MnFish1
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Though there is always wiggle room in these things. I try to just follow the instructions on the package.
Testing of Chemiclean
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Though there is always wiggle room in these things. I try to just follow the instructions on the package.
Looks really good! Just to be clear that you are using Red Cyano Rx product by Blue Life USA? Yes on the water change tomorrow. Use some directed flow to blow of any remaining cyano skeleton. Enjoy
Anxur
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Yes read the video's titleLooks really good! Just to be clear that you are using Red Cyano Rx product by Blue Life USA? Yes on the water change tomorrow. Use some directed flow to blow of any remaining cyano skeleton. Enjoy
I've ready for tomorrow morning with 30% change
I hope they disappear...
Ahhhhh yes. The “video” title not the thread title. Thank you!
Anxur
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For those who have used chemiclean, red cyano RX or similar.. Have you noticed, once the cyanobacteria have disappeared, better general conditions of the aquarium? Polyps extroverted, Disposals, growth tips, corals, clarity, etc. It seems as if the substances contained in these products (antibiotics) give a reset to the system. We are sure that bimonthly, quarterly, half-yearly use etc. is not convenient.. Are we sure that our puddles inside 5 windows don't need such an intervention every now and then?
MnFish1
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The only way to know that would be to take 2 tanks with cyano and corals and treat one once and treat the other every so often. I'm guessing that you may be overestimating the benefit from the chemiclean itself. I have not seen a benefit like you've described. The chemical makeup of a tank with and without Cyanobacteria may be different - and that may be what you're seeing (i.e. without the Cyanobacteria, something 'bad' is removed. I would definitely not recommend using a regular dose of what is presumed to be an antibiotic in a reef tank though.
As the maker of Red Cyano Rx……It’s never a good idea to repeat doses of antibiotics as it can build an immunity and stop working. Twice a year is all I would recommend.
I do think you would see some benefits you described as without the bacteria in the tank, oxygen levels would rise and corals would feel better to open up. Running my Clear Fx Pro or Clear Fx Reef would be highly recommended on a 3-4 times per year maintenance. The organic scavenger resins really help with higher ph levels and happier animals. Reduced algae build up too of course.
MnFish1
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I was not going to answer - but I had some of the same ideas - that removing the cyano may help other parameters that are unmeasurable. However - can you describe what is in your Clear Fx Pro, or Clear Fx Reef (the ingredients) - and why many tanks get away without using them - but are successful (granted - they might have been more successful with them)
The clear Fx pro is a combo of high grade bituminous coal based carbon with a very low ash content. I also add the key component organic scavenger resin that is super absorbing that removes not only organics that feed algae, but also removes color tannins in the water to really clear up the water. You can run just the resin which I sell seperate called “organic Fx “. Also, the clear Fx pro has a phosphate resin in it too. For reef tanks I didn’t want to keep removing phosphate so blended the Clear Fx Reef without the phosphate resin and added double the organic resin.
You can run without this stuff of course and need to do more water changes, scrub more algae, and have a tank that’s just not as clear.
You can run these products in a canister under pressure or just in passive water flow areas. Better to use canister or reactor. More efficient and lasts longer.
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Anxur
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The aquarium is generally very clean. The coralline algae are exploding. The sand is white, the polyps of the corals shed a lot. The rocks become colored. Practically the organisms that were there before anyway were unable to develop because... Surely every organism emits allelopathic substances against other organisms. It's not a placebo effect.. On the contrary.. I hardly let myself be influenced.. I report what I see... Every now and then our aquariums must be cleaned and freed from cyan and anything else these products can eliminate.. Naturally in our tanks there are fish and corals.. Everything else is artificial.. Everything... And we always persist with the "natural" fairy tale...
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Anxur
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Simply, day after day, hour after hour, different pathogenic organisms accumulate, develop and enter our aquariums, like in a puddle. And there is no replacement, there is no wave motion, there is no biodiversity, stability over the millennia that goes by clean and avoid this. It's just not the ocean.. They are 5 glued glasses, oxygenated by wave maker and skimmer... Stop.. Which take air in our homes and in which any pathogen ends up.. These products practically implement a sort of necessary and obvious liberation.
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