A+++ Chemiclean Aquarium Treatment

[BBQHILLBILLY]

A+++ for Chemiclean Aquarium Treatment. Wife and I had an algae outbreak on a 29 biocube and 14 biocube. SW changes, reduced lighting, and reduced feedings did not fix it. We were patient.
The only solution was chemiclean and within 2 days bad algae gone. Follow the instructions.
No damage to shrimp, fish, or coral.
I should mention we used under the recommended dosage 2 scoop for 29 and 1 for 14 biocube.

[sergiotami]

I used it w Great success as well. Problem is that it kills of your good bacteria as well. Right now I'm using Dr Tim's Waste Away and Eco Balance to re-establish my good bacteria, Finally keeping the cyano under control....:)

[BBQHILLBILLY]

This is good to know. How did you know the good bacteria was gone? We did not notice a change just bad algae gone.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

I did a little research and this is what I found:

I am pretty sure the main ingredient is erythromycin.

Cyano bacteria is gram positive bacteria and erthromycin is highly effective in treating gram positive bacteria. Fortunately, the bacteria that we rely on to deal with nutrients in our reefs (primarily Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria) are gram negative and are largely unaffected by erythromycin. Thus, using it isn't devastating to our biological filtration.

For a little more info about what "gram negative vs gram positive" means read below:

Gram positive and gram negative is one of the ways that microbiologists classify bacteria. The procedure is based on the chemical and physical properties of their cell walls. It refers to how a bacteria reacts to a gram stain. If it takes the initial stain, it will be purple and be considered gram positive. If it doesn't take the initial stain, it will be pink and gram negative. The difference is the outer casing of the bacteria. A gram positive bacteria will have a thick layer of protein that the stain can penetrate. A gram negative bacteria has an outer membrane covering a thin layer of protein on the outside. The outer membrane prevents the initial stain from penetrating.

Read more: http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/chemistry/boyds-chemiclean-how-does-work-21275/#ixzz2jySUYczu

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Trying to find out what makes it work so good and it is recommended monthly

The Boyds chemiclean states quoting " Safe for fish, reef tanks, corals, inverts, nitrifying bacteria, and desirable macro algaes".

[Flyride95]

This is going to sound stupid but does this treat green hair algae or is manual removal / water changer the only way? Starting to have an outbrake here.

[rrasco]

Try to use it only as a last resort, but I told you it was the magic bullet.

Is there a skimmer on those tanks? I treated my tank last Friday and still can't get my skimmer under control. No more cyano though.

I was under the impression it didn't affect nitrifying bacteria, but I don't have anything to back that up except what it says on the box.

[rrasco]

This is going to sound stupid but does this treat green hair algae or is manual removal / water changer the only way? Starting to have an outbrake here.

Didn't take out my GHA. Some of it seems to be going away, but I think that has more to do with the GFO I am running than chemiclean.

[Flyride95]

I'm running gfo and I'm water changing 25% every two weeks with rodi water and it is still growing.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Heres the website and has a good faq. It treats the cyano type not the hair algae, in faq.
I didnt have the hair algae, so I couldnt comment on it other than the website faq.

http://boyd--enterprises.com/chemiclean/

[sergiotami]

Maybe its just my tank. Tried water changes w RO/Di water, my TDS meter read 0 TDS, GFO, cut back lights as well as feedings and no matter what I did cyno came back even after Chemiclean treatments, it was just a temp fix. Chemiclean works great, but it was just a temp fix. Finally started bombarding my tank w good bacteria of Dr. Tim's products and finally cyno is under control. Tanks never looked better..... :)

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Try to use it only as a last resort, but I told you it was the magic bullet.

Is there a skimmer on those tanks? I treated my tank last Friday and still can't get my skimmer under control. No more cyano though.

I was under the impression it didn't affect nitrifying bacteria, but I don't have anything to back that up except what it says on the box.

Thanks rrasco for the advise. These are the wifes tanks and I could see she was getting frustrated. I cant get her frustrated, she may be the key to a 12 ft tank.:bigsmile:

Since we put that chemiclean in there, she has that spark again. Thats all that matters to me.
We tried for 2 months everything. The only thing I noticed was her sand disappearing from us siphoning the algae of the sand. It kept coming back. So next goal is to see how fast it comes back and get the pc bulbs out and LEDs in the hood.

[new2dis]

I have heard that and have noticed that LED will grow brown algae had to turn them down on the whites. Since then no real problems with the algae.