1 more step towards Red Slime eradication!!

[LisaD]

I'm so excited about this I had to tell someone. No one else understands but you guys. No more tap water for me!!!

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[mike007]

Right on now you got it going. You will see a big difference.

 

[skinz78]

Very nice!

 

[Tek]

+1

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[GIT RITE]

There is nothing like making your very own RO water, no more lugging water or using the ol' tap anymore. I can still remember my first set-up, I might add that it was give to me and then five years later I gave it back to the same person that gave it to me. It was an old Kent Maxima.


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[SeahorseKeeper]

That's awesome!! Keep us posted with your progress on the red slime eradication.

 

[Rob.D]

Tap water....bad.....RO water....good.

Where did you find your Brute can?

 

[LisaD]

I got it at Tractor Supply... It's a food grade 20 gal. Works well in the space I have. Thanks guys!!! I manually removed some more slime today. Better lights on board and running a phosphate reactor so I'm hoping I'm headed down a better road.


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[Acroholic]

RODI water is great for any system, but Chemi-clean works like a charm against red slime every time. Just follow the directions.

 

[LisaD]

It may come to that but I'm trying to stay away from chemicals cause I worry about my seahorses.


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[Mike J.]

I beat red slime algae. Never had it until I used a GFO/carbon reactor. Dead algae = detritus = algae, the vicious cycle. I siphoned it out religiously. Red slime algae is a byproduct of cyanobacteria which grows on detritus. Siphon out the red slime algae in the middle of your light cycle when it is in full bloom and you'll get the cyano and detritus with it. It will actually help you to clean your tank. It took me about a month, but I have a real nice aquarium now. Didn't want to use Chemi-clean, it's an antibacterial product. I have hundreds of species in my tank. Started out with imported live rock from Vanuatu. Don't want to take the risk. Here's an interesting article for you to read.Issue 18 | Redfish Aquarium Magazine

 

[LisaD]

Awesome Mike!!! I noticed when I was getting rid of it today (middle of light cycle) that it was easier to get out when it was in full bloom. Nice to hear from someone who beat it.


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[Mike J.]

I'm sorry, I sent you the wrong link. Here is an article on red slime algae.Red Slime | Redfish Aquarium Magazine

 

[Mike J.]

Also, I found out what worked best for me was using a 3/8" hard tube stuck in a hose long enough to reach my bucket. I got a little sand, too, but, that's okay. Sometimes little shells would plug up the end, but most of the time I could shake them off. In a new book I got by Tony Vargas he uses a plastic fork rubberbanded to the end, but that didn't work out as well for me. I tried not to stir up the sand bed at all. Like it says in the article, it will make it worse. And don't blow it around with a turkey baster that'll make it worse, too. Just get the crusty coating on top. And increased flow helps, but the seahorses probably wouldn't like it.

 

[Acroholic]

I beat red slime algae. Never had it until I used a GFO/carbon reactor. Dead algae = detritus = algae, the vicious cycle. I siphoned it out religiously. Red slime algae is a byproduct of cyanobacteria which grows on detritus. Siphon out the red slime algae in the middle of your light cycle when it is in full bloom and you'll get the cyano and detritus with it. It will actually help you to clean your tank. It took me about a month, but I have a real nice aquarium now. Didn't want to use Chemi-clean, it's an antibacterial product. I have hundreds of species in my tank. Started out with imported live rock from Vanuatu. Don't want to take the risk. Here's an interesting article for you to read.Issue 18 | Redfish Aquarium Magazine

Red slime algae is not a by product of cyanobacteria. It is cyanobacteria. It absorbs its nutrients directly from the water column. It grows on anything, including, but not limited to detritus. Your above comment states it grows on detritus specifically, which is not true. Siphoning will help keep it in check, but does not eliminate it. As long as you have fish and corals eliminating urea on a continual basis, red cyanobacteria has an available food supply. It is not detritus dependent in any way.

ChemiClean works with delicate and hardy species, and IME does not harm anything outside the Red Cyano. Also, IME of using it, once you treat your tank with it, you will not see it again until you reintroduce it into your system with a new fish or coral and the inevitable small amount of foreign water that always accompanies them.

Personal choice how to deal with it, but I really dislike seeing misinformation spread on these forums.

 

[Mike J.]

Red slime algae is not a by product of cyanobacteria. It is cyanobacteria. It absorbs its nutrients directly from the water column. It grows on anything, including, but not limited to detritus. Your above comment states it grows on detritus specifically, which is not true. Siphoning will help keep it in check, but does not eliminate it. As long as you have fish and corals eliminating urea on a continual basis, red cyanobacteria has an available food supply. It is not detritus dependent in any way.

ChemiClean works with delicate and hardy species, and IME does not harm anything outside the Red Cyano. Also, IME of using it, once you treat your tank with it, you will not see it again until you reintroduce it into your system with a new fish or coral and the inevitable small amount of foreign water that always accompanies them.

Personal choice how to deal with it, but I really dislike seeing misinformation spread on these forums.

I don't want to get in a debate with you, but I will if necessary. Chemi-clean is an antibacterial. There's no way it can specifically attack just cyano. Maybe you should read the red slime article before you comment again. Cyanobacteria is in every body of water. Also, if Cyanobacteria was red slime algae why the two different names? It's also amazing to me how many people think they're biologists. And read my post again, I never stated it grows only on detritus, but it does need some type of fuel to produce red slime algae and to simplify I used the word detritus.

 

[Acroholic]

I don't want to get in a debate with you, but I will if necessary. Chemi-clean is an antibacterial. There's no way it can specifically attack just cyano. Maybe you should read the red slime article before you comment again. Cyanobacteria is in every body of water. Also, if Cyanobacteria was red slime algae why the two different names? It's also amazing to me how many people think they're biologists. And read my post again, I never stated it grows only on detritus, but it does need some type of fuel to produce red slime algae and to simplify I used the word detritus.

So you want to quote some obscure article in an internet e-zine as the definitive source of info on red slime algae? Red Cyanobacteria is AKA Red Slime algae. They are not two different things. Just another name for the same thing. Any amount of research will show that. Funny how some people think they are biologists. And if you reread your own post, you stated "Red slime algae is a byproduct of cyanobacteria which grows on detritus. Siphon out the red slime algae in the middle of your light cycle when it is in full bloom and you'll get the cyano and detritus with it." Red slime is cyanobacteria, not a byproduct of cyanobacteria as you state it is. Do your research, and don't rely on one source for your supporting documentation. You said red cyano grows on detritus. You never stated it grows anywhere else, implying that if you siphon out the red slime you will get the source of its food. This is not true. It absorbs its nutrients directly from the water and it will grow on anything, not just detritus. Again, if you had bothered to read anything in addition to your Redfish article, you would have found this. Detritus is not Urea, which is waste found in-solution in reef tank water, and is constantly excreted by fish and coral. Detritus is solid grain particulate matter.

ChemiClean is an antibacterial, but you will not see it affect the biofilter of reef tanks. You will see the effect on slime algae, however. Used as directed, it does not affect any of our ornamental species. I have used it several times in different reef tanks over the last few years, and have never seen a change in the biofilter of my tank, reflected by any ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate spikes.

I have actual experience using the product we are discussing. Apparently, you have never even used Chemiclean or a chemiclean type product that you seem to know so much about.

 

[Zack]

:laser:

 

[Tek]

+1 for Chemiclean.

I have 2 different tanks and one is ULN with not a bit of algae but a patch of redslime/cyanobacteria will grow from time to time. I can siphon it but it will always come back. Chemiclean works each time on both tanks. None of the corals even SPS have I'll effects.

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[Mike J.]

I'll bet you a quarter that it grows in a low flow area and that under it there is a gray dust.