75g Lurking danger and Leafy Seadragons

[vlangel]

Cyano of course is a bacteria so the use of antibiotics can be very useful.
Chemi-Clean is our go to resolve as we can quickly remove it within 48hrs.

The trigger for Cyano must also be resolved to prevent reoccurrence.
That usually is high organics, salinity fluctuations, temp variations or a combination of all three.
Cyano loves instability and is quick to propagate.

If you decide to use, put an air stone in during treatment, never use less chemi than recommended, you may need to repeat treatment after 48hrs.

I know cyano is a bacteria and I know chemiclean is an antibiotic. I have used it in the past and you are correct, it can work very well.

I don't think my tank is in need of chemiclean just yet although it has gone through some instability. Cyano got a foothold in my tank because I transferred into this 75g only 6 months ago. Even using all the same rock, it was moved and that is disruptive. For a few months I just thought it was the 'ugly phase'. Also for the first time in my reefing experience, I was having trouble keeping my nitrates up. In an effort to remedy that, I made a major misjudgement and stocked it with new fish and got disease. Then to try and save my fish I used Prazipro and Cipro in the tank water and metroplex on the fish food. I did save some of my fish (10 out of 17) so it wasn't for nought but I am sure using those directly in the tank was hard on the biolife/filter. The sandbed seem to get worse after that. And I am still needing to dose ESV B ionics to get the nitrates over 2 ppm. I would like them to be at least 10 ppm.

I am hoping to have success with a more natural intervention before I go to chemiclean. Today I siphoned out a lot of the uglies on the sandbed during peak light cycle. I did not worry if I pulled up a lot of sand too because I bought a bag of CaribSea live argonite to replace it. If live sand is not snake oil, the hope is that whatever is in the CaribSea will out compete what is left of the cyano/dinos. I still have half a bag left so I can try this again if it had any positive effect at all. I would like to try coral snow but if that doesn't help I may just go ahead and use the chemiclean because I already have it.