Red Slime

[Gary Ellis]

I have the start of Red Slime. I'm 4 days into using Waste-Away. This morning my lights came on and I'm seeing stringy black stuff on some rock and coral. Any ideas?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Siphon away the mats daily and replace the water you remove with freshly mixed saltwater.

Keep an eye on your parameters and develop a pattern for maintenance, feeding, etc and be consistent.

It's always best to approach cyano with a natural approach in my opinion, chemical removers can throw off a tank's balance and cause other issues. Usually if you get rid of it using a natural approach, it won't come back for a long time whereas I have heard of folks getting cyano again in a month or so after using something like chemiclean or some other chemical red slime remover.

 

[Gary Ellis]

What about the red on the rocks?

 

[Gary Ellis]

Is it OK to brush it of the rocks?

 

[csb123]

Brush, siphon, or blow with a powerhead, to clean off the rocks.