In need of your input!

[twilliard]

I have been battling cyano now for a few weeks.
About ready to use chemi clean.
I have 80 gallons of volume and i am only able to change 5 gallons at a time.
I use the triton method and what makes me nervous is upsetting my water balance.
I have had my skimmer running wet now for 2 weeks (helix 5000)
Can i treat my tank and be ok with daily 5 gallon changes?
Thanks all!

 

[Sabellafella]

Really chemi clean? Acropowers the culprit rite? I mean ive used chemi clean before and the only negative was my montis got pale, the bacteria well equal out eventually id say give it some time itll go away but then again ur the madd scientist so give it a try lol

 

[Sabellafella]

After treatment you could run ur skimmer really wet and try gac , little water change but keep inmind im pretty positive chemiclean is erythomycin

 

[twilliard]

Lol ya right! I play with every chemical known but this stuff is killing me!
I dont have proof it was the acro power but i will tell you this.
I havent dealt with cyano fornso long i couldnt tell you the date.
This came up after dosing for sure.
Now i want to rid of it.
Eeks!!

 

[twilliard]

I run so much carbon its crazy!
The love of a tight mixed tank :-)

 

[Sabellafella]

Lolol give it a try honestly either way if u do a 5 or 10 percent water change prob isnt reallt going to make a difference, unless u do like 60% nd run carbon, but i started with half the recommended dose and it went away in like 5 hours so i started running carbon nd filtersocks

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Chemiclean is the way to go for a bad cyano outbreak.

 

[twilliard]

Chemiclean is the way to go for a bad cyano outbreak.

Thank you so much!
I have been working on this for weeks and had to come down to this.
I feel like i failed as the only thing I know is how to control pests.

 

[wpeterson]

I was nervous to use chemiclean, but you should have good results as long as you 1) dose very carefully 2) ensure proper oxygen levels in the water.

For my 90 gallon tank / 30 gal sump, I conservatively dosed for 75 gal of net water volume. I pulled the collection cup off of my skimmer and turned it way down, to let it overflow for the 48 hours of dosing. Full details in our tank journal here: http://bareefers.org/forum/threads/hornberson-reef-dsa-90-gallon-mixed-reef.17765/page-9

 

[twilliard]

I was nervous to use chemiclean, but you should have good results as long as you 1) dose very carefully 2) ensure proper oxygen levels in the water.

For my 90 gallon tank / 30 gal sump, I conservatively dosed for 75 gal of net water volume. I pulled the collection cup off of my skimmer and turned it way down, to let it overflow for the 48 hours of dosing. Full details in our tank journal here: http://bareefers.org/forum/threads/hornberson-reef-dsa-90-gallon-mixed-reef.17765/page-9

Thank you!
I had a massive baby trocious snail die off. Dont know how or why but I think this is what started my outbreak.