Ultralife red slime remover

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Has anyone had prolonged issues with not being able to run the skimmer after dosing this product? It's been 2 weeks this coming Saturday and I still cannot run my skimmer without it slowly overflowing the cup. My system is 250gallons total and I only dosed 14 spoon fulls to be on the safer side. The cyano has been gone for over a week, and I have changed out roughly 50% of my water volume and also using rox carbon.

I'm worried because my overflows are naturally producing their own skimmate at this point as the organics are accumulating.
 
Have you added charcoal? Mine took about a week on my 110, but eventually settled down.
 
Have you added charcoal? Mine took about a week on my 110, but eventually settled down.

Yes i'm using brs rox carbon. I was advised to try poly filter pads, i'm going to give that a shot when I get my hands on some.
 
Yeah, unfortunately it's a wait and see game.
 
Run carbon and do a large water change and set skimmer water level lower.
 
This is the old thread, but I had read everywhere else and most of people are the same question when they use Red Slime Remover. I had been used twice red slime remover and both of the times were perfect. Here is what I did.
1- Turn OFF Carbon creator or Carbon filter (Carbon will remove RSR)
2- Leave the skimmer On for oxygen, but take the cup off or let it drain back to the sump by the hole from the cup. You need to raise the skimmer up a couple inches and open the output valve completely. (Do not skim away of those RSR)
3- Skimmer has to overflow and it ALWAYS overflow. If it is not overflowing after one night, that means RSR was out of your tank or something not right.
4- To stop the micro bubble from skimmer send back to display tank, You can put few black foam in the middle compartment between the skimmer compartment and return compartment.
5- For best result, after 2 days you can use the toothbrush to brush all the red slime algae from rocks and clean your filter sock daily.
6- The red slime algae will clean after few days depend your tank condition. You don't need a water change if you don't want it. Just turn ON your carbon creator and start skim out all of the bubbles to the bucket. (Don't forget to add saltwater into the tank while skimming RSR out).
Within 8 hours your tank will back to normal without water change, but with my opinion, I want change some water by clean my sand bed with some algae die off.

Note: I think the OLD salt mix causes this issue more than light, food, current flow. You need to find out what cause your tank has this issue, if not, it will come back and don't blame on Red slime remover doesn't remove completely.
Hope this help and good luck.
 
Very old thread but just wondering why everyone says remove carbon yet the manufacturer says don't.
 
Very old thread but just wondering why everyone says remove carbon yet the manufacturer says don't.
Because most people make a random change to a process and think they have determined a better process based on their ridiculous anecdotal evidence versus the rigorous scientific trials the manufacturer has conducted. You know how most teenagers think they know everything? Well, most people don't grow out of that. They just get older so people take them more seriously. There is no reason to listen to random internet advice over the instructions of the manufacturer.

Short answer is: Most people are dumb dumb know all's that believe they know better than literally anyone else regardless of their credentials or scientific evidence.
 

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