Painless, and I'm glad it worked out for you like it does for me. Enjoy that sanbed!

I have been dealing with green powdery algae on my sandbed for months after treating for bryopsis. I was siphoning it off but losing a lot of baby ceriths and spaghetti worms in the process. My tank is well established 2 years mixed reef. You have given me a little more confidence in giving this a try. My main concern is the 55 adult flower anemones and 40+ babies. Have you ever heard of an adverse effect on anemones?

That siphon! Nice work man. Great video.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks buds! That DIY Ghetto siphon worked surprisingly well! haha

Looks just like mine too..starting to get more red slime..gotta dig up the Chemi Clean

Thanks, i’ll Have to try it on my tank

I did so many water changes trying to get rid of cyano that I syphoned out half of my sand. I gave up and did the Chemiclean treatment and it worked great. So far, so good.

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you need the big guns

It definitely works well, I left my skimmer off for 3 days with no ill effects and had a spotless tank after that.

@dobermanguy9437

3 жыл бұрын

The stuff works fantastic but getting it out of out of your tank is another issue I've done three water changes and my skimmer is still overflowing I've added carbon to the system I don't know this stuff is going to take awhile to go get out of the tank

I’ve used Chemiclean a few times with great success but didn’t realize they had it in liquid form. Great Video Deven 👍

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear! Thank you :)

@jasoncruz3506

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah didn’t no they had liquid

I see i have the same green looking cyano in my holding tank as u did...now imma treat. thanks for this vid amongst the other helpful vids Dev.

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Your most welcome! Gotta bring back that nice white sandbed

Last time I used it, it did not make my skimmer go crazy. I wonder if they reformulated it. Still works fantastic just glad I didn’t have to dump skimmer 100x

Ya worked very well

Great Video Dev! Firsties!

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Wooo! thanks @blue carbon reefing! :D

Ty Devon!!!!

Good for you man.

Thanks for the video Deven. Even though I usually take care of cyano issues naturally I just want to annihilate it at this point so I am going to do my first Chemiclean dosing ever. I am still trying to read up on it first to find out exactly what it is I am dosing.

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Moes Nano Reefs your welcome. It’s one of the few things that works and does so fairly quickly

Excellent vid reef dudes 👊🏻👍🏻

Nice work

Yay, bubbling!

Trying it today to see how well it works. Thanks for the vid it helped me go ahead and pull the trigger. Hopefully I get that beautiful white sand back like you did.

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck! let me know how it works out.

Super fantastic video sir... Can I ask you something I have little bit of brown on my sands is that good are bad I do water change every 2 weeks 10 gallons on my Redsea 170 34gallons....

Same issue I’m dealing with, Thanks buddy!! Great video

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nat! hopefully, it helps!

@nat-kingreef3955

6 жыл бұрын

It does

I'm getting closer to hitting that chemiclean trigger. Your vid helped. Thanks!

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Its worth it.. my sandbed is pristine again!. no negative impact (Do not skip the water change after!) ... i honestly don't know why i resisted doing it for the past 6 months haha

@shredhugow

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes Does it came back after a while?

@RustyShacklefardd

4 жыл бұрын

It did absolutely nothing for me

@clinical_caliber

3 жыл бұрын

@@RustyShacklefardd did u remove carbon and turn dosage pumps off ?

@RustyShacklefardd

3 жыл бұрын

@@clinical_caliber Yeah. I think I had a bad batch because the new one worked

Thanks dev had this problem two weeks now chemiclean it is cheers

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect! back to pristine sand beds! :D

We had red/purple cyano on our sand a while back that was driving me nuts so I dosed chemiclean strictly as per the instructions and was very happy with the results, but then noticed about a month later our purple coral was also now dying, the purple on the chalice bleached out yet the green on it remained, we had a purple leather that went white and died, and the purple on the favia bleached out while the green remained. They still haven't fully recovered. Make sure you keep a close eye on all your purple coral for any changes for a while.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

interesting! I shall!! How big of a water change did you do after? did you run carbon as well to remove any residual chemicals?

@koaleighhomestead2606

6 жыл бұрын

ReefDudes I had treated my tank back in January and my video of it doesn't show the water change but I believe I would have done a 30 gallon water change on my 125 as that is the water capacity my bin holds. I don't run carbon on my system. If I did something wrong then you can be more confidant you won't have the same issues as me, and if I am in error then hopefully others reading this can avoid the same mistakes I made.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

The only thing i would say is its worth running carbon after to absorb anything thats left over and clear it from the water.. my only guess

@koaleighhomestead2606

6 жыл бұрын

ReefDudes Sounds like good advice, there's nothing worse than losing corals that you've spent so much time watching grow. Hopefully I'll never need to use Chemiclean again but if I do I'll make sure I use carbon afterwards

OK with no skimmer? And that was to let the chemiclean work for an extra day? Thanks

My syphon is from Imagitarium. The connector pump-pipe is too narrow so the water is not absorbed hard with shaking action for cleaning up the sand even though I have the large one. I like your syphon, please teach us to do it :-)

Just wanted to say thanks I know this is an old video but I followed this and got rid of a bad cyano outbreak that nothing would stop thanks reefdudes

Do you know if this affects algae in algae scrubbers? I run a simple yet very effective algae scrubber in my AIO sump. In fact I only run floss, skimmer and my scrubber and have near ULNS levels ano no algae in my display ever. BUT I do get cyano some days. Anything from barely noticeable to stringy other days. I wanted the all natural tank but I'm about to bite that same bullet as you. I just hate to lose my algae and battle algae till my scrubber gets back up to par.

Nice video

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks candy

Do you need to remove phosphate removers from the filter media as well as the carbon when using?

Back again going through the archives. I haven't noticed as much on my sand bed as I have on one of my neon green leather corals. Wasn't sure if there was something in particular I could do to just that coral to get it off or if I had to go the chemi clean route. The tank I'm moved my coral into for a transition period is only 14 gallons and am alittle worried when it comes to using certain chemicals because I know with less gallons, the bigger the issues can be if things go wrong

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Horan you can keep up on vacuuming your sand bed and make sure your nutrients no3/po4 are in check. You can possibly outcompete it but chemiclean is the quick fix :). (Use it then keep up on maintenance)

i have a 180 with 5 very aggressive eatting triggers and wrasse mix, cyano is insane!!!!!!! bought this stuff on amazon and followed instructions EXACTLY 48 hours later its ALL GONE. I had this crazy deep RED slime cyano, tons of frags in the tank too, all looked like nothing happened.

Just get a few conches (Strombus alatus). They are great cyanobacteria vacuums

also, do you have to add the air stone to the tank directly or can it be in the sump?

Could I just run my skimmer without the cup and up my flow to the surface for air ration or do I absolutely need a air stone

do you prefer this liquid version, or do you like the powder version?

what ball valve are you using that clicks?

hi my 50 gallon tank is 6 months old and its started growing rusty red stringy stuff all over my sand bed and creeping up rocks.. can you help please... leeds UK..

Please teach us to do that DIY syphone

24hrs, 48hrs, then 36hrs later? 36hrs is less than 48hrs so I’m confused. Did you mean 72hrs or 36hrs after the 48hr mark? Thanks in advance for clarifying!

Just used this this weekend. 7 scoops for my 75 gallon tank (279L excluding rock and sand). All the red slime was gone in less than 48hours. Went from thick mats to nothing. None of my fish or inverts died. Just increased my flow. I don't have a skimmer on my tank.

@0REDSOX7

2 жыл бұрын

I've done everything possible aside from completely starting over and I finally said to heck with it - I am going this route. I am like you - no skimmer, but I bought an air pump and air stone, on top of turning my flow on high. Here's to high hopes. It's only a 10g nano so here we go.

How could i clear this green cyano naturally? Reduce phosphates? Does it have anything to even do with nutrients? Been having this for 6 months

I have both cyano and dinos how should i go about it?

Good stuff,I used the powder version. Also worked well and seemed to make the rock look Brand New too 👍

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! I didn’t notice a change in the rock in mine but it’s more or less purple for coralline! Awesome to hear you had a good experience as well!

And there's my cue to order some chemi clean.....Hey Deven, what's good buddy! Just like you, I've been trying to get rid of cyano naturally over time. Also..... it's not working, 😔 so thanks for the kick up the butt I needed and for the in depth usage instructions. Great video as always. 👍👌

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Always appreciated it! hehe its ok.. i got a kick in the butt as well that made me decide to do it :P

Will this affect cheato in sump ?

I’ve struggled with this forever, the rest of the tank is going great. Everything is growing like crazy. I always thought it was something I was doing wrong... ordered, trying this weekend! Thank you for the informative video. Your sandbed is LITERALLY what mine looks like right now. Finally, an answer!

@ReefDudes

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it ends the struggle! no prob! :)

@chrish6659

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes Me too, I’m actually starting the process today! Love your channel, I really appreciate your videos especially your mechanical ability in making lots of things and sharing them with us. We are a lot alike, wish we could meet sometime but that’s how KZread works… Strangers in the night! Hahaha

@chrish6659

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes thought I’d follow up - 36 hours later; and it worked! Sandbed is white again! Can’t thank you enough (and Melev!) for the info and your video. How did I not know this for the last two years? 🙄🙄

@Dariusdoesreefing

Жыл бұрын

@@chrish6659 how’s the tank now , did the cyano ever recover or is it still gone

@chrish6659

Жыл бұрын

@@Dariusdoesreefing This absolutely works for me but I’ve had to use it multiple times as I continue to experience cyano. The product does absolutely work though!

hey reef dude? any harm to inverts?

I have a huge problem! The cyano came in on zoas frags lots of them over 30! One thing is I am scared to add to zoas that are already starting to loose polyps and I am not sure how its going to do its job when my sand bed is literally filled with zoas acclimating everywhere? I just found out that my lights have been running 15 hours a day! Only about a week but i now have gha growing in the polyps as well! These are all high end zoas and spent like 3 k plus I have high end blastos and rainbow chalices coming in! I have a frag tank just finished cycling a few weeks ago and was hoping to move these in there but now I cant with cyano all over the plugs and gha all in the polyps! Also noone else says to remove gfo! The directions say remove carbon and chemipure! I know chemipure has gfo but it also has carbon so I dont know if they say to remove it because of the carbon. My gfo is in my filter sock in one tank and the aio chamber in another! It took a while to dial it in at 0.03 and I am scared it will skyrocket which will be bad for my arriving corals, plus my new zoas that are already in bad shape now and losing polyps! Is it safe to set the wet gfo inside a sealed container and then put it back or will mold grow on it? True mess on my hands here and a lot of money at stake! I would love to get my hands on the person that sent me cyano filled plugs of zoas! LOL Will chemiclean remove it from plugs? I am scared to replace the plugs because I could loose some zoas and might be like fragging them! HELP! LOL!

Used it dev 2 days gone off everything thanks for the heads up cheers

@devenrich6164

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Good to hear it worked well for you too!

how did you connect the bottle to the hose for that siphon? I like that it doesn't pull up the sand like the one i have.

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

you need to have a good seal. I just used some electrician tape :)

I had some come in on frag plugs and now its everywhere and smothered out two corals already! I also just changed my gfo so I hate to throw it away. If I remove it from tank can I reuse it and How should i store it, maybe a sandwich bag or something? Its in a nuvo 20 nano AIO tank. I had a heck of a time getting my gfo right this time to get a 0.03 reading so hate to do that all over again, not to mention I used used up all my ultra grade gfo from BRS and I accidentally bought the cheap stuff the other day! UUUGGGHH! LOL Oh and should I remove polyfilter? I am so worried that I wont get this all in 3 days because I have new corals coming in and I heard if you dont get it all it can come back much stronger and difficult! Then I am a little worried to redo it with new frags coming in but I already had cyano kill a hammer and a frogspawn!

Off topic - what's the mount that you're using for your lights if you don't mind my asking? I have a 180 Peninsula I'm looking for a similar solution. Hanging from the ceiling isn't an option.

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Diy one out of 80/20. If you search for floating light stand my video on it should come up

also I'm a little confused, when you waited 2 days it was 48 hours, but did you wait an additional day for a total of 72 hours? You said day 3 is 36 hours which is confusing...

Silly question, but how des it work when you want to remove the skimmer's cup on an AIO tank? Should I expect foam everywhere on the floor?

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

You may be better off using an air stone in your tank :)

Отличный результат, это фантастика! Как называется это средство?

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Chemiclean Links in the description if your intrested

@AleksandrKondratenkozet6688

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Your aquarium is very beautiful. I dream about this in Russia.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! Its a slow process to create it! but I do love it! its worth it :D

Great video, how long the product can last on the shelf ? I have Cyano Red and a (beautiful/ugly) Green pop, i want to go on the natural path but ... i should have a refugium with my nano >.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

I tried the natural path for about 6 months and it would be gone for a week or two.. come back.. go away come back.. so i finally broke down and tried it :) There is no date on the bottle so i'm guessing its a long time. It comes in a liquid and powder form.

Great video. I have a question. I have a 3000 gallon tank. Currently no corals, just fish and some inverts. I’m trying to do a no water change system. Currently facing cyano bacteria myself. If I dose the chemiclean, is it a must to do the water change? Won’t just skimming out the medication work?

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

you don't "have to" do a water change.. but your skimmer may go crazy for a while if you dont.

@suhailhassan5051

4 жыл бұрын

ReefDudes that I can handle and don’t mind. Thanks a lot Devon. Hope I spelt your name right 😁

Hey dude not related to cyno but is the outter magnet that holds your gyre in the weir, i have been considering doing this but didnt know if it was safe to have submerged.

@ReefDudes

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it was sealed and fine. used it that way for years

I know this is a very old video but I’m dealing with Cyano and I’m wondering do you still recommend it today for a treatment or is there other effective ways to get rid of it ?

@ReefDudes

6 ай бұрын

Chemiclean is the quick fix. There is alternatives from Other brands or a slower fix approach from Zeovit that’s more bacteria based Long term make sure nutrients are in balance so it doesn’t come back

I had the same stuff spirulina algae I got loads of flow and low nutrients. I used chemiclean and it's been gone for 6 months now. It was high silicates in my case that was causing it.

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Good to know! (how did you find out that it was silicates?) Awesome to hear its going on 6 months free and clear.

@canvoodoo

6 жыл бұрын

Did a Triton it was off the scale before treatment did another after the recommended water change it was 0

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! Many benefits to actually doing water changes! haha :)

How is the tank doing since you used chemiclean? How long did it take for the skimmer party to end?Thank youTed

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Tanks is looking awesome! The skimmer was a bit funky for about 24h after my big water change :)

How long after was your skimmer still overflowing? I did this to my 50 gallon, did a 20 gallon water change, and my skimmer is still over flowing even 4-5 days after.

@ReefDudes

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe do another water change. i twas a good week or so for me of my skimmer going crazy. you can try raising your skimmer until things level out.

I have a 28 gallon... Do you have to turn the filter off and use the air stone for 24 hours??

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

lonnie lomax leave your filter and flow running. Turn off a skimmer if you have one and add the aeration /bubbler

I have the same problem but it's on my rocks not the sand bed

@ReefDudes

2 жыл бұрын

Should fix it for you :)

Done this for the first day and it seemed to get worse when I get to the second day shall I do a 20% water change then reapply it

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

wait the 2 -3 days before doing a water change.. you want to give it time to take effect.

Hey there, ReefDudes! can u please reply with a link to that DIY sand vacuum? =)

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Lisa DeMayo I have not done a video on that one as it was something I threw together in a pinch when I couldn’t find the proper one

did you have chaeto in the refugium? what did the chemi clean do to it?

@ReefDudes

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I do. No noticeable affect on it

About to order some. I have the same algae and going all natural is not working

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

I gave up on natural too haha

@johnfeet5476

2 жыл бұрын

Just for clarity cyno is not algae its a very primitive form of bacteria.

I have done two doses of this treatment and I’ve still got it any other ideas what I could do

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

How long did you wait before you did a water change? Did you take the cup of your skimmer and remove any carbon?

@goldslinger

4 жыл бұрын

Then it’s not cyano You have, but Dinoflaggelates.

Are you suppose to turn the filter off or keep it on

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, i take the skimmer cup off and let it over flow to add oxygen.. but you dont want it filtering out the treatment.

What kind of trigger is that in ur tank? Any problems with him picking at ur corals?

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Its a blue throat/jaw trigger. Hes one of the more reef safe triggers and hes been issue free. the coral beauty likes to pick at (slowly destroy) my purple whip gorgonian though.. arrg.

@samgoedhart

6 жыл бұрын

ReefDudes BEAUTIFUL TANK!

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Samuel! :D

Is the chemiclean ok to use with a refugium?

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Becca Chen yep. No noticeable impact on my tank

Is it ok to turn the skimmer off? I have no sump and using a HOB skimmer thats why...

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you can. I would ideally add an airpump though to add more oxygen to the tank during treatment.

@ocoypogiful

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes awesome. Thank you ! Sub'd

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

@@ocoypogiful your welcome.. and welcome to the channel! :D

I’m always afraid to clean my sand bed cuz I do t want to suck up any of my copepods lol

@adambgunn

3 жыл бұрын

I have been told to just leave the sand-bed alone unless you have a real outbreak of crud on it then peel it back with a plastic fork making piles of it with all power heads off and only syphon the crud out trying to leave the sand-bed alone as much as you can..

Just went threw this issue

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Did it fix it up for you too?

I got the red stuff it wont go away. Waiting for this to come in and try it for my self.

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

same stuff different colour! should fix it up for you!

@jerryebner7582

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes In my first reef tank 2 years old I went live sand live rock, Have all the pests but no Cyano. My second tank I went dry sand and dry rock. Went full cycle one year later red Cyano everywhere. depressing maybe the live method is safer I think the pest are more easy to deal with than this red Cyano lol

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

@@jerryebner7582 Chemiclean will get rid of your cyano. I let it go 3 days before a water change but otherwise stuck to the directions. Easy fix! Make sure there is no funky nutrient imbalance as the source of it.

Honestly you should be concentrating on getting your levels back in check because that's what caused it to begin with. It's just going to come back without the issue addressed.

Chemiclean safe for inverts?

@ReefDudes

3 жыл бұрын

I have never experienced an issue with them while using it

@kevinclasher3160

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes Thanks Dev, love your channel by the way! 👍

Did you wait 72 hours for the water change?

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. 3 days !

will this work if the alges are on the rocks?

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

As long as its cyano and not something else.

@MeditationMelodiessounds

5 жыл бұрын

I belived is Dinoflagellates

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

@@MeditationMelodiessounds kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZHmiz7Oil9Oyhps.html

Im a little confused as to how long you waited to water change. Video said 24 hours, 48 hours, then 36 hours ? did you mean 72 hours for the change ?

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Lee my apologies! Yes I waited 3 days. Instructions say 2 but I found 3 more effective per recommendation of another reefer

@marklee4409

6 жыл бұрын

No worries. After seeing your experience, I plan to try Chemiclean this weekend. Thanks for all the vids!

@joeb1906

2 жыл бұрын

In a sps dominated tank, with a refugium , would you recommend this ?

Just some quick advice if your alkalinity is in check you won't have a cyno problem ever most of these are a quick but temporary fix it will come back in a couple of days

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

How do you define in check? mine is pretty stable as my doser doses every 15 min or so

@MegaMarkus999

6 жыл бұрын

What I mean bye in check means a stable parameter for a reef system and you might be dosing every 10 to 15 minutes but it might not be the sufficient amount for your growing reef you might have to adjust your doser . I am just speaking from experiences and the results that I have witnessed with my own eyes .

@MegaMarkus999

6 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing looking tank I'm jealous just give it a try you might be surprised bye the results

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Just curious, its pretty stable so tryign to see if there is any correlation that i have noticed :)

@ReefDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Did your Cyano ever come back? It’s been a while. Haha. Thanks

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Alen so far so good!

Hi can you clarify how long you left it in? the video goes from 48 hours then 36 hours?

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Lolita Cooksley instructions say 2 days. I found it works best leaving it for 3 days

@lolitacooksley7909

5 жыл бұрын

ReefDudes thank you 😊

You know that you are dosing a highly active antibioticum and bring this in the Environment! It should only be used when no other conventional antibiotic helps and only by vets and doctors. Therefore its forbidden in Europe and I would never use it even in the case of a bad outbreak.

@johnfeet5476

2 жыл бұрын

Package states there are no antibiotics in Chemiclean

At :41 I thought you were going have a flying tang or trigger

@ReefDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Joseph friedrich the trigger has jumped twice. He’s one of the ones who made me use a lid. Happened both times he got spooked

@josephfriedrich9792

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes I was just thinking how much I miss the the look of no lid, and then saw him move the surface of the water... yup. Keep the lid jp, keep the lid.

Is this anemone safe ?

I think I'm going to just turn my lights off for 4 days don't want to take a chance of losing any of my fish I've had for over a decade using chemicals

@ReefDudes

3 жыл бұрын

I have not had any issues with Chemiclean.

@dobermanguy9437

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDudes chemiclean does a very good job my sand bed is nice and clean my issue now since the treatment is over removing chemiclean is not so easy I have done a 30 gallon water change on my hundred gallon tank and also have added carbon to the system and I still am having a foam party in my sump how did you go about getting chemiclean out of your system and is your skimmer operating normal

FYI - 36 hours = he meant to say 72 hours

@ReefDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did. Thx! :)

Cyano is NOT green! :)

@ReefDudes

4 ай бұрын

There is many colours of cyano :)