what is this crap and what eats it

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15398330#post15398330 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pisces9397
I have used this stuff and it works EVERY SINGLE TIME!
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I am not trying to bash what you said, but if it works so well, why do you keep having a problem to where you keep having to use it. I had a couple of aiptasia hitchike in on some LR and I used a syringe and boiling water. Now of course they were small and I have not had a problem yet.

The problem with removing the rocks in small increments are that the treated rocks will become invested before you can get the problem under control.

Me personally, I would get a samller used tank off of cragislist and set up a QT type environment. Use your existing tank water to fill it if all the params are in check. Take the rock with the nems out and use some kalk paste or epoxy to cover those aips and put the nems in the tank with the fish. Then, yes NUKE the tank and get things in check. You will be back before you know it.

Again, Pisces, no offense to your comment. I just hate chemicals and believe most to be snake oils.
 
Bleach water the rock in a 5 gal bucket for a few minutes. Rinsing it in fresh water after, then cook the rock according to Sean's method here on RC. Might take awhile but should take care of the prob. The tank should come back just fine.
But this is what I would do, not something you should do. Tank looked really nice before aips. Hope you get it back!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15391200#post15391200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dcombs44
All the aptasia is actually kind of cool looking.
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I agree, it looks kind of like an alien world.
 
it never ends, i ordered 10 pepp shrimp, but just read that pepp shrimp will eat berghia, so now , i have to put 10 pepp shrimp in my fuge .....................gonna be a clean fuge
 
JMO...Use a 1/4" hose and syphon that cyano right off the rocks. You don't want it floating around your tank, so don't scrub it off unless you have a syphon right next to it, to suck it out. Another thing I've noticed is that uncured rock or newly exposed areas tend to grow this first. Don't do anything drastic light bleaching, it'll grow back just as quickly and probably even worse. Give it some time to grow a layer of coraline algae and it should stop coming back. As someone already mentioned. Use a pump or turkey baster to flush all the detritus that has collected on the surface. This will reduce the amount of nutrients that it can use and reduce its growth. High flow with pumps will also reduce any future buildup of detritus, and speed up the curing process. Dead coral heads will take time to grow the same things that your aged rocks already have. Unfortunately, these nuisance cyano or algaes will be the first to take up residence. Non of what I just said is true and it all should be ignored. Good luck.
 
Try red leg hermits they did miracles for me with cyano besides they are beautiful, they eat leftsovers of food and other algaes they are one of the best for a clean up crew.
 
Are you guys trying to just get this guy to spend money? JEEZ! this isn't nearly as complicated as it is being made out. Bleach the dang infested rocks and aiptasia x the rest. simple, cheap, effective. I have done it myself!
 
^ Have to agree with Grim on this one. The problem looks way worse than it actually is. Knock out the lights for a few days for the cyano. Get back doing your water changes, reduce the feeding and skim heavy. By now you've gotten a lot of solutions for the aiptasia so I won't even bother =P
 
ive started doing weekly 25 gal changes, i removed most of the cyano as it was on dead coral, i put some pepp shrimp in the fuge, was gonna put them in tank but i have 8 berghia coming and i dont want them to get stalked...............heres todays readings...............should i just stick to weekly changes or get some chemical help for the phos?

temp- 81.3

orp- 328

ph- 7.91 (i have another thread about this, im doing everything right, its high co2, windows open its fine 8.2 ish)

calc- 425

alk-10.6 (tad high, ive stopped the bionic)

mag- 1305

no3- 10 ppm (not to my liking , but i was told it isnt a crisis)

po4- .25 ppm ( needs to come down id say )
 
I would consider running some gfo to bring down the po4. you could also try growing chaeto or some other sort of macroalgae in your fuge (which would also help the no3 come down a bit).
 
i have chaeto in fuge, just sold half of what i had............what is gfo? i was considering phosban and seachems de-nitrate, both in socks in sump , along with weekly changes...........what is better 300 or 800 micron? my guess is 300 will let more into sock?
 
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well, i got some phosban and some az-no3...........ill get this back , it will take a few months for the berghias to do their work but.................that, along with me addressing the water
 
Again, Pisces, no offense to your comment. I just hate chemicals and believe most to be snake oils.


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I agree with you on the chemicals department. I don't use any except part A and B, as well as magnesium on a regular basis. The reason I use so much of it is not because I have a problem, I work in a fish store and we have to use it here and there depending on fluctuations in our systems. Anywho, it works and I just thought that would be easier than having to break a lot of the tank down and kill EVERYTHING on the live rock, including benefical things.
 
Another reason I recomend the chemical over more natural measures is because I have seen this stuff grow in just about any condition. High light, low light, horrible to perfect nitrates. I even seen it grow on a rock DIRECTLY in front of a surge that blasts it with incredible force. Cyano is one of those things that would survive th nuclear holocost with roaches, aptasia, and Keith Richards.
 
How big is your fuge? If it were me I would put the burghia in the fuge, and just keep cycling rocks down. Once they pick the rock clean, swap it with another rock.

Burghia are a lot slower, and more fragile than the peps are. Keeping them in a smaller area with a constant supply of aptasia would be best.
 
not big enuff for that, my fear is if i move the pepps out of the fuge into dt , then add berghia, they may prey on them at night...........i know the berghis will get the tank clean, however long i takes, the pepps MIGHT..........i think this is the best solution,the pepps may eat some pods but thems the breaks, im hoping they spawn some baby pepps and they make it into dt
 
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