Red Slime Remover

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by OCDP

Bev,

I don't recall you giving me instruction on removing cyano?? But I do remember you saying "baste the sand and rocks and put a sponge in your AC500, etc, etc" Maybe that's what your referring to.

I prefer not to blow around the cyano just in case it attatches to other rocks and starts spreading there as well... although, I did do the basting of the sand and wow! tank looked like crap, but the sponge took out a lot of junk. There is far too much debris and detritus in my tank to continue doing this... the gunk just eventually settles on my corals and rock.

Scott,

Yup. Basting and sponge cleaning is exactly what I was talking about.

Don't be concerned about blowing into the cyano. That's what I did. It gets picked up by the foams as does the detritus, then you clean the foams, and do it again. You have to keep it up at least once a day for at least a week for there to be any significant difference in your cyano problem.

And, yes, some of the detritus will settle on your rock and corals. That's why you baste them too, then continue basting and foam cleaning until the tank looks good again.

I have done this in my own tanks. It takes time and effort, but it is a non-chemical means of accomplishing a worthy goal. You get rid of tons of detritus that would normally stay in your tank and keep accumulated detritus from being a problem.