Fishtank water is very foamy after Chemiclean treatment

[Validator]

Hi All,

I had a bad outbreak that I had to resort to Chemiclean.  I followed the 48 hours treatment wait and did a major water change more than the required 20%.  It has been about 2 days later but my water is still foamy and my protein skimmer is still bubbling over and out of control. My ammonia, nitrite and nitrate was still high yesterday, I had been adding some brightwell aquatics bacteria treatment and also nopox to try to manage the nitrate levels and keep the Cyano at bay.

 

Seeking some advice as to what I should do.  The redness seems to be coming back abit.

[peedeers]

The best way is to keep emptying the skimmer cup and adding equivalent new salt water till the skimmer stops overflowing


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[Validator]

hi Peedeers, but I understand that if I continue to add solutions in the water the skimmer will continue to bubble like crazy and this does not address the foaming of the water in other places.  frankly quite tired of this Nyos skimmer.

[peedeers]

hi Peedeers, but I understand that if I continue to add solutions in the water the skimmer will continue to bubble like crazy and this does not address the foaming of the water in other places.  frankly quite tired of this Nyos skimmer.

Yes thats what will happen with any skimmer. Not just nyos.


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[Rasheedh]

Hi bro…run chemi pure…it worked for me…dun do water change it will be the same…i have been battling with cyno too…it went away after chemi pure. Treatment but came back again..now battling with dinoflagellates….i am going to try the cruz treatment….


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[Validator]

Hi Rasheed, I do have some chemipure blue in my filter sock.  Been there since March.

 

Aside to peedeers, just can’t seem to understand it.  Just one small change the whole thing goes crazy 

[JiaEn]

It is good to consider this. If chemiclean works. Then the cyano is killed. The cells breakdown and release all kind of content inside. Some of those can cause the skimmer to foam aggressively. 

Just like @peedeers said, removing these unwanted substance is as important, if not more important than getting rid of the cyano in the first place. Consider the alternative where all these remains in the aquarium, it's a matter of time before cyano,  or other algae comes back again. 

Letting you skimmer do it's job, is one of the easiest way to accomplish this. Maybe u can adjust to skim drier,  maybe you can use some fresh activated carbon to help out and absorb some compounds. Or even consider doing a water change to dilute the pollutants. 

16 hours ago, Validator said:

Been there since March

Also do take note,  GAC is not meant to last forever. They can be depleted within weeks or days in highly polluted tanks. 

[Validator]

Hi All thanks for the feedbacks.  I decided to replace the chemipure blue and solve my skimmer first.  Since yesterday after changing the chemipure the water bubbling went down.  It looks like I would have to change my chemipure often so that is a learning point.  For the skimmer I got fed up with tuning the dials because it continued to overflow.  So lifted the skimmer physically and noted the height out of the water that would produce the ideal skimmate and placed a platform under the skimmer. Am waiting for my skimmer stand to come.

I still dose Nopox daily based on the recommended amount. My small little refugium still runs as always.  Will see how the ammonia nitrate numbers look this weekend.

[dtdream]

12 hours ago, Validator said:

Hi All thanks for the feedbacks.  I decided to replace the chemipure blue and solve my skimmer first.  Since yesterday after changing the chemipure the water bubbling went down.  It looks like I would have to change my chemipure often so that is a learning point.  For the skimmer I got fed up with tuning the dials because it continued to overflow.  So lifted the skimmer physically and noted the height out of the water that would produce the ideal skimmate and placed a platform under the skimmer. Am waiting for my skimmer stand to come.

I still dose Nopox daily based on the recommended amount. My small little refugium still runs as always.  Will see how the ammonia nitrate numbers look this weekend.

you can use egg crate and cut pvc pipe if necessary as temporary stand if your skimmer stand takes long for delivery.

Should be pretty easy and cheap to DIY

[Validator]

Thanks DT, I took a plastic box I got from Japan Home that can open up into two platforms.

[Rasheedh]

Gd to hear that your skimmer bubbles went down..just continue with that..i actually put in 3 bags of chemipure….took me 3 days to become normal skimming…


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