Ultralife Red Slime Remover

Worked Great

by DAVID HALLOWELL

Excellent!

Posted: 1/8/2012 from MISSION VIEJO, CA UNITED STATE Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: I'm running a 24 Gallon Nano with both soft and stony corals, as well as a large-mantled clam, fish, and crustaceans. One treatment quickly eradicated the red slime problem that had arisen from poor flow in some regions (I also added a powerhead, but that only dislodged the slime in one area). Even the water column looks super clear! No creatures were harmed besides the slime.

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Caution!

by BRUCE HALL

Average

Posted: 12/3/2011 from ORANGE PARK, FL UNITED STATES Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: Use this with the understanding you can deplete the oxygen levels easily. Use airstone, and do NOT overdose. I speak from experience, I just lost everything in my 14 gal. Bio cube because I didn't think I needed to oxygenate the tank. I'm not sayIng avoid this product., it does a good job of removing red slime. I would consider water changes and work on keeping the temp below 80. Temp fluctuations are the primary cause of red slime. In my area (Florida) it seems it gets worse around Nov. and Dec.

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does what it says

by NICK PISCIOTTA

Great

Posted: 10/2/2011 from PUEBLO, CO UNITED STATES Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: i have a 72 bow with 20 gallon sump. i used 5 scoops, each scoop treats 15 gallons. i figured my rocks and sand took up some water voume and my sump is 9 inches high out of 16 inches depth so i only have approx 11 gallons in sump. i left my lights on and i took collection cup of skimmer and opened gate valve all the way open. expect a ton of foam/bubbles in sump. the medication took the full two days to work. after you do a water change 48 hours later throw a filter sock on and your collection cup back on. it will skim super wet for two cups but then it will settle down some. dont use filter sock for more than a day. you will have to clean your skimmer neck and cup because it leaves a slimey haze on it. your corals wont like it at all, especially the lps and sps. it took four ten gallon water changes and 4-5 days for everything to start looking good again. it will turn your sps white but dont worry, the polyps will slowly start to come back. it didnt seem to bother a large favia brain at all or any of my polyps and palythoas. green tyree toadstool finally starting to come out again about a week later. tank started a small cycle of diatom on the sand in places. all the fish seem fine and i didnt lose anything. i admit i wasnt keeping up on water changes. i dont want to go through this agian so i will keep up on water changes. also change your ro/di filters or get a tds meter so you know

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Worked great

by Allan Bazinet

Excellent!

Posted: 6/23/2011 from San Jose, CA Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: For months, I had been fighting a losing battle against cyano in my BC29, using traditional techniques. In desperation, I tried this product, and it completely wiped out the cyano in about 48 hours, without harm to anything else in the tank. Per the instructions, I added an airstone, but left adsorbent media (carbon, GFO, Purigen) in place. On day one, the water was yellow from adding the product. By day two, the cyano was dramatically diminished, and the water was a pinkish hue, with the skimmer pulling a large amount of gunk. By day three, the water was clear and the cyano had vanished. The amount of product in the small bottle provided would appear to be practically a lifetime supply; a little goes a long way.

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Ultralife Red slime remover

by GREG DUTROW

Great

Posted: 6/3/2011 from FREMONT, CA UNITED STATES Experience Level: Expert

Comments: The product worked quite well...required two doses...did not see PH shift as stated on spec sheet.....watch your protein skimmer you can over flow the waste container very quickly.....

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Scared!! But worked Great!!

by In Sound

Excellent!

Posted: 5/31/2011 from Garland, TX UNITED STATES Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: I had a huge red slime issue.. Tried everything in the book before resorting to chemicals. And yes I read every review before trying this product. Having a mixed tank of sps, lps, and softies, I was really worried about using any product after reading negetive reviews. I introduced this product to my tank on Sunday night. I saw results within 2 hrs. Next day my tank was almost completely rid of red slime. I waited 2 days before doing water change. I followed directions to a T. Also, I have a 125 gal and went ahead and put in a couple of airstones although Ive read it dosnt work on tank this big. Remove skimmer cup as Ive read. All my corals are still alive and kikin! Noticed a little stress on fish, but left off lights and they seemed fine next day. I would leave lights off when using. All and all, my tank looks great! No more red slime and all is well. Would for sure recommend. Hope this helps!

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Dangerous Product

by EDWARD

Unsatisfactory

Posted: 5/19/2011 from COPPELL, TX UNITED STATES Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: I've used this product twice. The first time it worked as claimed - no harm to corals/fish. I used it again 6 months later and holy cow - major issues! Tissue peeled off my LPS corals and two giant montiporas completely bleached. In short, I would never use this product again or recommend it to anyone. I've been in the hobby for over 20 years and I am shocked at the damage this product inflicted on my corals. This is not a reef safe product.

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What You NEED to KNOW

by BRANDON DAVIDS

Excellent!

Posted: 3/24/2011 from BUFFALO, NY UNITED STATES Experience Level: Expert

Comments: This product works great. Here is what you need to know NOT to kill everything in your tank and for best results. 1. Don't resort to using this product until you have tried to control your phosphates and nitrates with other methods. This will rid your tank of Red Slime, but a very small percentage of the bacteria will survive because it's resistant to the antibiotic. The next time your tank gets slime, more of the bacteria will be resistant. You will just breed a stronger tougher red slime (really the bacteria that produces the slime). 2. Airstones are inadequate on larger tanks (over 30 gallons probably). Take the collection cup OFF of your skimmer and adjust the level so that your skimmer is overflowing constantly. This way, your skimmer is effectively aerating your water. This is like having 20-30 airstones or more. 3. Use the minimum recommended dosage and decrease your lighting cycle drastically so that the slime won't grow during treatment. 4. It usually takes 2-3 days to get rid of the slime. I like to start doing 10-20% water changes on the 3rd day or when I see the slime is gone and then I do water changes every 48 hours for about 5-6 cycles. I usually keep my skimmer on the driest setting until I do a few water changes and it starts working properly again. 5. Other methods that should be used include: a. Massive Water Changes - Try using a gravel/sand vacuum and removing detritus from your sand bed. If nothing else, stir everything up and turkey baste or direct a pump at all your rocks just before you do the water change. b. GFO or other phosphate removing methods. c. As a last resort, take your rocks out and blast them with a pump or scrub them and try to get all the built up detritus out of them. I like to but it in a 5 gallon bucket and swoosh it and turn it as fast as possible. You'll have tons of junk left at the bottom of your bucket. You can "cook" your rock too, research it online.

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Red Algae Slime

by 38EL

Excellent!

Posted: 3/10/2011 from Central Florida Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: I have a 220 gallon tank with about a 30 gallon sump. I use ball grass and miracle mud. I normally change 40 gallons of water once a week but I ran out of salt and had to order from my LFS, so for 5 weeks I was unable to do a water change and the red slime started to take over both the tank and sump. I ordered the Red Slime Remover and it arrived just as my salt arrived at the LFS. Instead of doing a water change, I dosed the tank with Red Slime Remover by mixing in a cup of tank water. I let it do it's thing for four days and it completely removed all the Red Slime. Then over a period of 6 days, i replaced 80 gallons of water. Now I'm back to changing 40 gallons a week and the tank is pristine. No harm to any of the corals or fish. I used one entire bottle for my treatment of the 220 gallon tank considering the live rock, clams, corals (SPS/LPS) and sump. I have used the red slime remover before but the first time on my big show tank. Red Slime Remover works every time for me but if I would have kept up with my water changes, I would not have had a problem to deal with. Note, the water in the tank will turn yellow but clears up in about 4 days, about the time when you should do a water change.

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works like magic

by DANA BAKER

Excellent!

Posted: 12/15/2010 from TACOMA, WA UNITED STATES Experience Level: Intermediate

Comments: I have used other products to remove red slime and they do work but take forever and do remove all slime. This stuff started working right away and I had a pretty large breakout. after I applied the second dose (48hrs) it was all gone. Will use nothing else from now on.

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