don duncan Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Anybody tried this stuff? I know that someone told me about some of the Dr. Tim's stuff, but I cant remember who it was. Sorry im bad with names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Mr Saltwater Tank is big on Dr Tim's stuff; maybe he mentioned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Does anyone local sell it? I've used chemiclean before and it worked great, but I still don't like putting chemicals in the tank. If this is a natural solution, I'd be down to split shipping with you to try it if nobody local carries it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've used waste away before. I saw no difference in my tank when dosing it. I've been doing the Zeovit stuff for a while and they reccomend a mix of Coral Snow and Zeobak. Works well. Prior to zeo, I used cyano rx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMarlin Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've also used waste away and never noticed any improvements with nuisance algae or cyanobacteria. I think Dr. Tim has a different product for the cyano but I could be mistaken. Chemiclean works every time I've tried it. -brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Chemiclean definitely works, but take the cup off your skimmer when you use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Chemiclean definitely works, but take the cup off your skimmer when you use it. I take it you speak from first hand experience? Its like putting liquid dish detergent in a clothes washing machine. BUBBLES BUBBLES BUBBLES!!! What a mess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Last week I finally gave up on siphoning cyano, after it exploded in my tank while I was traveling for work. I used Blue Life Red Cyano Rx, and it worked very well. Nothing seemed to be affected including corallimorphs, LPS, SPS, shrimp, crabs, fish, sea cucumbers, feather dusters, sponges and my turbo snail. The directions said to leave the skimmer off, which I did for about 2 1/2 days. As others have noted, the skimmate was really wet when I turned it back on. I changed out my usual 1 quart skimmate jug for a 5g bucket. It bubbled really wet for about 4 hours filling the bucket with about 3 g when it went back to normal. About 90% of the cyano died (a few little patches) which means it's manageable now. I can siphon that and try to keep my wife from overfeeding when I travel again. It did nothing for the GHA I've got growing now. I think the two dead rocks that I killed months ago to get rid of dino and re-introduced a couple of months ago are leaching phosphates, so I think I've got a mini-cycle going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Did the usual 3 day black out when I had real bad cyano. Cured it and it hasn't come back now 3 months later...however, pretty much the minute the lights came back on began a horrendous dinoflagellate outbreak. Guess I always had a little but the cyano was out competing. STILL trying to win this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Several, including JeeperTy, have mentioned that there are worse things than cyano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Agreed... dinos were the worst battle I ever fought... and it came about after removing my cyano. I will take a little of the purple stuff anyday over dinos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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