I was skeptical about using a product like Chemiclean in my saltwater aquarium to deal with a red slime problem, but all other solutions including reduced lighting, increased flow and massive water changes had failed. It's performance was astounding, to say the least.I followed the instructions precisely and underdosed the tank to be safe. I first siphoned as much of the red slime out as possible, increased water flow and aeration as directed, and removed carbon from my filter.
Within 48 hours, 80% of the red slime algae/cyanobacteria was gone, and the remainder cleared within another two days. My fish and inverts actually became more active and appeared healthier. As an added bonus, the oxidizing action of the Chemiclean cleaned up a good deal of organic solids, reduced regular green algae and made the water the clearest I have ever seen in any of my aquariums.
I am duly impressed and would recommend this product with careful usage.Work's as advertised gone in 3 days! No problem with tank life, if you have a skimmer you will need to run activated carbon and turn the skimmer down for a day or two.I was very skeptical, but this stuff worked. It took a little longer than I think it is advertised, but the cyno is gone, so I don't care. No corals in my tank, but it didn't harm the fish or inverts.Nothing kills cyanobacteria like Chemi-Clean. It works every time, period. It recommends doing a 10 or 15% water change, but I don't worry about it. I've been plagued by red slime algae almost from the start in my Penn-plax 58 gallon saltwater marine tank. I had tried beating it with Phoszorb (my aquarist at the LFS said the high-phosphorous content in Florida water was the culprit), but only enjoyed slight improvement. Leaving the lights off for weeks at a time would clear it up but it always came back in a few days. This time I tried Chemi-Clean, although I had great fear of adding a chemical to the aquarium environment. On day one I took the carbon out of my canister filter, added the recommended dosage and waited. 48 hours later I did a water change and added back carbon to the filter. By then it was clear that the red algae was disappearing. Now on day four it is all gone! Water stayed brilliantly clear and the fish, starfish, snails, shrimp and anemome were completely unaffected. I am now a convinced...if it stays gone until next water change I'll be a true believer! I'll repost if it comes back too soon.


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