Using Chemi-clean for the first time ever.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I don’t know what risks there may be to waiting, but I’d speculate it is ok.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

This was my day 3 update:

Cyano is down substantially today and might now be considered worth doing. Everything is back to normal function. The water is still hazy, and the anemone did not release today.

I only changed about 2 gallons ((1%) by skimming before the skimmate volume returned to normal. I continue to change my usual 1% daily, but do not see a rationale to change 20% as the directions state. If there is something bad in the water, 80% will remain after that change, and swapping 50 gallons is not in the cards without a reason.

No fish ever showed distress. Corals seem fine.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

And my day 5 update:

Cyano/Chemiclean Update

It’s been a bit over 5 days since dosing and the Cyano is nearly all gone from the display. At this point it is a success. Here’s a whole tank shot just now. There is a little bit of diatom growth on the sand since I added some silicate a couple of days ago.

The elegance in the lower right is closed due to the cucumber crawling over it. Otherwise it has been fine.

The anemone has stayed out the last couple of days.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

At 48 h it had a long way to go to declare victory. I never really did anything to halt the process except turn on my skimmer after a while, I’m not sure how well the antibiotic is skimmed out.

Ahh, gotcha! Well my skimmer is an HOB, so I can’t just turn it back on or it will overflow like crazy right onto my floor. I plan to do a water change, but I really want to wait until Saturday. Do you think it will be okay until then? That means no skimmer until then.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I cleaned out my sump last week and am finding that the detritus coating the bottom may have been a huge factor in the cyano. i am seeing a decrease without having used chemiclean but i wont claim victory yet. I still have more detritus to remove.

 

[Tahoe61]

Ahh, gotcha! Well my skimmer is an HOB, so I can’t just turn it back on or it will overflow like crazy right onto my floor. I plan to do a water change, but I really want to wait until Saturday. Do you think it will be okay until then? That means no skimmer until then.

I waited a week before a wc without issue.
I did a water change and added charcoal.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

This was my day 3 update:

Cyano is down substantially today and might now be considered worth doing. Everything is back to normal function. The water is still hazy, and the anemone did not release today.

I only changed about 2 gallons ((1%) by skimming before the skimmate volume returned to normal. I continue to change my usual 1% daily, but do not see a rationale to change 20% as the directions state. If there is something bad in the water, 80% will remain after that change, and swapping 50 gallons is not in the cards without a reason.

No fish ever showed distress. Corals seem fine.

I waited a week before a wc without issue.
I did a water change and added charcoal.

Thank you! Thank is what am thinking. Everyone in the tank seems fine. Plenty of aeration.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

how did this end up?

I started chemi on saturday and tank is done except my skinner continues to overflow with no end in sight. Sand bed looks great and tank seems fine. I hope this stuff will just degrade so i can skim back to normal.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

how did this end up?

I started chemi on saturday and tank is done except my skinner continues to overflow with no end in sight. Sand bed looks great and tank seems fine. I hope this stuff will just degrade so i can skim back to normal.

Do you use activated charcoal? That help remove quite a bit. My skimmer went crazy for a couple weeks after.even with charcoal, but the charcoal does indeed remove quite a lot

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Do you use activated charcoal? That help remove quite a bit. My skimmer went crazy for a couple weeks after.even with charcoal, but the charcoal does indeed remove quite a lot

no but i have a reactor or i can just put some in a filter sock.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

no but i have a reactor or i can just put some in a filter sock.

I think either would be fine, but if you have never used activated charcoal before please, please make sure you rinse it THUROUGHLY first.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I think either would be fine, but if you have never used activated charcoal before please, please make sure you rinse it THUROUGHLY first.

yea i will. I have rox 8 carbon and a reactor and i always rinse well. I just want to get that stuff out of my water

 

[Sophie"s mom]

yea i will. I have rox 8 carbon and a reactor and i always rinse well. I just want to get that stuff out of my water

Give the charcoal 2 days then change it out. I did this 3 times. It really makes a huge difference.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

great thank you. I hope I didn't cause any issues by not using the carbon sooner.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

great thank you. I hope I didn't cause any issues by not using the carbon sooner.

No, it won't cause any issues. It just won't leave your system on it's own. Water changes, charcoal, and then skimming will do it. But as I mentioned, change the charcoal out after about 48 hours.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

great thank you. I hope I didn't cause any issues by not using the carbon sooner.

I do not think that would be a problem. :)

 

[BryanM]

I know someone who uses chemiclean as a "prophylactic" treatment to prevent BJD, seemingly successfully.

Curious how using it might affect my ATS.