Chemi Clean Works!

[foundnemo11]

I was battling a Cyanobacteria for a few weeks and I tried almost everything to get rid of it. and I would get it down but then it would spread back over time. It all started when I went out of town and my main power head somehow shut off ( never did it before or after.. kind of wierd) Anyways I came back and all of my CC was full of it. It was getting thicker and thicker and I tired all of the "natural ways to get it down" These all worked momentarily but never really made it disappear.

This is when I decided to get a little extra help from the product CHEMI CLEAN. I followed the directions as stated and after 48 hours It was about 99.9 percent gone. The other.1% took about another day.

This product really works and If anyone has a problem they can not handle I suggest using this. I recommend trying to natural ways first but if they dont cure the problem use this product.

I have fish, Corals, Anemones, and none of these were effected by this. They only thing that was effected was my protein skimmer for about 24 hours. It would fill up with almost clear water every 5 min. So just make sure after the 24 hours of dosing when you turn it back on to check the skimmer quite often so you have no leaks. After the waterchange the following 24 hours (total of 48 hours) My skimmer settled down a bit, then a few more hours it was back to normal.

Good luck fighting CYANO and dont knock this product its AMAZING!

[Reef Bass]

Glad you found something that you say works for you.

The question is, how does one trust advice from someone whose tagline is "I am a compulsive liar"?

[emeraude1484]

I'm debating using this product... My cyano is so bad that it's choking my sps and creating die-off. 3 days dark got rid of SOME but it's still heavy, flow isn't working, parameters are good and I feed once a day pellets or half cube of mysis.
My concern is that although corals and inverts seem ok Does anyone know if my copepod population will be affected? I FINALLY felt comfortable that a mandarin would have a sufficient diet in my tank!

[smellslikeTUNA]

I agree, this product also worked GREAT for me! My only complaint is that it took a week for my skimmer to get back to normal but everything is running and looking awesome now

[djsmallz]

I too have had good results using Clemi Clean 5 months after restarting my 92 corner. It cleared it up within a few days and hasn't come back since.

[tkeracer619]

It usually works pretty good but you need to find the source of the cyano and solve it or usually it will come back.

[Palting]

Originally Posted by tkeracer619

It usually works pretty good but you need to find the source of the cyano and solve it or usually it will come back.

This +1. Chemi clean is an antibacterial agent. It is NOT a wonder cure for cyano, and regardless of the name, is NOT a "cleaner". It kills the cyano, releasing the dead bacteria into the water. It actually initially worsens the condition that lead to the cyano outbrak to begin with. Water changes and effecive skimming are mandatory after treatment. After that, long term maintenance is indicated to keep the cyano from coming back. Otherwise, you will need to keep re-treating. And re-treating. Good for the chemic clean bussiness, no?

[feh]

chemi clean will kill it off but you still have to fix the problem. low flow, nutrients, etc.

[AcroporAddict]

Be prepared for your skimmer to go nuts and overfoam for a while after treatment. Just used it on my 100 gallon a couple weeks ago. Lots of water changes help the skimmer get back to normal.

[Mikefromaz]

I dont believe chemiclean is an anti bacterial agent. At least not in the sense of erythomicin etc. I believe it oxidizes the nutrient source of the cyano making it unavailabe to the bacteria. The cyano is starved and the remains are flushed into the water column and ultimately removed by the skimmer and parfial water change as is advised.

[dkeller_nc]

Originally Posted by Mikefromaz

I dont believe chemiclean is an anti bacterial agent. At least not in the sense of erythomicin etc. I believe it oxidizes the nutrient source of the cyano making it unavailabe to the bacteria. The cyano is starved and the remains are flushed into the water column and ultimately removed by the skimmer and parfial water change as is advised.

Nope. Contains erythromycin as the main (and only) active ingredient.

[Mikefromaz]

Dkeller..... you are quite mistaken. I am reading the box as I am typing. It says In caps. Does not contain. Algecides, Erythromycin succinate, or phosphates. I dont have the liquid but I believe it is a fair assumption that the powder and liquid versions are the same.

[dkeller_nc]

No, I'm not mistaken. You are simply the latest victim of marketing "spin control". Notice that it says it doesn't contain erythromycin succinate. There are several different forms fatty-acid esters of erythromycin available, however, and chemi-clean was tested and verified to contain one of these in Germany (it's relatively easy to test for the presence of erythromycin, not so easy to identify the fatty-acid ester portion).

[skyline377]

Originally Posted by smellslikeTUNA

I agree, this product also worked GREAT for me! My only complaint is that it took a week for my skimmer to get back to normal but everything is running and looking awesome now

I am having the same issue where my skimmer is going crazy now after day 4 & 2 water changes. I'll wait a few more days to see if it will go back to normal

[Mikefromaz]

Make sure you do the reccomended water change after treating the tank. I put it off not realizing that whatever was killed by CC would soon decompose.giving a white fog.

[disc1]

Originally Posted by Mikefromaz

Dkeller..... you are quite mistaken. I am reading the box as I am typing. It says In caps. Does not contain. Algecides, Erythromycin succinate, or phosphates. I dont have the liquid but I believe it is a fair assumption that the powder and liquid versions are the same.

It says no erythromycin succinate. That's a trick. There are several other forms of erythromycin that are for all intents and purposes equal.

[Mg4life0331]

Originally Posted by dkeller_nc

No, I'm not mistaken. You are simply the latest victim of marketing "spin control". Notice that it says it doesn't contain erythromycin succinate. There are several different forms fatty-acid esters of erythromycin available, however, and chemi-clean was tested and verified to contain one of these in Germany (it's relatively easy to test for the presence of erythromycin, not so easy to identify the fatty-acid ester portion).

This

[danil]

Educated use of chemi-clean is fine. If nothing else worked it's OK to use it. The problem with cyano outbreak is... well cyano. It became dominant bacteria for the system so there is very little chance that other type will take over. This is a reason why It's so important to start your fight on first sign of it while you're still have a chance. After... you practically have to use chemi-clean or restart the system. Dosing good bacteria also a great idea to help establish new dominance in the tank.
You have to follow instruction working with CC. No needs to overdose. It can start working on second or even third day be patient.

[AcroporAddict]

A good tip for when you are actively treating and a couple days post treatment is to place a low micron filter sock to mechanically screen all the water entering the sump during treatment. It will pick up a lot of loose cyano that would otherwise degrade to ammonia in the water column. Rinse it out 2-3 times daily, or however often as you can during and post treatment, in addition to manually siphoning as much out as you can prior to treatment.

[ABzReef]

Any before and after pics?

[Vinny Kreyling]

I have found the powder to be effective -- the liquid I will not use again -- did very little for me.
Run the skimmer with the cup removed for a few days.

[Conchman]

I used Chemiclean with very good results. I would state if I had to use it repeatedly I would dig even deeper into a possible issue. Chemicals like this should not replace good husbandry and common sense. Used it just the one time...

[xsentrixsupra]

So I found this thread while searching out chemiclean. I had a big problem with cyanobacteria, but reduced my light timer an hour and also added a small powerhead. About 80% of it is gone. I'm looking to just kill off the last remaining stragglers.

My question is I have one of the small Fluval EVO 13.5g tanks and I'm seeing in this thread people suggest adding some sort of mechanical media to catch some of the grime that is released into the water. This might be a better question for the Nano tank section, but since this thread was here I figured I'd ask. Which chamber would be the best to place some mechanical media to catch this stuff or is it even necessary with a tank as small as mine? I also do not have a protein skimmer.

[alton]

Dilute it in your top off water. An then follow up with the prescribed water change vacuuming it off the rocks

[mcgyvr]

Originally Posted by xsentrixsupra

So I found this thread while searching out chemiclean. I had a big problem with cyanobacteria, but reduced my light timer an hour and also added a small powerhead. About 80% of it is gone. I'm looking to just kill off the last remaining stragglers.

My question is I have one of the small Fluval EVO 13.5g tanks and I'm seeing in this thread people suggest adding some sort of mechanical media to catch some of the grime that is released into the water. This might be a better question for the Nano tank section, but since this thread was here I figured I'd ask. Which chamber would be the best to place some mechanical media to catch this stuff or is it even necessary with a tank as small as mine? I also do not have a protein skimmer.

Mechanical filtration is basically useless in our systems unless cleaned/removed almost daily.. Its not worth the hassle..