red slime

i recently used red slime (a red hair algae remover)and mu cyano bac is gone,but the only thing is i want the micro bubbles in my tank to go away but they dont ,what shoud i do?????

 

What is causing the micro bubbles?

 

Manny,
If you used a product like chemi-clean to kill off your red slime, it causes your skimmer to go crazy. Did you do a water change yet? It will take a while for the bubbles to go away from what I have read...
Jim

 

yeah i used red slime remover right after that it started fizzing like crazy,that really sucks i hate those micro bubbles......did 1 water change yesterday thinking to do another one today....

 

Manny, next time if it is a mild outbreak--try something like Kent's poly-ox as well as trying to keep the tank as dark as possible for 24-30 hours at a time.

Just a thought as I had to battle with red slime that would just coat everything--yuck. It took quite a while--but I think I just might have it licked (I say that with my fingers crossed and saying my prayers).

HTH

Anne

 

Manny,
We had a discussion thread about the microbubbles in the skimmer section.
The SeaClone and other verturi skimmers seem especially sensitive to additives in the water. Skimmers that use other methods don't seem to have this problem.

 

so far ive done 3 water changes and the fizz is still and the red slime is still there......frustrated........added red slime to cure the red slime and it just gave me another prob...skimmer was fine before the red slime...i guess i just have to wait it out...ill try the darkness but wont it affect my corals???

 

I would not go more than 48 hours.

Anne

 

Manny,
You could just turn off the skimmer for a day or so, then turn it back on and see how bad the microbubbles are.
Alternatively, if you have a venturi-type skimmer, turn the air input on high (minimizing the flow of water) and after a couple of days, reset it.

 

Manny,

Just went through the same thing I used Chemi-Clean and my skimmer went nuts. The issue is that even though you are doing water changes the chemical is still in your skimmer. Take it apart and wash is out throughly. along with your pumps. I did this and a 20gal water change and it was fine from there. No micro bubble, no cyno and my tank is now on 2 months w/o a water change and my levels are perfect, not saying this is what you should do as far as the water change but i am trying something out.

Good luck on the skimmer issue, PM me if you need any assistance.