What I used to "cure" red slime in my tank

EmilyB · #1 02-20-2007, 01:42 AM

I'm trying this treatment starting tonite. I see the FW instructions involve five days of treatment. So is one sufficient then in this case ? I am just trying to get the crap under control, more flow is coming as in your case as well.

Skimmerking · #2 02-20-2007, 05:15 PM

Ihad the pleasure of using this on my 170 and man i had to change around 130 gals of the water my skimmer didnt work for liek 2.5 weeks after using it it really messed up the levels in my tank But that is IME and IMO. may be it does work it did take the RS away thou lots of maintance to get it back to normal thou.

Bruzer · #3 02-20-2007, 05:21 PM

Well last time cyno went crazy in my tank i used. Chemi pure red slime remover. UNplugged the skimmer for like 48hours, went crazy when i plugged it back in but only for a few hours. But no ill effects on any of my corals or fish slime was totaly gone.. But now about 2 months later im seeing reallly light pink slime growing on my sand again so i think its back i think going to try this method this time hopefully this does the trick. moving all the coral and most of the livestock up to a 90 in 2weeks so hoping that will help. going to the 55 fowlr with just a few pieces of choice live rock

EmilyB · #4 02-20-2007, 08:18 PM

When would I see results ? I put it in last night and it looks just as bad as ever today.

GMGQ · #5 02-20-2007, 11:56 PM

You can easily substitute "maracyn" in this thread with "chemi-clean."

I heard chemi-clean is safer, as maracyn is an anti-biotic drug.

Johnny Reefer · #6 02-21-2007, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMGQ

You can easily substitute "maracyn" in this thread with "chemi-clean."

I heard chemi-clean is safer, as maracyn is an anti-biotic drug.

But Chemi Clean isn't an end all once and for all cure, whereas the Maracyn, here in this thread, is touted as such. At least...that's the idea I'm getting.

Cheers,

GMGQ · #7 02-21-2007, 01:05 AM

I used Maracyn to treat cyano when my tank was a few months old. I've had cyano again since then. It's definitely not the cure all end all.

The only cure for cyano is to push for 0 nitrates, and have excellent flow in ALL areas of the tank. Low flow + nitrates is a breeding ground for cyano.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

But Chemi Clean isn't an end all once and for all cure, whereas the Maracyn, here in this thread, is touted as such. At least...that's the idea I'm getting.

Cheers,