cyanobacteria help

[kifeter]

Hey every one, I have a problem with cyano and I would like your opinions on how to get rid of it as fast as possible. As of now I have been performing 30% water changes every week, i have decreased feeding, i have decreased the amount of time i run my light to 6 hours, and i have added chemipure elite. My live stock is just 1 flame angel, 1 skunk shrimp, and probably 20 peices of coral from chalices, acans, favia, and some sps. I have also been going in there atleast once a day with a turkey baster and sucking up all the bacteria i can get. By the way my tank is a 34g solana and i have been changing the filter every 4 days.
Thanks for all the help in advance!
~Kris

 

[andrewk529]

you could try adding a fighting conch to your CUC and hows your flow?and param's?

 

[kifeter]

My parameters are fine, just checked them day before yesterday, and i am only using the stock pumps due to most of my stock prefers lower flow

 

[kifeter]

Thanks by the way, and i will look into the conch

 

[Flipper62]

You need to increase the water movement. If you have some powerheads in there, you need to redirect them. If you dont, you need to add a few. Cyano wont grow where there is good water flow. You need a good cross movement of water, try to get the water moving every where you can. Then if you see the cyano, it will be in the dead / low flow zones.

 

[kifeter]

So how should i increase flow w/o disturbing my low flow corals?

 

[reefergeorge]

I think the low flow statement is crap. I have been battling the stuff for months, and it covers the grill of my koralia #4. That is as direct as flow will get. I'm about ready to go with the slime remover.

Do you use rodi?

 

[mflamb]

Cyano is a photosynthetic bacteria. It needs light and food to grow. Wrong spectrum lighting or too high of a nutrient level is typically the problem.

 

[kifeter]

nope, and I am also about to get some of that slime remover. As far as decreasing light and feeding i have and this stuff still comes back every day.

 

[ed102475]

I am fighting it also my lights have been off for about 48 hrs...Its getting better but still in there. one more day then water 20% change.hope it helps.

 

[hicmndr]

Do you use RODI water? Do you have a TDS meter? My RO membrane recently died, which caused a bloom of cyano that I'm currently battling. Making sure your water source is clean is critical in my opinion.

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

Get the blue life remover....

I have tons of flow, sps were growing like crazy, but had this bloom up. I got caught up in PE at night in the lunars after putting some coral food in and paid the price after doing it every night!

I siphoned, I had the CUC, etc. but it got to the point it was as bad as it was the day before the day after.

3 months running after blue life and NADA--I did change my coral feeding regimen too

No skimmer for 5-6 days, then add carbon and change 25% of your water. It taxed a few corals, but I had no losses. My phil's granulosa was BROWN, but it is back to neon green.

Don't suffer through this.

 

[losthere]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14780703#post14780703 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefergeorge
I think the low flow statement is crap. I have been battling the stuff for months, and it covers the grill of my koralia #4. That is as direct as flow will get. I'm about ready to go with the slime remover.

Do you use rodi?

IDK i have battled cyno, added another tunze and pointed it tward the cyno and within hours it was gone and hasnt come back. Now it is only in one spot where i cant get much flow. Just my experience.