SaltWater226
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it wont detect how much you really have till u get rid of it.
Cyanobacteria: how to fix it.
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SaltWater226
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trust me i had a big problem of it and took care of it how I told you.
ricwilli
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I would like to try the "three days lights out" method to rid of the cyano that I have in my dt. My fish get feed pellets twice a day via a automatic feeder. I will be covering the whole tank with a huge black plastic bag (I have a 300g tank). Should I remove the automatic feeder while the tank is covered?
Chupakabra-King
Mmmmmm Goats !
I had a bad cyano outbreak and everything I tried just didnt work. Even water changes wouldn't work :headwally: I decided to test for everything I had a test kit for and found out my magnesium was very very low. I also had a terrible time keeping the PH up. It would dip down to 7.8 and I couldnt keep it raised above 8.0. No matter what I did , the PH would come back down to 7.8. I went and bought some liquid magnesium and followed the directions and slowly raised the magnesium levels to around 1300 , my PH came back up to 8.4, DKH also came back to 9 and most importantly , the cyano started receding ! Now it's all but gone. I have a little bit left but its receding also. I always had it in my sump but its all gone down there too. I hope this helps somebody conquer thier cyano problem. I was about to give up and break the tank down until I ran all the water tests. I had suspected that the mag was low but I thought it was not related to my cyano outbreak.
josegarcia89
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Hi guys I had a bad cyano outbreak not long ago. This is what I took away from my experience.
First you need to change the light bulbs.( do it every 8 months so that they don't produce any red spectrum, cyano loves that. Second skimmer not doing its job( making sure that its clean, the collection cup should have a nasty, fishy smelling like ice tea water.
The skimmer should be rated for 2 times the size of the tank.
Get some snails, do partial water changes of 20 %( once a week).
Get something that moves the sand( sand lifters starfish, diamond back gobby, etc)
NO Overfiding, reduce lights to 8 to 9 hours.
If you do what you should cyano will be gone, not completely it always stays in the tank but will not be visible.
No more cyano. Now Ick.
75 gallons Caribbean reef with several fishes and invertebrates.
First you need to change the light bulbs.( do it every 8 months so that they don't produce any red spectrum, cyano loves that. Second skimmer not doing its job( making sure that its clean, the collection cup should have a nasty, fishy smelling like ice tea water.
The skimmer should be rated for 2 times the size of the tank.
Get some snails, do partial water changes of 20 %( once a week).
Get something that moves the sand( sand lifters starfish, diamond back gobby, etc)
NO Overfiding, reduce lights to 8 to 9 hours.
If you do what you should cyano will be gone, not completely it always stays in the tank but will not be visible.
No more cyano. Now Ick.
75 gallons Caribbean reef with several fishes and invertebrates.
TimeConsumer
Active member
20% a week?!?! What is this, a freshwater planted discus tank?
20-30% a month is plenty sufficient for tanks that have skimmers or any other method of nutrient export. Don't get me wrong, you can never change too much water, but that is just downright expensive on most people's tanks. On my 75g alone that would be over $300/year in salt. If I had a 180g it would be $750/year. No thanks.
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Hi guys thanks for the advice.
Skimmer finally broke in it is producing a very yummy cup full of goodness lol it is an octopus bh100 hob. My tank is a 36 gallon bow front.
I run a Fluval canister with nothing in it until now, I just added Phosban and Purigen to it.
I bought a full line of test kits and am now dosing the tank Im doing a higher than normal magnesium dose.
I am changing the water for the time being 30%
lastly I got a sand sifting goby his name is dozer he's a great worker.
I am happy to say in even just the last week the gha has diminished 30% and the cyano about 50%.
I am so addicted to this hobby it is sickening.
I had a great couple weeks at work and ended the pay period with quite a sizable sale , I'm an Hvac technician So I believe I see my self getting a new tank with overflow and sump refugium next week
Skimmer finally broke in it is producing a very yummy cup full of goodness lol it is an octopus bh100 hob. My tank is a 36 gallon bow front.
I run a Fluval canister with nothing in it until now, I just added Phosban and Purigen to it.
I bought a full line of test kits and am now dosing the tank Im doing a higher than normal magnesium dose.
I am changing the water for the time being 30%
lastly I got a sand sifting goby his name is dozer he's a great worker.
I am happy to say in even just the last week the gha has diminished 30% and the cyano about 50%.
I am so addicted to this hobby it is sickening.
I had a great couple weeks at work and ended the pay period with quite a sizable sale , I'm an Hvac technician So I believe I see my self getting a new tank with overflow and sump refugium next week
skeeter_usaf
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Your hooked now.
duganderson
Member
Last night I treated my 28 g. nano mixed reef with ChemiClean. I DON'T have a skimmer but do have a small upflow algae scrubber. I had quite a bit of cyno that has been continuing to get worse for months despite 0.02 phosphate (Hanna) and 0.2 nitrate (salifert) or lower. I tried to suck as much out before the treatment but there was for sure still some in there.
Is there anything else I can do post treatment that would help in addition to the 20% water change at the end of day two (Carbon Rox, Phosban, additional water changes, siphoning up any remaining or dead cyno, etc.) OR is my upflow algae scrubber likely to be enough????
Is there anything else I can do post treatment that would help in addition to the 20% water change at the end of day two (Carbon Rox, Phosban, additional water changes, siphoning up any remaining or dead cyno, etc.) OR is my upflow algae scrubber likely to be enough????
as suggested by some others that gave me info make sure you have good flow, the one rock that it seemed to grow on now gets a good flow of water and its keeping it from growing on top of me adding that special blend of stinky stuff that stunk up my house for 2 days. both working together and i see very little cyno at all and hopefully it will be almost all gone in another couple days.
My question is when we clean the skimmer cup should we wash the dirty stuff off or leave the build up on the cup when we pour out the liquid.
My question is when we clean the skimmer cup should we wash the dirty stuff off or leave the build up on the cup when we pour out the liquid.
Saltwater_Biker
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wash it off
zaitmi
Member
Last night I took out the 90% sand from my 20 gallon in a tumbler then i washed my sand 10 times with fresh water, but still water is slight yellow, so i will wash it again tonight. I also replaced my live rocks fresh water which was bleached a day before and i will replace it again and again till the bleach smell goes off.
