Chemiclean Red Slime Remover
- Thread starter Mike612
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i suggest against antibiotics to remove cyanobacteria.
you are just removing the visual issue, not the underlying problem. the cyano will come back after the antibiotics are removed from the aquarium. not to mention you have a good chance of wiping out your denitrifying bacteria along with the cyano.
i used a couple red slime removing products early on. they visually made my tank look better, but they also caused a reaction in the tank that set it back as if it just began cycling.
then after i was over that nightmare, the red slime came back anyway.
it didn't leave until i increased water flow, used an R.O.D.I. unit, and manually siphoned it out.
figure out the reason the cyano is there, and address that first. what is fueling it? how heavy do you feed? using R.O.? even bulb age might have something to do with it.
you are just removing the visual issue, not the underlying problem. the cyano will come back after the antibiotics are removed from the aquarium. not to mention you have a good chance of wiping out your denitrifying bacteria along with the cyano.
i used a couple red slime removing products early on. they visually made my tank look better, but they also caused a reaction in the tank that set it back as if it just began cycling.
then after i was over that nightmare, the red slime came back anyway.
it didn't leave until i increased water flow, used an R.O.D.I. unit, and manually siphoned it out.
figure out the reason the cyano is there, and address that first. what is fueling it? how heavy do you feed? using R.O.? even bulb age might have something to do with it.
Chemiclean Red Slime Remover is considered to be an "oxidizer" rather than an antibiotic. I've read good things about it in several forums and decided to try it in my 12gallon with just a bit of red slime. Following the package directions, the red slime disappeared overnight.
Chris
Chris
and what exactly does an "oxidizer" do? like the highly flammable oxidizer? oh, i want that in my tank pronto! 8O
my red slime left quickly when i used "red slime remover" as well. but you are only removing the visible red slime when you use chemicals. it will come back unless you correct the real problem.
i've googled chemiclean, and i didn't find anything good about it. only that they used it, and the cyano came back. i don't see how that's so good.
again, the correct, safe way to remove cyanobacteria, i've already stated above.
do what you want, but i again suggest highly that you correct the problem in your tank that is causing the red slime to appear, and it will leave, and not come back.
my red slime left quickly when i used "red slime remover" as well. but you are only removing the visible red slime when you use chemicals. it will come back unless you correct the real problem.
i've googled chemiclean, and i didn't find anything good about it. only that they used it, and the cyano came back. i don't see how that's so good.
again, the correct, safe way to remove cyanobacteria, i've already stated above.
do what you want, but i again suggest highly that you correct the problem in your tank that is causing the red slime to appear, and it will leave, and not come back.
It's also important to remember that cyano shouldn't necessarily be thought of as a problem. It's actually one of the necessary stages that a reef will and should go through in the maturation process. Eric Borneman gives some excellent information about this in his forum at marinedepot.com.
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