Whose got red slime?

[805reef]

I have been working to get my parameters back in check. My phosphates are 0 but my nitrates are still high.

Here is my chaeto and frag area in my sump. Beautiful, no?

 

[ngvu1]

Not beautiful but the sump who cares. Do you reverse time cycle for the dt and the sump?

 

[805reef]

Yes the lights are on opposite schedules.

I know it's the sump but I still want it to be pretty. Lol. Maybe I should keep the lights off down there for a few days

 

[ngvu1]

Water change :=)

 

[Tangwich]

I had that mess n tried chemiclean....drkpped an airstone for added oxygination and in 3 days BOOM ALL GONE. I suggested another reefer try it wen he said he was having the same issue and lets just say he was very appreciative of my suggestion.

 

[805reef]

I've ton lots and lots and lots of water changes

Chemiclean is reef safe? I have an airstone. I'll look into it

 

[Tangwich]

Reef safe vince..do it and ur welcome sir ; )

 

[805reef]

Sweet. Just watched a YouTube about it. I'll order some and tackle this red slime monster!

 

[TH64]

Yup when u have tried lights out, water changes and everything else chemi clean works perfect. Just make sure to be on the conservative side for the dose.

 

[Jetsetter57]

Lol. Maybe I should keep the lights off down there for a few days

Hah my wife does that when I'm being a jerk. Hah!!

 

[joseserrano]

to drop your nitrates you have to do giant water changes (if this is the method you are choosing to use to drop them). For example, if you are at like 80, if you do a actual 50% water change (all at once, not over the course of a week, month,...), then you will drop them to 40.

 

[805reef]

I have about 220 total water volume... I don't have the means to do a 100 gallon water change. I've done multiple 50s on back to back to back days.

I think my sand was a big problem. It looked pretty bad but I got a diamond goby a couple weeks ago and he has the sand bed looking so much better. The red slime in the DT is pretty much all gone.

 

[joseserrano]

if you cant do that large of a water change, then either mechanical or biological will be the route to take.

 

[Tangwich]

Chemical ftw!

 

[newtothis]

The reason your Po4 is reading 0.0 is bc the slime is eating it all up. The chemiclean would only be a bandaid with great results. You really gotta look at your ro/di(if you make your own) or where you get your h2o from, lighting has a big play in cyano bloom, and of course flow is a big factor.....the culprit in my system was an extended supplemental lighting that caused my cyano bloom.

 

[Tangwich]

Yup, let me clear that up. I suggest using chemiclean but you definitely have to find the root of your problem and fix it. Thats what i did and had great results and after finding and fixing the culprit, havent seen cyano traces since. Sometimes we all need a little science assistance to work cohesively with our due diligence. Kill 'em.

 

[Usingthejohn]

I have red slime; I also have phosphates of 1.0 and nitrates of 20....oops

 

[Tangwich]

I have red slime; I also have phosphates of 1.0 and nitrates of 20....oops

Sounds like you have 99 problems but a moorish idol aint one : p

 

[Usingthejohn]

well...i feed heavy. I also don't rinse my frozen....go ahead; call me lazy.

AND my gfo is also a month old. Time to switch it out and look into biopellets for the nitrates.

 

[Six2seven]

As stated above, try to fix the root of the problem. One thing most people experience with using chemiclean is that once the red slime is gone it will be replaced by another type of algae if the problems still exists. It usually tends to be hair algae which is harder to remove than red slime.