Nasty wispy red algae growing in/around my SPS ... help?
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RobTop
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I fought cryno for a very long time till I actually understood it. Added flow, did the light thing, changed bulbs, noda.
Adding flow is offered as a cure and works for lots of people. Why, well it helps to eliminate some dead spots where the detritus is at. Kicks that up and shoots it into our filters. I finally got ride of it after a doing a simple pm and am task for a week.
Night 1 water change with a heavey siphion of any junk. Even taking the top 1/4" of sand is not a bad idea.
Night 2 toss a filter sock on your drain and do a heavy blasting of the rock with a power head. If you have an extra canister type filetr add it with floss or whatever for partical removeal. In the am remove the sock and what it caught. Each night do the same blasting with a new clean sock. Gone in now time.
However Joel if you have been on top of detritus build up since the get go, as well as blasting your live rock regularly. I can offer no advice.
Hope you get it knocked out man.
Adding flow is offered as a cure and works for lots of people. Why, well it helps to eliminate some dead spots where the detritus is at. Kicks that up and shoots it into our filters. I finally got ride of it after a doing a simple pm and am task for a week.
Night 1 water change with a heavey siphion of any junk. Even taking the top 1/4" of sand is not a bad idea.
Night 2 toss a filter sock on your drain and do a heavy blasting of the rock with a power head. If you have an extra canister type filetr add it with floss or whatever for partical removeal. In the am remove the sock and what it caught. Each night do the same blasting with a new clean sock. Gone in now time.
However Joel if you have been on top of detritus build up since the get go, as well as blasting your live rock regularly. I can offer no advice.
Hope you get it knocked out man.
lights work but only temporarily is what I have found... every night my cyano is gone.... as soon as the lights come back on it continually gets worse all day...
i hate it... there have been some good suggestions here to try... I have been battling it for awhile... thought i had it after I added a phosphate reactor... will keep at the detritus consumption
i hate it... there have been some good suggestions here to try... I have been battling it for awhile... thought i had it after I added a phosphate reactor... will keep at the detritus consumption
NewSchool04
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Just a shot in the dark but are you using silica sand ostrow?
badazztealcobra
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Sullyman
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Joel, have you ever put a small power head right up to the rock.
Put it up to a hole in the rock and see what comes out, you'll see stuff come out, a lot if you haven't done it regularly. If it doesn't come out like Menard said, it will still leach junk which can fuel all kinds of stuff.
Put it up to a hole in the rock and see what comes out, you'll see stuff come out, a lot if you haven't done it regularly. If it doesn't come out like Menard said, it will still leach junk which can fuel all kinds of stuff.
badazztealcobra
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Have you tried Vitamin C ??? :lol:
IF its not cyano, it might be this "red hair algea" stuff that I had in my tank. it came in on a frag of birdsnest and suddenly spread while I was away after remaining dormant for a long time. This algae continued to grow dispite water changes, intensive skimming, high water flow, low nutrients, EVERTHING. finally, I found a source that recommened Turbo fluctuos, the giant mexican turbo snail, NOT the smaller Turbo astreas. I found some of these at an LFS and they mowed the stuff down like spagetti. If you really think it isnt cyano and is more "fluffy" maybe give this a try.
Good luck!
-Matt
Good luck!
-Matt
kuramura
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Yes that's what I meant, I read somewhere in SPS forum that users of Seachem AA reported strange new algea. I have been using Seachem Fuel AA for 2 months 1ml 3 times a day on 40gal. system 60 X flow turnover and I have similar red algea in few places (not enough to concern me) one of them is rim of red montipora that's growing into green monti.
What that means i'm not shure.
Just my $ 0.02
mm949
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one packet of maracyn FW per/100gls...skimmer off will rid system..might need two doses>>> remember this is only treating the symptoms....old actinics will promote DEEP red cyano....change VHO's and if u are totally against chemicals....lights out for a few days will help if its a bulb issue
NewSchool04
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Where can you buy maracyn?
icenine2005
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...I would take Doug up on the offer here.
I agree that an antibiotic is not the way to go, and while I can't tell you what chemi clean IS, it's NOT an antibiotic.
ostrow
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See the other thread in my first post here.
Again, I know some have success with chemiclean and other anti-cyano potions, I never use such things.
I don't think it is cyano. See the recent posts on the other thread.
Whether it is or is not, it is going to be hard to eliminate.
Again, I know some have success with chemiclean and other anti-cyano potions, I never use such things.
I don't think it is cyano. See the recent posts on the other thread.
Whether it is or is not, it is going to be hard to eliminate.
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