GSP CRISIS!!!!!!

[mr_X]

the water temp spike was after this. the way the red slime was introduced was on a piece of rubble with a couple zoos on it, that i got from the jersey pets plus. since i don't have an R.O. unit yet , it took off. the red slime remover did the trick, and the tank is recovering now....what a pain in the butt.

 

[AF Founder]

the water temp spike was after this. the way the red slime was introduced was on a piece of rubble with a couple zoos on it, that i got from the jersey pets plus. since i don't have an R.O. unit yet , it took off. the red slime remover did the trick, and the tank is recovering now....what a pain in the butt.

Again I would point out that red slime remover usually contains Erythromycin, an antibiotic that can directly bother certain corals, and will definitely alter the bacterial balance in a closed system.

 

[mr_X]

yes, i hear ya AF, and i agree. this is the most logical explanation. :wink:
thanks for your input.

 

[The_Orca]

Glad to here the Red Slime is out. That stuff is very annoying.

 

[Anonymous]

Glad to here the Red Slime is out. That stuff is very annoying.

It will come back in due time if he doesn't get to the root of the problem. It was great to knock it out- but keeping it out of the tank is the trick.

 

[mr_X]

the red slime was there before. i knocked it out with red slime remover, and then i introduced it back a second time on a frag rock. now it is out, and won't come back- unless of course i put it back in :?

 

[mr_X]

well, you guys were right. the red slime remover altered my whole tank, and i think it set me back to when the tank was about a month old.
i do not recommend anyone using it.
i now have a brown diatom bloom, and i even saw a once-suppressed, but now active glob of bubble algae. 8O

meanwhile, the gsp continues to recover. i was under the impression that the polyps would just pop back out, but i guess they died off and new little babies are appearing.

 

[Anonymous]

the red slime was there before. i knocked it out with red slime remover, and then i introduced it back a second time on a frag rock. now it is out, and won't come back- unless of course i put it back in

chances are excellent you have traces of it somewhere, unseen-and each time it will develop a greater and greater resistance to the 'red slime remover'- a product that NO ONE should place in any tank

religious removal of phosphate and good water flow are all that's required to completely eliminate red slime