a syphon and filter through a filter sock in your sump. Suck all your slime through it.
You need to eliminate the source of nutrients.

Chemicals are the nuclear option and should never be included in the initial steps. Only as a last resort.



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[ryangrieder]

hmm ill keep that in mind if i ever see it again in my tank. i usually just dosed some chemical and within 2 days it was spotless without even having to touch the tank.

 

[anthony27]

alot of ppl say special blend

 

[Zuska]

i have a nice skimmer, phosphate reactor, sock, my mp40 is on blast and still no good. itried removing it, shutting lights for a full day(i got clams so cant for to long)

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

A good skimmer,water change,remove it at night with a tooth brush.No chemicals necessary here.

+1 I have also used Special Blend with positive results.

 

[ryangrieder]

really special blend? that bicteria additive product or whatever by microbe-lift? thats pretty cool. is that the stuff that smells like sulfer aka a godzilla fart lol?

 

[mcnuggget]

short term solution to a long term problem. hunt down the cause(dead spots/high bioload,po4,no3, etc...) and eliminate the problem is the real solution.

 

[E.intheC]

a good skimmer,water change,remove it at night with a tooth brush.no chemicals necessary here.

+1

 

[motortrendz]

def need higher flow in your tank.. i usually use my hand and fan it off or u can use a turkey baster to blow it off in the areas with less flow.. use new phosban, add more flow..

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

really special blend? that bicteria additive product or whatever by microbe-lift? thats pretty cool. is that the stuff that smells like sulfer aka a godzilla fart lol?

Thats the stuff....lol It seems to work well....

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

+1 special blend
i had it bad and 4 weeks using sb its all gone
any pics?

 

[Zuska]

no look at my tank thread lol i posted pics up and most pics have the slime in it.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/29152-zuskas-65-gallon-thread-22.htmlhttp://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/29152-zuskas-65-gallon-thread.html

 

[juiceguy]

np bio-pellets eat up all the phos and trates. i had a similar issue with cyano even though my tank was running phos at .03 and 0 trates. added the bio-pellets and within 3 weeks algae and cyano were starved out.

 

[Will C]

If you have a sump, you can create a syphon and filter through a filter sock in your sump. Suck all your slime through it.
You need to eliminate the source of nutrients.

Chemicals are the nuclear option and should never be included in the initial steps. Only as a last resort.

+1 - Don't just stir it up, siphon it out. If it comes off very easily (it should) the try moving your vortechs around. I beat a pretty severe case of cyano by w/c's, GFO and after 2 weeks I moved my vortechs, saw ALOT of 'stuff' blowing around and that was it - clean a day later. No chemicals. It took a while but I was committed to stay away from chemicals.
Good Luck

 

[Zuska]

cool i will try moving my mp40 around. sounds like a good idea and i will be adding a tunze power head also to create more flow.

 

[Mattl22]

I used chemi clean it worked great that was 1 month ago haven't seen it since just add 2 days b4 a water change follow INS


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