Help... Red Slime Algae and fairly new to all this!!

I was having the same problem. I bought a product called red slime, its pretty cheap Hung as it for 15 bucks and it treats 300 gallons. I have a 29 gallon with 250 m/h,I was pulling hair aglea out everyday and I treated  my tank twice and for the most part the hair algea and red slime is gone. Its safe for fish, inverts, and fish too.

 

ive used that red slime for my tnak and it works great allso cut back on the lights will help i had same problem

 

The funnest part about red slime remover is it's not actually fixing the problem it's just covering it up. Red slime is usually a combo of different stuff, watch your temps anything 80ish is probably to high if your having RS problems. Check your flow, if you have light flow in your tank bump it up a bit and see if it helps. Check your water, phosphates usually don't help anything red slime related. Check your bulbs, if your bulbs are old or getting old it will usually assist in RS growth.

 

glaspie's advise is good. I had rs on one side of my tank but not the other, the rs side being the side with weaker flow. so i bumped up the flow on that side and now i just have a small patch of rs in the middle.
glaspie, what temp do you run?

 

I like my tank on the cooler side, usually no more than 78. If I can get it I'll run between 76-77 for most of the year.

 

adding calcium chloride will also help contribute to it. Have you tested your RO water? It may be time to change the filters.

 

Avoid "fix it" chemicals like Red Slime remover. It is only covering up the symptoms like Jason said. Find the root of the problem and correct that. Most of us have had this issue. How long has your tank been up? Check phosphates, Nitrates and bulb age. You also might want to give us some more info to go on like: water change schedule, length of time tank up, type of lighting and daily light schedule as well as the other water params - Ph, temp, salinity, NO2, NO3, PO4 etc ......
By the way the last time (and I do mean last time) I used a red slime product I lost fish, but it reef safe. But when you kill the red slime it does pollute the water so even ifthe chemical is safe the die off isn't. Find the cause and cure it for good.

 

Hows the slime issue going?