Here we go, dosed some chemiclean

[SchnitzelReef]

Well after a couple years of battling cyano, I finally gave in and dosed some chemiclean today. I was always nervous to try it because I hate putting random chemicals into my tank. But I'm at the point now where I hate staring at my tank and seeing the ugly cyano eye sore.
I took a couple cell phone pics of the cyano so you can see what I'm dealing with. Nothing really major, it's mainly on my sandbed.

Ive got my skimmer lid off, and I have the collection cup draining right back to the sump. I also added a couple airstones, to try to oxygenate the water.

Hopefully I don't have a huge catastrophe. Keepin my fingers crossed.

I'll update this thread tomorrow and sat and we'll see how everything does.
The directions said 1 scoop for every 10 gallons. I figured my total water volume is around 250-300 gallons. I only did 17 scoops, I got nervous. Hahaha.

 

[d-man]

Lol. Everything will be fine. Done it on multiple times on multiple tanks

 

[mpsteve]

I hope it works out for you


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[Robert_ellis]

Should have tried vibrant. All natural bacteria. No random chemicals.

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[miralami]

I must admit you are so brave.


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[five.five-six]

I hope it works out for you


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As have I several times

It works phenomenally well.

 

[Kain]

I did two doses on my tank and it didn't help. I then tried redslime remover and that worked. Took two doses of that too.


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[pandimus]

Chemi-clean is the shizznay.. I use it everytime i get a cyno bloom.. Bad thing is skimmer. When the red is gone. Do a bunch of big water changes, and maybe run skimmer without cup until you can see its not reacting bad.

You will use it again, i'm sure..

 

[sea witch1]

I dont often put my 2 cent in....but.... they wont work... Red cyanobacteria is exactly what it says it is, a "bacteria". It needs/requires "antibiotics" .... use aqua visions aquatic cyano solution. (surprise, surprise it's an antibiotic) It will treat the cyano and it will be gone in just a few days... you can listen to these ego driven know it all people and their speculations... or you can use modern science. You can even throw a couple extra scoops in and it wont "hurt the normal/good bacteria"... blah blah blah....what would it take to harm your normal flora to an even near dangerous level...and what would you take yourself if you had an unwelcome bacteria... ijs ... To each his own though.... Good luck!

 

[bowlopho]

I love chemiclean. I’ve used it once and recommended it to a half dozen friends all with great results.

 

[pga7602]

I dont often put my 2 cent in....but.... they wont work... Red cyanobacteria is exactly what it says it is, a "bacteria". It needs/requires "antibiotics" .... use aqua visions aquatic cyano solution. (surprise, surprise it's an antibiotic) It will treat the cyano and it will be gone in just a few days... you can listen to these ego driven know it all people and their speculations... or you can use modern science. You can even throw a couple extra scoops in and it wont "hurt the normal/good bacteria"... blah blah blah....what would it take to harm your normal flora to an even near dangerous level...and what would you take yourself if you had an unwelcome bacteria... ijs ... To each his own though.... Good luck!

So.... are u saying it will work? Or it wont?

 

[mike810]

Works great, just keep an eye on your alk incase their uptake slows a bit. You'll have to do a water change via the skimmer if you want it back up and running fast. The skimmer will act crazy even after several normal water changes. Quickest way to get the skimmer back up is doing the water change via the skimmer. Letting it pull all the medicine out and draining into a bucket.

 

[pandimus]

Works great, just keep an eye on your alk incase their uptake slows a bit. You'll have to do a water change via the skimmer if you want it back up and running fast. The skimmer will act crazy even after several normal water changes. Quickest way to get the skimmer back up is doing the water change via the skimmer. Letting it pull all the medicine out and draining into a bucket.

Havent tried this method.. will definitly give it a try next time.

 

[pandimus]

I dont often put my 2 cent in....but.... they wont work... Red cyanobacteria is exactly what it says it is, a "bacteria". It needs/requires "antibiotics" .... use aqua visions aquatic cyano solution. (surprise, surprise it's an antibiotic) It will treat the cyano and it will be gone in just a few days... you can listen to these ego driven know it all people and their speculations... or you can use modern science. You can even throw a couple extra scoops in and it wont "hurt the normal/good bacteria"... blah blah blah....what would it take to harm your normal flora to an even near dangerous level...and what would you take yourself if you had an unwelcome bacteria... ijs ... To each his own though.... Good luck!

Probably the most egotistical post I have ever read...

 

[CoralNerd]

It works fine

 

[sil40sx]

Worked like a charm for me too. I don't care what is it made from, as long as it does what it supposed to, and doesn't harm my corals, fish or inverts.

Good luck OP!

BTW, here's what I did with my skimmer so it doesn't create too much salt creep in my sump.

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[mike810]

Havent tried this method.. will definitly give it a try next time.

Works great, can usually get the skimmer back up and running after about 5 gallons. It pulls all the medicine out as it overflows. I use this method for any treatments followed by a normal water change once the skimmer is able to run without overflowing.

 

[five.five-six]

Probably the most egotistical post I have ever read...

It might be but he's on the mark. The chemiclean will wipe out all gram positive bacteria in the tank as well as they cyano. The gram negative bacteria wil remain largely unefected. The "œgood" gram positive bacteria will repopulate

The problem is that the cyano is a nutreant uptake device and once the cyano is removed abruptly there is a giant hole in the nutreant cycle. Something must fill that hole. Nature abhors a vacuum.

What fills that hole is somewhat buy chance. Perhaps is't something good and perhaps it's not. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. In my last treatment the devil that filled that vacuum was dinoflagellates.


IMO, it's better to exhaust every other means of extraction before using chemiclean.

 

[pandimus]

It might be but he's on the mark. The chemiclean will wipe out all gram positive bacteria in the tank as well as they cyano. The gram negative bacteria wil remain largely unefected. The "œgood" gram positive bacteria will repopulate

The problem is that the cyano is a nutreant uptake device and once the cyano is removed abruptly there is a giant hole in the nutreant cycle. Something must fill that hole. Nature abhors a vacuum.

What fills that hole is somewhat buy chance. Perhaps is't something good and perhaps it's not. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. In my last treatment the devil that filled that vacuum was dinoflagellates.


IMO, it's better to exhaust every other means of extraction before using chemiclean.

I've never had problems with dynos and do agree that if you have cyno there is an underlying nutrient problem. I personally have had great success with chemiclean. With no I'll effect on my tank

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[BeanMachine]

Good luck Nick. Your skimmer is going to go bonkers for a week or two after. Add some some different strains of nitrifying bacteria after the treatment.

Good time to go bare bottom!