Red Slime Algae

[Dale D]

Fishnut.

Red slime treatments only cure the symptoms (red slime) they do not cure the cause (nutrient build up).

Things you can try to do to rid yourself of it include:

1)Making sure you have good waterflow through out your tank (no dead areas).

Red slime likes to grow in areas of low waterflow, which allows debris to build up in these areas.

2)Make sure you have a proper skimmer for the size of your tank. And make sure it is working properly. Keep it cleaned regularly.

3) Use a turkey baster or a powerhead to occasionally blow any debris build up off of your live rock. This will allow the protein skimmer to remove it from your tank and will provide some food for other animals living in your tank.

4)Check your Nitrate and phosphate levels. Make sure you do regular water changes. When you do water changes try to syphon out as much of the red slime as you can.

5) Check the quality of the water you are using for water changes and as make up water. (high in Nitrate or Phosphate)Think about getting an RO or DI or RO/DI unit.

6)Check you Alkalinity.

7) Dose Kalkwasser for your make up water. It raises your Alkalinity, adds calcium and helps precipitate Phosphate.

These are a few of the things you can try to limit your red slime.

Antibiotics will only kill the red slime you have now and who knows what else. If you do not fix the cause, it will just keep coming back.

HTH Dale

[ 12 June 2002, 23:38: Message edited by: Dale D ]