benredford95
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To anyone currently battling cyano outbreaks and can't beat it read this post! I just finished a 3 month battle with cyano and i'll tell you exactly how I did it.
First, buy a tiny vacuum, the one I bought was Aqueon's 5 inch for 1-5 gallon tanks. This worked perfectly to get the cyano off the sand. Vacuum your clean, no cyano anywhere, you will suck sand out as well. Also take this time to use a turkey baster and clean all your rocks.I have found the smaller the siphon the more powerful it is and this vacuum that I bought was absolutely perfect. It clogged every once in a while but I would rather deal with clogs over cyano.
Second, 3 days without any light at all (don't worry your corals won't die). If you can, wrap your tank in black paper so no light gets in at all.
Third, after the three days give it another really good vacuum and turn your lights back on to half the intensity and half the time for a week or so.
If it continues to come back increase the flow or redirect the flow in your tank. Don't feed nearly as much as you are (reef roids is terrible for causing cyano, use in moderation) and check to make sure the water you are using is treated RO/DI.
In my battle I used all of the techniques above, read every single forum, learned everything about cyano and still could never beat it. My tank is less than a year old so it is immune to these types of outbreaks I understand. I also switched lights 3 times assuming that it was my light. Brought in a clean up crew and nothing worked at all. Once I bought this vacuum, sucked out the cyano and a bit of sand with it, blew off my rocks and let the tank sit with no light it was solved. Please give this a try and let me know how it worked for you.
First, buy a tiny vacuum, the one I bought was Aqueon's 5 inch for 1-5 gallon tanks. This worked perfectly to get the cyano off the sand. Vacuum your clean, no cyano anywhere, you will suck sand out as well. Also take this time to use a turkey baster and clean all your rocks.I have found the smaller the siphon the more powerful it is and this vacuum that I bought was absolutely perfect. It clogged every once in a while but I would rather deal with clogs over cyano.
Second, 3 days without any light at all (don't worry your corals won't die). If you can, wrap your tank in black paper so no light gets in at all.
Third, after the three days give it another really good vacuum and turn your lights back on to half the intensity and half the time for a week or so.
If it continues to come back increase the flow or redirect the flow in your tank. Don't feed nearly as much as you are (reef roids is terrible for causing cyano, use in moderation) and check to make sure the water you are using is treated RO/DI.
In my battle I used all of the techniques above, read every single forum, learned everything about cyano and still could never beat it. My tank is less than a year old so it is immune to these types of outbreaks I understand. I also switched lights 3 times assuming that it was my light. Brought in a clean up crew and nothing worked at all. Once I bought this vacuum, sucked out the cyano and a bit of sand with it, blew off my rocks and let the tank sit with no light it was solved. Please give this a try and let me know how it worked for you.
