Red Slime remover in reply to tekkno

I have not seen a thread on this and it seems that our freinds at the labs have been doing a good job and have come up with a relatively safe and sure fire method of ridding us of Red Slime Algae.(BAc I know)

There is a product called simply Red Slime Remover , it is expensive at 17 bucks for the bottle , I would say about 8 or 9 ounces worth.

The product claims that it will not harm inverts, fish or corals and I would have to agree.

Heres my results , moderate to sever problem with red slime ( Main cause I think is PH swings and evaporation from summer time and A/C use)

Used the dosage as stated and it says not to overdose or exceed dosage recommendations within the 1 week treatment period. I also removed my carbon.

I would like to say that if you use this product SHUT YOUR SKIMMER OFF! Its gonna start freaking out like some meds make it.

After about 36 hours I noticed all of the slime is gone! I have not had any reappear and I have found absolutely no effects to corals at all (SPS, LPS and softies) and no harm to my fish or inverts.

To rid myself of the skimmer probelm once treatment was over I added carbon and after about 2 days of carbon and a 10% water change I was able to use my skimmer.

I would highly recommend this product. It is called Red Slime Remover and is made by Ultralife Reef Products. For the Price and the results I think it is well worth it. Hope this helps

[acerhigh]

the thing is.............. ANYTIME you add chemicals to your tank to "cure" a problem.......... you are only using a bandaid.... there is an underlying problem that needs to be fixed............. or your red slime...... or cyanobacteria will return.... it is enevitable!

[BlackGrandPrix]

Red Slime Remover is just expensive erythromyacin. So you overpaid about 3 times what it costs for the maracyn. One thing that I did try that I was really impressed with was Boyd Enterprises Chemi- Clean. Its more of and oxidizer than a chemical to kill stuff. Helps oxidize the organics in your water and raise your redox. Worked great for a couple people I know with no harmful effects on corals.

[rogerwilco357]

all perameters well in range , and i have seen this in the best of stores too ...and they couldn't get rid of it but time did...i have an elegance and it is thriving i would hate to use chemicals and kill it also many other sps lps and softies like my sinularia ,,so i will clean the tank with the snake suck it out and remove as much as possible and do a water change and run carbon maybe that will work maybe not maybe i need to do this like 4 times in a two month period befor i will win ...i did a complete strip down on one 120 and it worked but this tank has way too much in it for that so use the white powder or the waterchanges and carbon ..anyone

[Mermaid]

Roger,

Some info that may help you with this can be found >>>here<<< and >>>here<<<

I support what Dan posted as believing that chemicals just band aid it. If you use them and still have the same habits of overfeeding, not rinsing food, lights need changed or no flow in the cyano area, it will come back again.
Good info in the threads for you to read and see what the problems you may be doing that is causing it and then battle each one to overcome it. Kalk, carbon and skimming are a start, but so much info is in the threads to help in treating it.
Good luck!

Although Yes it is a bandaid I believe bandaid in a case such as this is the wrong word. Although you may yes have an underlaying problem that may cause its return there does come a point with red algae that you need to do something because it is suffocating everything or just plain getting out of control.

And although it is expensive I do not believe that I over paid reason being is if I buy 8 tablets of maracyn at 5 or 6 bucks I will eventually pay in excess of 17 dollars to complete the treatment or rid myself completely of the algae. Thanks for the info

[sped]

Reaction....... Cyanobacteria... Not red algae but a bacteria... A chem to kill bacteria in a reef tank is not cool!!! It`s used for fish only in hopes that there slim coat will help them stay alive!!!! I would not use this in my fish only system!!!! IMO Just a little time and take care of your tank can rid this problem... Ed

[tekknoschtev]

Originally Posted by reaction

Although Yes it is a bandaid I believe bandaid in a case such as this is the wrong word. Although you may yes have an underlaying problem that may cause its return there does come a point with red algae that you need to do something because it is suffocating everything or just plain getting out of control.

And although it is expensive I do not believe that I over paid reason being is if I buy 8 tablets of maracyn at 5 or 6 bucks I will eventually pay in excess of 17 dollars to complete the treatment or rid myself completely of the algae. Thanks for the info

I agree, there is a certain point where drastic measures may need to be taken in order to get it under control while the underlying problem is fixed. That is the ONLY reason I used maracyn. I'd never consider using it regularly to keep cyano away.

And honestly, is $17 all that expensive when we spend $30-$60 for a freaking bucket of salt? Or better yet, Oodles and Oodles of money on a freaking pile of rocks.....

[jimsflies]

I have used maracyn a couple times with good results (and no bad results) on red slime. But I agree that the reason for the red slime needs to be identified and corrected or it will come back. Often just keeping kH up will help rid your tank of cyano.

A little off topic, but I have recently had luck making a maracyn dip for sick zoos. I remove the affected colony from the tank and make a bath using saltwater and allow it to soak for 10-15 minutes. I imagine it works because the zoos had a bacti infection of some type. The main danger of maracyn is potentially killing the nitrifying (good) bacteria population, by removing a single colony for treatment the threat to the good bacti population is minimized.

[RedWinger]

Originally Posted by BlackGrandPrix

Red Slime Remover is just expensive erythromyacin. So you overpaid about 3 times what it costs for the maracyn. One thing that I did try that I was really impressed with was Boyd Enterprises Chemi- Clean. Its more of and oxidizer than a chemical to kill stuff. Helps oxidize the organics in your water and raise your redox. Worked great for a couple people I know with no harmful effects on corals.

I know this is an old thread but I was thinking about purchasing this stuff, but the reading I have been doing on it is that it's main ingredient is cyan peppers.

One of the LFS told me is also helped him in ridding his sectional tank of green algeas too.

Anyone have anything to add since 2005 ?

[3mm3]

Why don't you just get a phosphate reactor and a tiger conch.

[RedWinger]

Originally Posted by 3mm3

Why don't you just get a phosphate reactor and a tiger conch.

I suppose that could be a long term investment but in the short term, I was wondering about newer opinions on this product.