Guess what! UPGRADE TIME

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

Actually, what I was suggesting is that the reason you don't have brownapora and that your tank otherwise looks so good is because the cyanobacteria is in fact acting as a nutrient sink taking nutrients OUT of your tank before they become a concern. Not unlike the bacteria that some people add in other methods like Zeovit, for BioPellets, etc.

Seriously though, I don't recall anyone using Chemiclean and not getting results out of it. Cyano is such an easy thing to get rid of (with chemiclean) If it comes back after Chemiclean, then ya, either you do have a real problem or you just simply re-introduced the bacteria by adding new livestock that had the bacteria in the water or you just simply need to do a second treatment.

I hate these sort of situation. Things go well and suddenly BOOM! Something happens

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yup, easy to get rid of it with Chemiclean, but unless you can maintain the right balance of bacteria to out compete the cyano, it will come back. And any carbon dosing like vodka or even bio pellets will just fuel it more. And sudden changes (new coral feedings, etc) can also upset that balance.

And it doesn't matter if your P04 and N03 are near zero. Cyano can still happen.

Can you please link me to your post, where you talk about how you effectively used chemiclean, at your convenience?