Chemiclean not working?

[lastlight]

After 24 hrs about half my cyano was gone. All after the 48.

Skimmer still going nuts after a 20% water change. Putting some fresh carbon in now and hopefully skimming normally by tomorrow.

Really impressed by how well this stuff worked. My corals showed no signs of stress. I did notice some of my sponges look a little deflated tho.

[asylumdown]

Yah I was being impatient when I posted this. at the 48 hour mark when it was time to do the water change and turn the skimmer back on I siphoned out all the cyano I could reach, but I didn't get all of it. My skimmer went nuts for about a day, and at 48 hours the last remnants of cyano that I couldn't siphon off vanished.

[lastlight]

am i supposed to see the dead cyano anywhere? mine just disappeared lol.

I did a 20g change last night but I still can't put the lid on my skimmer cup. Doing another 20g tonight.

[kien]

For me two 20% water changes two days in a row (on a weekend) and a third one the following weekend plus copious amounts of carbon replaced every other day is what it took me to get my skimmer happy again Chemiclean rocks but that stuff really lingers. It doesn't seem to bother anyone in the tank though.

[lastlight]

if anything it's probably suppressing a new outbreak of cyano i guess lol.

a chemiclean treatment every few months if needed won't be the end of the world i'm thinking. the tank gets some serious water change love as a result. tank looks happier than it's looked since setup as far as my sticks go.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by lastlight

if anything it's probably suppressing a new outbreak of cyano i guess lol.

a chemiclean treatment every few months if needed won't be the end of the world i'm thinking. the tank gets some serious water change love as a result. tank looks happier than it's looked since setup as far as my sticks go.

According to the box, chemi-clean also oxidizes sludge, which might actually help keep your tank from building up the conditions that lead to cyano.

Just don't get lazy with your nutrient management regime. I've been super lazy with my GFO since the beginning of April and as soon as chemi-clean wiped out the cyano... BAM! dino outbreak that was like 6 times worse than the cyano. I just finally got around to testing phosphate last night: 0.04ppm. Oops.

[lastlight]

to save money i'm mostly monitoring film algae on my glass to help determine gfo replacement. my levels must be adequately low as the film comes back pretty slow. i have a feeling my cyano is fueled by something else but yes i have been quite religious with my nutrient control thus far. makes having cyano all the more frustrating since i never had it once in any of my previous tanks other than the last nano during the upgrade/neglect phase.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by kien

For me two 20% water changes two days in a row (on a weekend) and a third one the following weekend plus copious amounts of carbon replaced every other day is what it took me to get my skimmer happy again Chemiclean rocks but that stuff really lingers. It doesn't seem to bother anyone in the tank though.

+1 I have a drain to the sewer right next to my skimmer so I just let it overflow and drain until the skimmer removed enough of it that I could stop it from overflowing at the lowest setting. In effect using my skimmer to do a small water change.

[lastlight]

oh that's a great idea. i've left my skimmer at it's ideal situation setting to avoid messing with it later. i might do my water change tonight as long as i can. i can't drain more than a few gallons before my return pump needs to be shut down.

[asylumdown]

the Stuff that I had siphoned off was detaching from the glass and sand in one giant sheet, so if that had launched in to the water I'm sure I would have seen it, it was a continuous sheet about 10 inches long and 6 inches wide. The remnants that were left on the glass were just tiny patches, and they were right under a vortech, so one moment it was there, then the next time I looked they weren't