cyano eating inverts?

[rgentry123]

so pacific east aquaculture has a cyano eating fighting conch available for sale but i'm wondering if they will actually eat the cyano or not. has anyone had an experience withe these or are there any other inverts that would readily eat this crap? i am beginning to have quite an issue with it in my tank and i'm wondering what my best course of action is going to be. thanks in advance as always.

 

[boxfishpooalot]

Best way to combat the problem is an abundance of:

things that eat it(conch)
things that control it(phosphate) possibly ozone
things that remove it(water flow)

Also and abundacne of speed:

conchs are slow, so if you want fast, get a superman conch with the cape and all, or find somthing else.
flow, radomity is power, like the ocean.
And use things that will possibly chemically remove it, like chaetomorphea or somthing that can chemical warfare with it(this is my own opinoin)

 

[rgentry123]

by chemically, do you mean like a chemical additive? i was trying to avoid that just becuase i just have always been told to keep any chemcal whatsover out of the tank. do you think mulitple conchs would work? i have a 110 gal. tank and about 1 1/4 shallow sand bed. maybe 2-3 conchs?

 

[chrissreef]

i think brightwell aquatics has some liquid thing that bonds to phosphate and allows your skimmer to remove it. i thought about trying this since phosban doesn't work hard enough for me... i have some cyano, not terrible but id on't like it.

 

[jk75]

Turn your lights out for 3 days. I had a problem and that got rid of it. You still need to figure out what is causing it however.

 

[manhorsedog]

i got some red slime control and i must say it could not have worked any better!!!! all red slime is gone and didnt bother anything in my tank didnt loose as much as a little pod.

good luck

 

[rgentry123]

what type of red slime remover did you use?

 

[manhorsedog]

blue life

 

[boxfishpooalot]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13988619#post13988619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rgentry123
by chemically, do you mean like a chemical additive? i was trying to avoid that just becuase i just have always been told to keep any chemcal whatsover out of the tank. do you think mulitple conchs would work? i have a 110 gal. tank and about 1 1/4 shallow sand bed. maybe 2-3 conchs?

By chemically i mean pour some Mr. Clean in the water daily.

Just kidding. I mean get some phosphate remover, control the nitrates, remove any organics that contribute to the common cyano problem, use ro/di water, do water changes, change the light bulbs on the date needed.

Control the physical materials, and you win.

 

[Tweeg]

i',ve bought 3 conch, fighting conch, qeen conch, and unknown,

the fighting conch is omnivore so it will eat algae and meat.
the queen conch is just a herbervore so it will do a better job at eating the cyno and green hair algae but only your substrate, it also eats a lot a gets very large so later you may have to feed it sheets of algae

i got lucky with the last turns out i was pure carnavore does bother anything else

hope this hlps my 2 cents

 

[duke62]

dont use red slime remover.check your ro/di tds.also what salt do you use.

 

[MarineSniper]

Turn your lights out for 3 days. I had a problem and that got rid of it. You still need to figure out what is causing it however.

+++1 on this

Turn all the lights out and if the tank is in a bright room, with windows, drape a blanket or something across the front(this is important if you want it All gone). 3 days like this and it will be completely clean without all the hassles of any type of remover. Most of them will make your skimmer go insane and you may find yourself emptying the collection cup every 2 minutes...literally

While all of these methods will remove the cyano in the tank, you need to find the root cause ( over feeding, high phosphates or nitrates, usually). If you don't find and correct the cause, you'll be right back here in a month or so!

 

[Saltyjam]

Sk8r started a very good thread a few weeks ago in the new to the hobby forum about cyano. Although it involves a fair bit of reading, it is good to fully understand this organism, how it thrives, and all it's risks and benefits to your tank. It may not have been posted to for a few days so you may need to use the search.

 

[gmate]

If your phosphates are high, throw a canister filter on with some GFO media and call it a day.

 

[ChuckFinley]

no phosphates and i have it in my refugium. can i turn off the light over it for 3 days and watch it disappear? I would rather not use a chemical.....

 

[thebkramer]

WOW!! you brought up an oldie!! :lol2:

please read up on Cyano.. I have battled it before.. ITS NO FUN!!!!

if you don't find the cause.. no matter what you do.. it WILL come back!!

Cyano is not algae.. its a bacteria (or as Sk8r says.. "the nonalgae algae" lol) there are no critters that will actually look for it to eat. They may nip and pick.. but not make a meal of it.

like other said.. Sk8r has some great info about Cyano and how to take care of it. She was very helpful with me in getting rid of it...
Here are some links
Sk8rs Info on Cyano
More Cyano by SK8r
also great info in Capns Log Book

Good Luck to you!!!! Hope you get it all taken care of!!!!

-Rhonda :bounce3:

 

[brubakron]

no phosphates and i have it in my refugium. can i turn off the light over it for 3 days and watch it disappear? I would rather not use a chemical.....

What are you using to test for phosphates? I had an API test kit that would show 0 phosphates, but a Hanna checked and a local lfs showed that there were phosphates present.

 

[AppleCurrent]

Not really sure about the size of your tank/outbreak, but I usually just physically remove it from the rocks and sand with a gravel vacuum (may need to replace some sand), and don't let it grow back to the same scale. That combined with water changes and changing the flow a it worked for me a few times. It does come back several months later though.