Red Slime Remover.... Fail

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Cause of cyano is over feeding while I was on vacation.

And yes the box says to keep slimmer on. I'll take a picture of it of I still have it. Brand is ultra life red slime remover

Whatever the brand... It will work with diligence. I used it in several maintenance tanks when I was with AI...and at home, Skimmer off as it directed at the time I guess.. Water change and siphon.

Works.

[MarkoD]

here's what the box says " For best results, DO NOT turn off UV Sterilizer or Ozonizer. Continuation of Protein Skimming is recommended but may require adjustment.
Due to Increased biological digestion of organic solids we recommend increasing your O2 levels by the addition of airstones prior to and during treatment.
No need for Water changes or Removal of Carbon Filtration. "

also read about it here

http://www.marinedepot.com/Ultralife...FIMERM-vi.html

[Reef Pilot]

I just don't think your product works as well as Chemiclean. As per past posts, many, incl myself, have had good success with Chemiclean.

In my case, I just turned off the skimmer, and followed the instructions exactly, since I had plenty of flow and aeration in the tank already. I turned it back on after the water change.

One treatment, and cyano was gone for good. Corals and fish were not affected.

[MarkoD]

Either way. I put a filter sock on and removed all the cyano manually

[Reef Pilot]

One other thing I should mention with my mine, is that I started using MB7 (beneficial bacteria) after my Chemiclean treatment. I had already been using it with my other tank with my bio pellets as cyano preventative (and never did have cyano in it). The theory is that beneficial bacteria seeded by MB7 out competes cyano.