Chemiclean

johnny4491 · May 23, 2018

lariat8099 said:
This stuff is magic. I've used it twice with AMAZING results.

I agree it cleared up my tank

JenArmstrong · May 23, 2018

Does this work with red velvet algae?

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 23, 2018

mta_morrow said:
I personally believe any reported losses of livestock have nothing to do with chemiclean if used correctly.

Cyanobacteria can produce toxins. If you suddenly kill a lot of cyano with erythromycin, the toxins may be the problem, not the antibiotic itself.

mta_morrow · May 23, 2018

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Cyanobacteria can produce toxins. If you suddenly kill a lot of cyano with erythromycin, the toxins may be the problem, not the antibiotic itself.

Thanks for telling me this. I did not know that. So technically the chemiclean doesn’t kill, its the toxins from the cyanogen dying off.

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 24, 2018

mta_morrow said:
Thanks for telling me this. I did not know that. So technically the chemiclean doesn’t kill, its the toxins from the cyanogen dying off.

I cannot be sure, but I expect so. Wikipedia has a nice discussion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanotoxin

"Blooming cyanobacteria can produce cyanotoxins in such concentrations that they poison and even kill animals and humans."

"Among cyanotoxins are some of the most powerful natural poisons known"

Most importantly, here's from the EPA:

https://www.epa.gov/nutrient-policy-data/cyanobacteriacyanotoxins

"Cyanotoxins are produced and contained within the cyanobacterial cells (intracellular). The release of these toxins in an algal bloom into the surrounding water occurs mostly during cell death and lysis (i.e., cell rupture) as opposed to continuous excretion from the cyanobacterial cells. However, some cyanobacteria species are capable to release toxins (extracellular) into the water without cell rupture or death."

tony'stank · May 26, 2018

I recently had a major cyano outbreak. After trying all other measures I turned to chemiclean. The first time I used it I followed all instructions and it did not work at all. One week later I used it again. After 48 hours my cyano was still there. I then had a family emergency and was unable to do the 20% water change after 48 hours as was instructed. Twenty-four hours later (72 hours total) I did the water change. At that time all of the cyano was gone. In addition all the brown algae covering my sand ( that I thought was diatoms) was gone too. My sand was sparkling white. I did shut if the chemipure and diverted my refugium while using chemiclean

Proteus Meep · May 26, 2018

Only used it once but 72 hours later all cyanno gone and everything visually happy...apart from the cyanno

...i think sometimes its best to just use a product and get rid of something rather than trying a plethora of other measures (other than normal good husbandry like basic nutrient control and good flow) that can end up causing issues in themselves and be quite demoralizing to the reefer

larryl · May 27, 2018

I’ve used it many times and with a airstone never had any problems. I also elevate my skimmer for a few days.

mitch91175 · Feb 1, 2019

Hey guys, this should be the main thread for Chemiclean. I looked but didn't see anything out there.

I have never been a person to add off-the-shelf remedies (elixirs) to problem in my tank. Had an outbreak of cyano for a bit and just got tired of the blasting the rock/corals every 3-4 days. Found out about Chemiclean and decided to give it a shot. Wow does this stuff work. Wish I had taken before and after pictures. This is what I did and it worked (mainly follow the directions).

1. Right before adding my dosage, I blasted all the cyano that I could get to into the water column and changed filter socks.
2. Turned off my skimmer, UV (left vinegar dosing)
3. Waited 48 hours
4. Did water change and added GFO/carbon

I tested my phosphates before the water change and they were 0.23. After water change and running GFO, they are 0.14. I have been trying to avoid running GFO on a consistent basis, but just giving up the fight against phosphates and will keep it going. I love to feed my tank and do not want to starve my fish and be super picky about what I feed them. Besides, seems like everything has some level of phosphates that you add to your tank, even fresh salt mix can (test it you'll see). 0 TDS doesn't mean 0 phosphates.

Skimmer is still acting up, but should be fine now that I am running a bag of carbon in my filter sock and some mixed with the GFO.

All coral/fish/inverts are fine from what I can tell.

Charles4400 · Feb 1, 2019

I can attest to it as well that chemiclean actually works and works well at that. One of the only store bought solutions on the market which actually does what it says it will do and does it dang well. I was so surprised at how nice my tank looked afterwards as i had alot of cyano everywhere that was eradicated.

In fact it killed more that just cyano but some other nusiance algae whether directly or not.

Chemiclean and flucanozole are the only 2 chemicals that come to mind which actually work against hard to kill macroalgae and bacteria without serious side effects to the tank.