DrTim's Aquatics Waste-Away Reef (DrTim's Aquatics Waste-Away Reef 8oz)

I use it all the time in my 28 galllon nano cube salt water tank. It keeps it sparkling clean.

I almost passed over this product because the name made me think it was for fish that were wasting away. Not so! It is for clearing up cyanobacteria ("red slime") from salt water reef tanks. The products that claim to clean the "red stains" stop working after a few months. Bacterial resistance is my guess. So I've been looking at other types of products. This product is not the only "our bacteria will out-eat the red slime" product I've tried, so I was a bit skeptical. But after using it for a couple months (and continuing my weekly scrubbing of the red slime), I find I no longer have to scrub! The corals and other creatures in my tank don't react to it at all, unlike the "red stain removers". Well, that's not completely true. The corals exhibit feeding behavior after I treat the tank. This product doesn't cause my skimmer to over-skim, either. It is not reducing the hairy algae, which would have been nice. But, hey. I'm just happy to be rid of the red slime. The bottle is practically empty now. I expect I'll have to buy another bottle in the future and will gladly do so.

Re new and waste away were used to treat my 240 gallon saltwater tank. If you scan the qc bar on the back of bottle it will take you to Dr. Tim's website. The website gives a recommended schedule for treatment. The bottle of re new was used first, the waste away treatment was started next. When waste away was started I also started lights out for the days. I still have another dose of waste away to do tomorrow. Today my lights came on and all I can say is wow, what a difference. I've struggled with the cyano red algae for a way to long. I tried several things and was very frustrated. So far I'm very pleased with the results so far. This tank has been up for 8 years. There is a blue tang that was from an old tank that is ~15 years old. I was ready to throw in the towel. The tank looks so much better. Thanks!

Solved my 1.5 year battle with algae. 120 gallon system with bio-pellet reactor. After manually removing all reachable algae, Dosed instructed amount every other day for about 3 weeks, week 4, all algae gone. Dosed 1/2 directly into bio-pellet reactor intake and other 1/2 of volume into sump love rock are with skimmer off for 3-8 hours depending on my schedule at home. Word of advice- if you need more than 16oz. Bottle for entire duration of treatment, it was far cheaper ordering multiple 16oz bottles vs. the 32/64oz bottle. Larger volume jugs were severely marked up. Be aware, I stopped dosing cold turkey when algae issue was gone, had another outbreak 2 weeks later. May need to dose once a week to keep bacteria levels up. Apex ORP reflected dosing and skimme on/off so at least there is some sort of measurable effect. Did not effect PH.

It helps clean up sludge and can help your skimmer pull excess nutrients and build-up out of a system. However, it can and will stress out sps or other sensitive corals if you're not careful, even at the "half-strength" dose. *Can and will help outcompete Cyano.* That's just the nature of using a potent bacterial additive like this in a closed system, you run the risk of upsetting or hurting livestock. If you made it weak enough to have no risk whatsoever of irritating or harming nutrient-sensitive or bacterial cultivating animals then it wouldn't be potent enough to actually have a meaningful impact. Don't Blindly Dose. Keep a Close eye out for stress when you are dosing, stop if your corals react negatively.

I started using this when the algae situation in my reef tank got bad, it definitely helped and I've been adding it to my tank every time I do a water change since then and have seen great results.

Not working fast enough, doesn't improved tank quality much

It worked really well for me! I’d like to preface with this; this product is not like others, where you put in a few drops and magically everything is better... I had hair algae issues for about 3 months and no matter how many water changes I made and removed the algae from my tank the issue wouldn’t cease. I had to use tap water for a variety of reasons, which was the root of my issue, but I knew that if that couldn’t change I needed a product that would reduce waste in my tank. After a period of about a month with regular weekly water changes, removing the algae from the tank, and adding a dose of Waste-Away I saw very significant results. My tank is back to normal and all the fish and coral are living happy/healthy lives!

Excellent product as always

this is a must for red slime

It is just like adding water into my aquarium. There is not a single sign of improvement after 2 weeks.

works as it should

I used half cap dosage and it killed my clownfish, goby and sea urchin. Be careful. Not sure why that should’ve happened.