Cyano, whats the magic elixer?
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How bad is your cyno? If it isn't out of control yet I would try doing regular water changes and wet skimming. Personally I don't like to add unnessary chemicals to my tank, but with that being said if it's pretty out of control I have been told chemiclean red slime remover works well. The key to using the stuff is not to over do it or you might lose things you don't want to. Also if you take the remover route don't skim for a couple of days or run carbon and do about a 20% water change after a coulpe of days of using it.
bbehring
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Thry some Chemipure http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=BE1213. Ultimately, you should work to eliminate the source of the problem, not dose it. Usually caused by low flow in a specific area and/or to much nutrients in the water which fuel diatom and cyno blooms.
I had a bad batch of cyano from the RO/DI filter that went bad without me knowing.
I added a phosphate reactor, did 20% water changes each week, ran lots of carbon, and most important I sucked the cyano out with airline tubing during each water change.
I really think the airline tubing works the best because you can get all the cyano out without contaminating the tank.
I added a phosphate reactor, did 20% water changes each week, ran lots of carbon, and most important I sucked the cyano out with airline tubing during each water change.
I really think the airline tubing works the best because you can get all the cyano out without contaminating the tank.
xtremedelta
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phosphate reactor
Get rid of the excess nutrients and it will go away. Low flow is not a cause of it. I have had cyno grow in the output path of a 2500 GPH pump. It looked like a sheet in the wind flapping. Lighting is also not the cause of it as I've had it grow both under a rock with no lights as well as right under a MH light and also under the sun.
Excess nutrients are the source of all of the unwanted cyano and hair alage. You probably will not measure any in the water as they are consuming it before you can measure it. Get your water clean and it will go away. It's also a natural progression of cycling a tank. Given time, it will run out of food and disapear.
Excess nutrients are the source of all of the unwanted cyano and hair alage. You probably will not measure any in the water as they are consuming it before you can measure it. Get your water clean and it will go away. It's also a natural progression of cycling a tank. Given time, it will run out of food and disapear.
RichConley
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Chevy, low flow can cause it, but its for the same reason: excess nutrients. IE, you can have really clean water, but if stuff is settling in a spot, that spot will have high localized nutrients.
In the cases where you're getting it in high flow areas, thats just high nutrients in general.
Yea, but to say it's caused by low flow is a bit of a misnomer. Most people will go, OK I'll increase my flow. When it dosen't go away because they haven't really gotten rid of the problem, excess nutrients, then they begin to wonder.
So that's why I will always say excess nutrients and not just low flow.
So that's why I will always say excess nutrients and not just low flow.
RichConley
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right Chevy, completely accurate.
Sometimes flow does solve it (if its a localized issue), but yea, nutrients are at the heart of it.
In some cases though, flow solves the nutrient problems.
Sometimes flow does solve it (if its a localized issue), but yea, nutrients are at the heart of it.
In some cases though, flow solves the nutrient problems.
spleify
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Sounds good all, thanks for the tips. It has been in the tank for about 3 or 4 months now. I kept thinking it was gonna go away, but it just kept getting worse. I have cut back drastically on feedings, and I am doing larger more frequent water changes. I am NOW aware of the root of the problem, and I don't like adding unneeded chemicals, but I am tired of looking at this stuff. I thought if I could get rid of all of it, then it would be easier to control it in the future. As far as flow, I believe it does help. One day I left for work and when I came home I noticed one of my pumps had lost its suction on the glass and was pointing directly on a rock, and that spot on the rock(in just a few hours) was almost completely cleaned of the cyano. Thanks again for all the help.
You can try removing it by siphoning it off whne you do a water change. That way you are completely removing it and the excess nutrients it as absorbed.