ChemiClean Wiped Out My System (1 Viewer)

[tdmiata]

man lost everything...fishes and corals...don't even want to look at the tank at the moment...

 

[NanoCubeKid]

Dang. Sorry to hear that.

from cemiclean: Safe for Reef Tanks, All Invertebrates, Desirable Macro Algaes, important nitrifiying bacteria and all fish.

I guess you can't believe everything you read.

I would start writing a letter to them.

 

[boogaman]

I would look around your tank to make sure that is what killed everything. You might have overlooked something, but then again stranger things can happen.

Gavin

 

[Raymond]

Let me know if you want to redo the tank man.

 

[tdmiata]

Let me know if you want to redo the tank man.

I think I'll take a break from the hobby..wife isn't too happy at the moment..painful looking at an empty tank..u think I should clean the rocks and the sand bed before shutting the tank down..

 

[GAW]

Dam* hate to hear that, I would totally flip out.

Man good luck

 

[jdeveaux]

I lost two butterfly's to ChemiClean. I was very upset especially since I finally had them eating pellet and flake food.

They died with-in a few hours of dosing the chemiclean and I even cut the dose by a third before using it.

Fortunately nothing else seemed to be bothered.

 

[wmatt140]

Reviews

I saw more than a few reviews on Marine Depot with people reporting complete or partial loss of thier livestock after using this product. Despite that, it still has a 4 out 5 stars rating

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[tdmiata]

thanks for the condolences guys...I read the reviews from other websites and people were getting good result but man I should had known better..I'm so discourage right now, don't know whether to start over or take a break..Had the tank for 5 years and even survived Ike unscathed but, shiet like this totally wipe u out is hard to cope with..thanks for listening gentlemen..

 

[tdmiata]

I lost two butterfly's to ChemiClean. I was very upset especially since I finally had them eating pellet and flake food.

They died with-in a few hours of dosing the chemiclean and I even cut the dose by a third before using it.

Fortunately nothing else seemed to be bothered.

did u do anything else to your tank after the died off? water changes or cleaning out the rocks?

 

[jdeveaux]

Just a water change and letting my skimmer skim wet.

 

[Raymond]

Let me know if you want to redo the tank man.

I think I'll take a break from the hobby..wife isn't too happy at the moment..painful looking at an empty tank..u think I should clean the rocks and the sand bed before shutting the tank down..

well lets just keep your tank running. We can just redo the rocks and change out the sand.

 

[sem40138]

I had something similar occur in one of my freshwater tanks when i used a algae remover. I did some research afterwards and from what i read, when the algae is "removed" it's actually killed which releases ammonia therefore doing some harm to the inhabitants in the tank.

 

[tdmiata]

man wish I never heard of chemiclean...I'm getting bryopsis and diatom algeas all over my rocks...I'm assuming diedoff from the live rocks is causing this, I guess I need to check for amonia and nitrate..Am I going thru a mini cycle at the moment? any advice is greatly appreciated..

 

[GAW]

It killed the live rock as well??

 

[tdmiata]

It killed the live rock as well??

I think so..bristle worms dead all over my tank.there is still coralline algea on the rocks but I'm also experiencing bryopsis and diatom..cant tell rocks are dead or not...sigh

 

[sem40138]

check for ammonia and nitrite as well. I've got some filter floss from my wet/dry that should have a good amount of beneficial bacteria to help break down the ammonia and speed up any cycle that might be occuring. I'm located at 59 @ 99, let me know otherwise i was going to change it out this weekend.

 

[tdmiata]

check for ammonia and nitrite as well. I've got some filter floss from my wet/dry that should have a good amount of beneficial bacteria to help break down the ammonia and speed up any cycle that might be occuring. I'm located at 59 @ 99, let me know otherwise i was going to change it out this weekend.

thanks for the offer Sem40 ... I need to run some tests on the system before Ill add any bacteria to it.

 

[HongT713]

daymmm thats crazy bro.....lmk if u start over i giv u some of my fishes that i may not keep

 

[tdmiata]

daymmm thats crazy bro.....lmk if u start over i giv u some of my fishes that i may not keep

thanks bro but the tank is going thru a mini-cycle right now..I dont want to rish any livestock just yet....U been on vacation or what? Haven't seen u around for weeks..any of my corals survive in ur tank?