Red slime

[Caleb123neal]

I have a red slime problem and i cant get rid of it i tried everything online but i dont want to use chemicals can someone please help me

 

[donnievaz]

Every time I've had it in the past it's been caused by lack of flow.

 

[Caleb123neal]

Every time I've had it in the past it's been caused by lack of flow.

It looks like this it had killed all of my coral

 

[Caleb123neal]

Every time I've had it in the past it's been caused by lack of flow.

I have two wavemakers 3 filters and one protien skimmer

 

[donnievaz]

What are your parameters?

 

[Caleb123neal]

What do you mean

 

[Caleb123neal]

What are your parameters?

What do you mean

 

[donnievaz]

Water parameters. Ph, Salinity, Nitrate, Phosphate, Calcium, and Magnesium levels.

 

[donnievaz]

Also Alkalinity or dKh

 

[Caleb123neal]

Water parameters. Ph, Salinity, Nitrate, Phosphate, Calcium, and Magnesium levels.

I do not know

 

[donnievaz]

If you don't know your salinity how do you mix your saltwater?

 

[Twisted_Blenny]

I do not know

you should probably test your parameters so we can see what your working with and point you in the right direction. keeping parameters in check will lead to a striving reef.

 

[Purpule Tang]

If you don't know your salinity how do you mix your saltwater?

You need to test all important parameters, after measuring them we can help you.

 

[reefwiser]

Please watch this video we made on fixing this problem.

 

[K100286]

If it's cyno use chemicean. I've used a number of times on two aquariums and it was safe. Once the tank is cleaned and your doing the required maintenance if it returns your have a better idea of what is causing it. In my case it was dosing vodka and vinegar.

 

[1stNoel]

I just used ChemiClean on my tank. It completely wiped out the red slime with no ill effects.

Your protein skimmer will go into hyperdrive. My recommendation is to lift the skimmer about 2 inches higher (so it stops overflowing so rapidly) and, when you do the water change, start by wet skimming. Within a few days, everything goes back to normal.

I've seen an immediate, noticeable change in color and growth with the corals. Not sure why, possibly it was the cyano inhibiting the corals.