Tired of Cyano, thinking about trying Red Slime Remover

[Mussin]

Red slime remover works like a charm. I don't see why people don't like it?

[RTab619]

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[Bono]

Can you give more details about your LED's ie: manufacturer, light cycle and settings?

[lespaul339]

Its a Reef Breeder Photon 48. I don't remember my old settings, but here are my new ones. Right now my blues max out at 70% and my whites at 34%. I have the blues coming on at 7 in the morning and gradually ramping up to 50%. Then the whites come on about 10 a.m. and ramp up till they get to 34% in the afternoon. The blues and whites are then on Blue 70% and white 34% for four hours before they start ramping down. My whites kick off at 8 p.m. My blues on are 60% and slowly ramping down till lights out at 12 a.m.

[Johnseye]

Originally Posted by Snarkys

Products like chemiclean and Red Slime Remover always get a bad rap but they almost always work and I've personally never seen a negative response when the directions are followed.

It's common for people to say they are a bandaid to a real issue and that might be true but if the tank is otherwise healthy, maintained well and has decent flow that might not be the case.

Chemiclean worked for me in the past as a last resort. I do also agree there was a reason why the cyano got a foothold in the first place.

I started up a new tank a couple months ago and despite low nutrients have a dino issue. Similar struggle to cyano. I reduced the hours of light per day and discontinued use of KZ Spongepower and Amino. Then I increased the flow in the tank. I had been using ZEObak since starting the tank, but without a reactor, ZEOvit, ZEOfood and ZEOstart. I removed my GFO, added a reactor and added the rocks, Food and Start. Going full Zeovit was just coincidental timing but I thought I should bring it up. I bought a bottle of Dino-X just in case, but it appears the dinos are subsiding. We'll see what happens before I go nuclear with the Dino-X. That's a last resort for me.

[Snarkys]

Originally Posted by Johnseye

Chemiclean worked for me in the past as a last resort. I do also agree there was a reason why the cyano got a foothold in the first place.

I started up a new tank a couple months ago and despite low nutrients have a dino issue. Similar struggle to cyano. I reduced the hours of light per day and discontinued use of KZ Spongepower and Amino. Then I increased the flow in the tank. I had been using ZEObak since starting the tank, but without a reactor, ZEOvit, ZEOfood and ZEOstart. I removed my GFO, added a reactor and added the rocks, Food and Start. Going full Zeovit was just coincidental timing but I thought I should bring it up. I bought a bottle of Dino-X just in case, but it appears the dinos are subsiding. We'll see what happens before I go nuclear with the Dino-X. That's a last resort for me.

A lot of the guys here have had luck with raising the PH to 8.3+ with kalk or c02 scrubber media on their skimmers and then going completely dark for 72 hours. meaning black out the room or put something over the tank to black it out.

[Johnseye]

Originally Posted by Snarkys

A lot of the guys here have had luck with raising the PH to 8.3+ with kalk or c02 scrubber media on their skimmers and then going completely dark for 72 hours. meaning black out the room or put something over the tank to black it out.

I use kalk and the tank's pH stays fairly constant at 8 other than typical day and night variations. I did add 2 tsp per gallon to my ato water this time around so without adding vinegar it should be saturated. Hadn't thought of co2 scrubber media. Will look into that, thanks.

[brett559]

Had it terrible a few years ago. Used Chemi-Clean. Never came back. Use it.

[oseymour]

I used it a few months ago. I followed the instructions and did the follow-up treatment a few days later.

Works like a charm, removed the cyano completely and it never came back. The only ill effect is that my skimmer went nuts. I connected the cup to a bucket and let it drain into the bucket, turned my ATO off and replace whatever was in the bucket with freshly mixed saltwater. Took about 10 gallons for the skimmer to calm down.