Just dosed chemiclean

[PghReef]

First time ever using. Skimmer is on to overflow, returns and PH pointed to the surface, carbon removed. Have an airpump coming ill set up this afternoon. Dosed 100 drops to about a 115 gallon system, figured it's better to underestimate then over.

Skimmer going nuts already, not sure what else to expect or how fast but crossing my fingers I'm not one of those chemiclean nuked my tank experiences. Really dislike chemicals but they do have their place.

 

[shakacuz]

i wish you good luck with the treatment! i also dislike chemical means, but sometimes its best to take the plunge.

 

[PghReef]

i wish you good luck with the treatment! i also dislike chemical means, but sometimes its best to take the plunge.

I'm attempting two things.

1. the normal cleaning of the tank it's supposed to so, cleaning up the sandbed and cyano etc. Been siphoning, WC, etc and no no avail.

2. As an antibiotic treatment to stop the spread of stn. Something I've been dealing with for a year now and I've exhausted all means without any solution. It has slowed dramatically but I still have some issues with it and growth is not what it should be. Always thought it could be a bacterial problem and I've heard chemiclean can help balance that out and stop stn/rtn and is even used as a dip sometimes. Rather dose this them cipro to the tank which would be the other option I believe

 

[WVNed]

My body is made of chemicals and I hate it. Food is made of chemicals. So are pets.
Chemicals is just a broad descriptive term for a group of things just like trees is.

Do not under dose. Use what it says. Follow the directions. That is why they are there. I have used it many times.

It will not clean your sand bed unless you stir it and that is a really bad idea with the Chemiclean in the tank. I do agitate the top of the sand bed to break up mats of cyano to make sure the Chemiclean can get under them. I scrape them with a glass scraper with a long arm. For rocks I use something to blow the mats apart for the same reason. I use a small pump for this but use a turkey baster in a small tank.

Clean the sand bed with a siphon type cleaner after it's back to normal if you wish. I dont clean mine but maybe once a year if that often.

 

[PghReef]

My body is made of chemicals and I hate it. Food is made of chemicals. So are pets.
Chemicals is just a broad descriptive term for a group of things just like trees is.

Do not under dose. Use what it says. Follow the directions. That is why they are there. I have used it many times.

Agreed, everything is some sort or ions attached through various chains and bonds.

I'm not underdosing but it's hard to know exactly what the system is. 90 gallon tank with a sump, I believe after rocks and sand was around 115 gallons when initially filled 18 months ago. Since then I've added a few more rock pieces and many corals. Rather be slightly under than over.

 

[pecan2phat]

I've dosed 3 different tanks in the past 6 months and all went well without any casualties. Took about 3 days for the cyano to disappear. Only caveat is that even after the water change and new carbon, skimmer will continue to overflow even if it's adjustable and at it's lowest settings for quite a few days to week.

 

[WVNed]

I have a skimmer with a drain port. I overflow it to a bucket and add back new salt water. I put my ATO pump into my mixed saltwater tank and let the ATO work as usual. This does the water change and takes the Chemiclean out at the same time. Takes a few hours though.

 

[PghReef]

I have a skimmer with a drain port. I overflow it to a bucket and add back new salt water. I put my ATO pump into my mixed saltwater tank and let the ATO work as usual. This does the water change and takes the Chemiclean out at the same time. Takes a few hours though.

Pretty good idea, salt water doesn't clog up your ato pump? I guess it can always be cleaned.

Atm I have the skimmer with a drain port attached to rubber tubing flowing back into the sump. I guess I can always make it go to a bucket.

 

[PghReef]

2 hours later, light on fully on now. Algae growing on the sandbed again. Skimmer still going nuts,lot.of microbubbles in the tank. Fish appear fine, corals opened up normally. Maybe slightly less, could still just be a little early or some irritation from the microbubbles.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Chemiclean takes some time. It will do what it supposed to do, long as it's cyano. Anything else, it may require a different line of treatment.

 

[PghReef]

Chemiclean takes some time. It will do what it supposed to do, long as it's cyano. Anything else, it may require a different line of treatment.

I'm not 100% on it being cyano, there's a chance it a sand dwelling Dino or a mixture of both.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

If it's dinos... Ugh. I've had success with a combo of a large uv, blackout, and raising n&p enough to kill them off after manual removal.

 

[PghReef]

Yea my luck it's probably dinos.

 

[PghReef]

8 hours later, no changes. Fish are fine, ph remains steady, corals all look great.

When people say chemiclean nuked their tank how fast does it happen to them?

 

[Brian_68]

8 hours later, no changes. Fish are fine, ph remains steady, corals all look great.

When people say chemiclean nuked their tank how fast does it happen to them?

For me it took upwards of 48 hours to see a major difference. Shut the skimmer off and even a couple days later when I tried to turn it on would go crazy still. Those look like dinos though but hard to say for sure.

 

[PghReef]

For me it took upwards of 48 hours to see a major difference. Shut the skimmer off and even a couple days later when I tried to turn it on would go crazy still. Those look like dinos though but hard to say for sure.

I'm afraid it may be Dino, I thought using true liverock or live sand was supposed to prevent dinos? Used a good bit of kpaquatics and also lovesand activator from IPSF. I can say after I added the IPSF order a few months back, the spot where I mixed in the livesand activator and wondermud did stay white unlike the rest of the sand.

Regardless even if its dinos and doesn't cure with the chemiclean, I'm hoping ot helps balance out whatever bacterial funk I believe I have going on that's caused so much STN this past year and prevents me from keeping any montis.

 

[mdb_talon]

Yea my luck it's probably dinos.

That does not look like cyano i am afraid.

 

[ReeferLou]

I had good luck with it. Definitely noticed the extra micro bubbles. I had a purple/red slimy growth that I was trying to eradicated. It would grow on rocks and gravel. After 10 days I say it worked pretty good.

 

[ReefRusty]

Looks like cyano,dinos is mores stringy with bubbles. I used chemiclean in my 70.2 and worked a treat after 48 hours then dod a 25% water change and it was 100% better for a few months before I upgraded. I'm going through the uglies in the new tank right now. Bit will always try the non chemical procedure first but would use chemiclean in a heartbeat if need be.

Good luck

 

[Tim McLellan]

I've used Chemiclean twice to beat back Cyano. Both times it worked great and I've had no ill effects, although the skimmer did go a little crazy, but no big deal. Can't stand when that red slime takes over and covers all the rocks.

The second(third) fish I got after my clown pair 9 months ago when I started was a diamond watchman goby, and it's great for keeping the sand bed clean. My sand is always perfectly clean thanks to him.