chemiclean

[Alexander]

well doc..... I got lazy, couldn't find the old thread and so fourth. but I spiked my tank with a little chemiclean tonight. update/before and after pics coming in a couple days!

 

[reeffreak]

I'm curious to see what all the fuss is about Chemiclean.
A before and after with Chemiclean would be perfect.

 

[Alexander]

i am too! results or not, before and after pics will be shown!

 

[HAWKS12thMAN]

What exactly does chemiclean do?

 

[Alexander]

its red slime remover

 

[yote]

chemiclean will take care of cyano pretty fast.Its supposed to be an oxidizer that breaks down sluge.

 

[HAWKS12thMAN]

cool. Is that a last resort after erythromiacin or is erythromiacin the last resort?

 

[yote]

The chemiclean would be a last resort to my way of thinking.
The one and only time I ever used the stuff,it wiped out a colony of blue anthilia(sp?) that I had.

 

[Bifferwine]

I would only use any chemical as a last resort... Which is why I didn't use ChemiClean for my recent cyano outbreak. I waited it out, and it went away in a few weeks all by itself. But I know Redline has been battling his for a lot longer than that, and has tried waiting it out, to no avail.

 

[yote]

Another good way to get rid of cyano is to leave the lights off for 3 or 4 days and make sure that no outside light can get into the tank.
That will pretty much wipe the cyano out.

 

[Doc]

I am interested to see what you think about the product. It worked wonders for me. I never lost a coral using it, tho. Hope you have my luck and not Yote's

-Doc

 

[Alexander]

ok so the results are in. and as promised here are the pictures! I must say I am VERY impressed with theis product. not one bbit of red slime is in my system that I can see. And some of you heard my woes about my coralife super skimmer and I not getting along because I had it in the return side of my sump, well since i had to take the canopy down to do the water change i stuffed it in the overflow and i couldnt be more happy. consistancy is the word here. But thats just a side topic..... and now back to the real subject, and pictures!


Ok so here is my tank before..... RED SLIME DISASTER!

here I am with the baster blowing out the majority of the slime that I can

and here are the after pictures..... now I do have some hair algea that i need to take care of, the ammount on the back glass and overflow will be easily removed with a razor blade, but as you can see no red slime at all! it looks so much better.

 

[Bifferwine]

I think Jack is plastic. He's always in the same spot in every picture.

Your tank looks really good. Hopefully it will stay slime free!

 

[Alexander]

yeah you got me.... Plastic. I got him at the bass pro shop on the clearance rack because they accidentily ordered a saltwater decoy fish.

But seriously he is always swimming back and fourth like a mad man so its hard not to catch him mid swim to the other side of the tank.

 

[yote]

The tank looks much better.
Hope that crap dont come back on you.

 

[LionFish]

told ya its good :pooh:

lookin much better.

 

[Piggy]

It looks like te stuff works. Now the question is for how long?

 

[Doc]

Alexander,

You may now "thank" me and worship me....I will allow you

-Doc

 

[Doc]

if he keeps his parameters good, nothing will go wrong. It will stay gone. Keep those nutrients down

-Doc

 

[Alexander]

if he keeps his parameters good, nothing will go wrong. It will stay gone. Keep those nutrients down

-Doc

its a dangerous game keeping nutirients down and feeding 2 really hungry fish all the time too :( but you can do it so why cant I :)