Cyano outbreak, What to do??

AndtheBonus · 11-24-2008, 12:33 PM

I think I have a small case of some cyano bacteria running throughout my tank. What is the best way to get rid of it? CUC? And if so what? Right now all I have are turbos. That is should change today after I go to my LFS though. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it? I do a 5 gallon water change every week. The tank is 24g.

Midnight · 11-24-2008, 12:35 PM

I would do a 50% water chance and clean all your power heads and stuff and it should help get rid of it.

AndtheBonus · 11-24-2008, 12:40 PM

Really cleaning the powerheads will do it? Now that I think about they are dirtyyyyyyyyy but I never really thought that that would be the problem... Hmmm looks like I will be cleaning them soon lol. I just did a water change so I am gonna wait a few more days until my next one. By the way I do use RO/DI water. And the out break is very small but still there!

yungreefer2410 · 11-24-2008, 12:48 PM

you could be overfeeding its very easy to do

ReefGuy69 · 11-24-2008, 12:55 PM

I would check your feeding. its probably a combination of overfeeding and possibly not enough flow. look for dead spots and adjust the power heads so there is flow in every nook and cranny of your tank. that might help

AndtheBonus · 11-24-2008, 12:59 PM

Ok sounds good. I will try all of the above lol. Ya chances are that I am over feeding. I guess that needs to stop lol.

nikkipigtails · 11-24-2008, 01:06 PM

What kind of water are you using? How long is your light cycle? What kind of food do you use?

AndtheBonus · 11-24-2008, 02:28 PM

I am using RO/DI water. I have 150W MH and I keep them on for 8 hrs a day. I am using Rods Food currently.

BLAKEJOHN · 11-24-2008, 02:34 PM

Here is a thread Concerning my Cyano problem maybe it will help you. Dont let the chemiclean in the title discurage you from looking. I did try it but it didnt work.
Cyano and Chemi-Clean - Saltwater Aquariums - Reef Tanks Online Discussion

untilthen · 11-24-2008, 02:38 PM

i had cyano for 3 weeks.. tried everything that you could possibly suggest... what ended up working for me was throwing some macro in my display behind some rocks so its not obvious... then manually removed as much cyano as possible and did a water change... 2 weeks later... no cyanno

knock on wood

ZAPCOnj · 11-24-2008, 02:44 PM

I had a big out break of Cyano in my Biocube... I had no fish and no coral in there. Only a CUC so there was no food introduced. My lighting was the stock Biocube PC lighting. Water was store bought Saltwater and they use RODI and Mix Fresh batches of 8000 Gallons every day.

All of my readings were great with no reading giving any reason for there being Cyano in the tank. As it turns out the Cyano was using up the Phos so the tests were at zero.
The tank went from this:

to this:

in a matter of 1 week even with cleanings every other day. The straw that finally broke the camels back was when i came home from work and it looked like some one put a RED FUZZY Sweater over my live rock.....

I did a Massive cleaning... took the rock out of the water, and placed in shallow bins filled with saltwater. did a light scrubbing with a soft brush. Rinsed in clean saltwater then scrubbed alittle more. Final rinse in RODI and back in to a tub of FRESH CLEAN SALTWATER. I vacuumed out as much of the red stuff off my sand and emptied 1/2 the remaining tank water. I added the rock back and filled up the tank with CLEAN FRESH SALTWATER.

I also started using a Phosban reactor.

with no changes to my daily routine after that the Cyano never came back.

I had a similar problem in my GF's tank and she had fish and was over feeding and ..... well lets just say she was doing everything the way she shouldn't I performed the same cleaning and the Red stuff has still not come back. (her lighting was 2 x 150 HQI, 4 x 65watt Actinics for 10 hours a day.)

The $50 investment in the phosban reactor, pump, and media is well worth not having the frustration of the red stuff and extra cleanings.

not saying that this is the most practical or the right way to do things but it worked for me.

nikkipigtails · 11-26-2008, 05:15 PM

What's the source of your RO/DI water? Is it from a LFS or from your unit at home? Have you checked the water for phosphates?

Adding some nassarius snails to your CUC would be a great start. The nassarius snails stick to the sand bed. They're scavangers so they'll eat extra food if you're overfeeding.

11-24-2008, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
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AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 775 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? Really cleaning the powerheads will do it? Now that I think about they are dirtyyyyyyyyy but I never really thought that that would be the problem... Hmmm looks like I will be cleaning them soon lol. I just did a water change so I am gonna wait a few more days until my next one. By the way I do use RO/DI water. And the out break is very small but still there! __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

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ReefGuy69 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 934 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? I would check your feeding. its probably a combination of overfeeding and possibly not enough flow. look for dead spots and adjust the power heads so there is flow in every nook and cranny of your tank. that might help __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (2) Hagen 70's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Algae Scrubber w/(4) 9watt 67k Bulbs TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 1 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Firefish, 1 Blue Hippo Tang, 1 Black and White Goby, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps, Sand Sifting Starfish, Emerald Crab, Various Snails and Hermits

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AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 775 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? Ok sounds good. I will try all of the above lol. Ya chances are that I am over feeding. I guess that needs to stop lol. __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

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nikkipigtails Manta Ray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,033 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? What kind of water are you using? How long is your light cycle? What kind of food do you use? __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

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AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 775 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? I am using RO/DI water. I have 150W MH and I keep them on for 8 hrs a day. I am using Rods Food currently. __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

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BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? Here is a thread Concerning my Cyano problem maybe it will help you. Dont let the chemiclean in the title discurage you from looking. I did try it but it didnt work. Cyano and Chemi-Clean - Saltwater Aquariums - Reef Tanks Online Discussion __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

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untilthen Scopas Tang Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canton, MICHIGAN Posts: 411 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? i had cyano for 3 weeks.. tried everything that you could possibly suggest... what ended up working for me was throwing some macro in my display behind some rocks so its not obvious... then manually removed as much cyano as possible and did a water change... 2 weeks later... no cyanno knock on wood __________________ AHOY My 20 gallon loooong 10 gallon mantis tank

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ZAPCOnj Yes that's me. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: East of reality Posts: 1,590 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? I had a big out break of Cyano in my Biocube... I had no fish and no coral in there. Only a CUC so there was no food introduced. My lighting was the stock Biocube PC lighting. Water was store bought Saltwater and they use RODI and Mix Fresh batches of 8000 Gallons every day. All of my readings were great with no reading giving any reason for there being Cyano in the tank. As it turns out the Cyano was using up the Phos so the tests were at zero. The tank went from this: to this: to this: in a matter of 1 week even with cleanings every other day. The straw that finally broke the camels back was when i came home from work and it looked like some one put a RED FUZZY Sweater over my live rock..... I did a Massive cleaning... took the rock out of the water, and placed in shallow bins filled with saltwater. did a light scrubbing with a soft brush. Rinsed in clean saltwater then scrubbed alittle more. Final rinse in RODI and back in to a tub of FRESH CLEAN SALTWATER. I vacuumed out as much of the red stuff off my sand and emptied 1/2 the remaining tank water. I added the rock back and filled up the tank with CLEAN FRESH SALTWATER. I also started using a Phosban reactor. with no changes to my daily routine after that the Cyano never came back. I had a similar problem in my GF's tank and she had fish and was over feeding and ..... well lets just say she was doing everything the way she shouldn't I performed the same cleaning and the Red stuff has still not come back. (her lighting was 2 x 150 HQI, 4 x 65watt Actinics for 10 hours a day.) The $50 investment in the phosban reactor, pump, and media is well worth not having the frustration of the red stuff and extra cleanings. not saying that this is the most practical or the right way to do things but it worked for me. __________________ My 40 gal Reef...

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nikkipigtails Manta Ray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,033 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cyano outbreak, What to do?? What's the source of your RO/DI water? Is it from a LFS or from your unit at home? Have you checked the water for phosphates? Adding some nassarius snails to your CUC would be a great start. The nassarius snails stick to the sand bed. They're scavangers so they'll eat extra food if you're overfeeding. __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

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