Dr Tim's refresh/waste away

jpbeen · Feb 25, 2021

I am interested in those who have chosen this form of treatment to battle cyano. I am trying to use a natural remedy. I have a Red Sea 525XL (139gal) and have dosed twice for 100 gallons and once for 120 gallons with no noticeable results. I was worried about dosing too much for fear of killing my shrimp and snails as stated on the bottle. Your thoughts please. Thanks.
Currently nitrate 5.0 and phosphate .07.

MichaelReefer · Feb 25, 2021

Are you running a UV? Did your turn your skimmer off and remove carbon?

Ippyroy · Feb 25, 2021

Use Chemiclean. It has been used thousands of times and works great with very few if any adverse reactions to other tank inhabitants.

Chemi Clean Red Cyano Remover - Powder

Chemi Clean will effectively remove many different stains that can be formed by cyanobacteria (red slime). It is common to encounter a red slime or matting algae that can quickly smother your rocks and even corals which can lead unpleasing aesthetics but also can cause issues with low oxygen...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

MichaelReefer · Feb 25, 2021

Ippyroy said:
Use Chemiclean. It has been used thousands of times and works great with very few if any adverse reactions to other tank inhabitants.

Chemi Clean Red Cyano Remover - Powder

Chemi Clean will effectively remove many different stains that can be formed by cyanobacteria (red slime). It is common to encounter a red slime or matting algae that can quickly smother your rocks and even corals which can lead unpleasing aesthetics but also can cause issues with low oxygen...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Chemi-clean is a band-aid, not a resolution. He needs to get his nutrients under control.

jpbeen · Feb 25, 2021

MichaelReefer said:
Are you running a UV? Did your turn your skimmer off and remove carbon?

I have not run my UV since I started treatment. I have turned off my skimmer for 24 hours after each dose. I am running a carbon however nothing I read indicated this was an issue and the directions didn't say to stop.

jpbeen · Feb 25, 2021

Ippyroy said:
Use Chemiclean. It has been used thousands of times and works great with very few if any adverse reactions to other tank inhabitants.

Chemi Clean Red Cyano Remover - Powder

Chemi Clean will effectively remove many different stains that can be formed by cyanobacteria (red slime). It is common to encounter a red slime or matting algae that can quickly smother your rocks and even corals which can lead unpleasing aesthetics but also can cause issues with low oxygen...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Thanks; I purchased this a few weeks ago however I was hesitant to use it. I also purchased a large air pump with 2 air stones as I was told it would deplete the Oxygen in the tank.

MichaelReefer · Feb 25, 2021

jpbeen said:
I have not run my UV since I started treatment. I have turned off my skimmer for 24 hours after each dose. I am running a carbon however nothing I read indicated this was an issue and the directions didn't say to stop.

Instructions state you need 48 hours with no protein skimmer. You're probably killing the bacteria

Ippyroy · Feb 25, 2021

MichaelReefer said:
Chemi-clean is a band-aid, not a resolution. He needs to get his nutrients under control.

His nutrients are great. I'd love to have 5 and .07. 10 for NO3 and .1 for PO4 and lower are the desirable numbers. Trying to lower the numbers can result in bottoming them out.