Cyano :(

[Aquattro]

Just be aware it will put your skimmer in over drive I turn my cup sideways during treatment to avoid the mess!

[martinmcnally]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Just be aware it will put your skimmer in over drive I turn my cup sideways during treatment to avoid the mess!

Do you turn skimmer and carbon off for 24 hours?

[kien]

+1 in the Chemiclean as well! Also my first resort LOL.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by martinmcnally

Do you turn skimmer and carbon off for 24 hours?

skimmer stays on, but tilt the cup so it overflows without making a mess. No carbon until you want it gone. I usually leave it 2 or 3 days, then a large water change and carbon. Skimmer takes some tweaking until it's fully removed.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by martinmcnally

Do you turn skimmer and carbon off for 24 hours?

I take out my carbon but just lower the bubble level in the skimmer chamber and/or raise my skimmer up in the water column if required until it stops overflowing. The product decreases oxygen levels so continuing to run the skimmer is recommended.

[martinmcnally]

Do you guys run the air stone like it recommends or just rely on the skimmer?

[Aquattro]

Just skimmer. If you have a heavy fish load with large fish that might be affected, an air stone can't hurt.

[asylumdown]

I struggled with Cyano almost constantly until I stopped using "regular" gfo. Are you using GFO?

But +1 to chemiclean. The stuff works wonders.

[martinmcnally]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I struggled with Cyano almost constantly until I stopped using "regular" gfo. Are you using GFO?

But +1 to chemiclean. The stuff works wonders.

Yea running BRS Bulk GFO 24/7.

I haven't heard that before.