Lost a bunch of chalices ... :(

[saabtech]

boogers! that stinks!

[rpc]

Some tanks may be more stable/buffered thus more resilient to changes caused by a chemical addition.

This is true but since there is no measurable way for me to know if its my tank is stable enough to use a certain chemical, I'm staying away from them all.

Just like some of the other guys, I had read a couple of positive reviews for Red Slime Remover so I gave it a shot.

Lesson learned the hard way.

[ErikH]

I still stand by Red Slime Control. I have chalices, SPS and LPS. I have never seen any bad things occur from the use of it. I also don't water change after I use it. I do turn off my skimmer and only use the product for 24 hours. Then I drop the water level in my sump and let my skimmer wet skim it out. This method has never failed me. I think the key is to not leave it in your system for 3 days like it says to. Then I raise my water level back up with the same water I removed. Sorry for your losses, I hate losing anything!

[ShAgMaN]

My experience with chemi-clean has been great. However, after my initial outbreak around a year ago, I use it sparingly. If your constantly having to use it, you have a problem. My prob was my skimmer was broke/inefficient. Nowadays, if I see cyano that last more than a week, I dose 1/2 the recommended amount or less. I'm to the point where it's basically non existent.

Only issues:
Make sure you do a water change! I got cocky once and destroyed my xenia a week after dosing, which in reality was a blessing but messy and disturbed everyone else. Additionally, I did jack up a palythoa colony using it because I ignorantly dumped the chemical right over the colony. Eventually they came back, but it took months. Now I pour it in the sump. But to me the benefits have totally outweighed the cost.

I understand the peps against the stuff. But it has worked wonders for myself. Viva la chemi-clean!

[joelb]

if it comes back i would change the RO/DO filters, siphon all or most of the slime out, adjust the power heads to get the water moving over those dead spots, do a good size water change with 0 TDS water and do those smaller water changes weekly for a while. good luck.