using chemiclean for the first time

[churchill753]

Hey all....maybe this is a newbie question, really not sure. Directions for chemiclean say to remove carbon during treatment. What exactly does this mean? I'm guessing they want me to pull out my carbon filter and put it back after the post-treatment water change? Or are they referring to something different? Thank you!!

 

[jeffrey750750]

I used chemiclean for the first time and within a week I had dinos. I used it to battle green hair algae, much prefer the gha over dinos anyday

 

[brandon429]

if you have a nano, the chemi clean can never beat another way to rid the cyano. if this is a large tank, then proceed but its a form of harm to a tank vs just cleaning the tank in a very certain way. its a wide scale medicine which affects nontargets too.


nano tanks are easy to clean in a certain way to really fix your tank the right way, cause and all. Chemi clean sure does tax oxygen a while, I know of some problem threads regarding that.

 

[churchill753]

if you have a nano, the chemi clean can never beat another way to rid the cyano. if this is a large tank, then proceed but its a form of harm to a tank vs just cleaning the tank in a very certain way. its a wide scale medicine which affects nontargets too.


nano tanks are easy to clean in a certain way to really fix your tank the right way, cause and all. Chemi clean sure does tax oxygen a while, I know of some problem threads regarding that.

thank you. It's a 30g. I'm still fighting cyano with non-chemical methods but I might decide to give the chemiclean a try. I shouldn't have a problem with O2 due to air stone and running skimmer with cup off. I am scaling back feeding to 1xdaily and reducing my light cycle, let's see if that helps.

 

[churchill753]

I used chemiclean for the first time and within a week I had dinos. I used it to battle green hair algae, much prefer the gha over dinos anyday

thank you for the tip. I am going to push harder on conventional methods before pulling the trigger on chemiclean.

 

[brandon429]

the problem is that the doser can't remove clouding from rocks and sand, the cyano feed.

to clean the tank correctly takes out the clouding; to kill it off with chemiclean increases waste pocketing in the sand and rock surfaces, setting the stage for GHA later and another doser, likely fluconazole. its likely not harmful to use CC, but watch out for the common cycle we see regarding indirect/direct invasion control.

 

[Kdub Koral Guy]

thank you. It's a 30g. I'm still fighting cyano with non-chemical methods but I might decide to give the chemiclean a try. I shouldn't have a problem with O2 due to air stone and running skimmer with pump off. I am scaling back feeding to 1xdaily and reducing my light cycle, let's see if that helps.

Agreed. Chemiclean is great for ridding Cyano. Yes remove any carbon before you dose. Make sure to add oxygen to the system during the treatment. I would also go 3 days before the water change (see Deven from Reefdudues video) I have used this on my Fluval 13.5 nano with great success.

 

[Tahoe61]

Agreed. Chemiclean is great for ridding Cyano. Yes remove any carbon before you dose. Make sure to add oxygen to the system during the treatment. I would also go 3 days before the water change (see Deven from Reefdudues video) I have used this on my Fluval 13.5 nano with great success.

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And remove what cyanobacteria you can prior to treatment.