red slime elimination tips?

[junk]

Looking for some tips on eliminating red slime. I don't have a lot yet and have stopped using Rods because I believe that's the source. Any suggestions on how to eliminate what's already in the tank? thx.

 

[Whitebird1]

Blow it off with a turkey blaster, let your skimmer and sump take it out. Find what the cause is, water parameters, excess feeding ect. Water flow is a big one, you may want to increase it. All else fails, Red Slime Remover works and is reef safe.
GregH

 

[albie611]

add flow, suck it out during water change and check the lights for old age

 

[vangvace]

Too much nutrients in the water like Whitebird said. Increasing flow helps because it doesn't give the slime a place to attach, but it also masks the problem and it may creep up in other ways.

 

[junk]

Thanks all. Guess it's time to drop in the other vortech. Have 2 but was hoping to get by with just one on the one end of the 4' tank because the other end gets viewed a lot.

 

[reef93]

I had red slim outbreak twice due to excess feeding and lack of water change. I did 3 days light out and work every time.

 

[Nickjr000]

I cut back the lighting a bit and did a few extra water changes. I wouldn't trust the 3 day lights out I have way too many coral

 

[Lisa]

I had red slime off and on for years couldn't figure it out. Then I realized that I had a metal clamp on a hose that was in my sump and with water level at different levels clamp was sometimes in the water. Duh... :-\ when I removed it no more red slime.

 

[Gonzapa]

I had red slime off and on for years couldn't figure it out. Then I realized that I had a metal clamp on a hose that was in my sump and with water level at different levels clamp was sometimes in the water. Duh... :-\ when I removed it no more red slime.

I had really bad red slime . I switched salt from reef crystals to TMP and it was gone in 2 water changes