On the road to recovery

[marie]

cyano growth has slowed considerably. It's been 48hrs since I had to blow the stuff off the rocks. 2 weeks ago the cyano completely covered the rock within half a day of cleaning.
Some corals have turned brown and some have lost bits and pieces but i've only completely lost 1 coral :biggrin:
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[PoonTang]

Ahhhhhhhhh beautiful as usual Marie. Looks like everything is coming along nicely. Why not give red slime remover a try?

[marie]

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[Snappy]

I think it looks as good as I've ever seen it. :biggrin:

[christyf5]

yay! a turnaround!! Cyano sucks. I've had patches of it in my tank for ages it seems. I just suffer quietly though, I know there are worse algaes out there :razz:

And yes your tank still looks pretty darn spectacular to me :biggrin:

[marie]

Ahhhhhhhhh beautiful as usual Marie. Looks like everything is coming along nicely. Why not give red slime remover a try?
I'll stick to the old fashioned way, hard work and elbow grease :mrgreen:

I don't like to add anything to the tank, this is a result of interceptor killing off something (or a whole lot of somethings) in the tank, I don't want to make it worse by killing something else with the red slime remover

[Chowder]

Tank looks great Marie. Wouldn't even have noticed that it has cyano unless you mentioned it.

[Delphinus]

Hey, the Achilles is right-side up! :)

Tank looks good Marie. I know things can get frustrating (beleeeeeeeeive me I know. I'm still there, I'm there every day). Hang in there. You have a magnificent setup.

[marie]

I have to say this is a case where a little experience payed off. Knowing every coral intimitely, I knew by reading coral body language that things weren't right and had started to remedy the situation even before the cyano and dinos showed up. Unfortunately it didn't save one of my favourite corals :cry:

This is the one I lost
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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Tank looks great. You did such a great job with the recovery. Do you remember where you got that "casualty" originally so I can see if I can get you another frag of it? Glad it wasn't that one Tom & I really admired on your right overflow box.:wink:

Anthony

[whiteice669]

so what was your treatment plan ?? am battling the same thing

[marie]

I've changed the RO membrane, switched the carbon for chemi-pure elite (has a phosphate remover in it),lots of water changes, clean the skimmer every 2 days, have the refugium light on 24/7, dropped one of the feedings everyday, slowed the calcium reactor down, add vinegar in with the kalk, increased water flow, keep the crap off the rocks and I do the "dino/cyano go away" dance daily

[Chowder]

Was just wondering if there was video of the Dino/cyano dance. Sounds interesting and may be a handy tool to have if I get Dinos or Cyano.:lol:

[marie]

Tank looks great. You did such a great job with the recovery. Do you remember where you got that "casualty" originally so I can see if I can get you another frag of it? Glad it wasn't that one Tom & I really admired on your right overflow box.:wink:

Anthony
The coral on the overflow was hit with some tissue recession and its browner then it used to be but will recover.

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[Joe Reefer]

What does adding vinegar to kalk do?

[christyf5]

It increases the solubility of kalk. Hmm I'm not sure if that sounds right. It increases the amount of kalk that can be mixed with water and still stay clear in the water. I know theres a better word for that but that will have to do, my brain is still foggy this am.

[Delphinus]

Not 100% sure about this but I think I've read that in addition to increasing the solubility of kalk (ie. getting more kalk into your system), it is a carbon source - which is basically the foundation of things like sugar dosing, vodka dosing (which is in the same vector as things like zeovit, ultralith, polyplaps, etc.) - fuel for more bacteria to do their thing thus reducing the nutrient load.

Something like that anyhow.

[marie]

Was just wondering if there was video of the Dino/cyano dance. Sounds interesting and may be a handy tool to have if I get Dinos or Cyano.:lol:

Seeing as how it involves the removal of clothing and vigorous leaping up and down, I think I'll pass on the video thing :razz:


Not 100% sure about this but I think I've read that in addition to increasing the solubility of kalk (ie. getting more kalk into your system), it is a carbon source - which is basically the foundation of things like sugar dosing, vodka dosing (which is in the same vector as things like zeovit, ultralith, polyplaps, etc.) - fuel for more bacteria to do their thing thus reducing the nutrient load.

Something like that anyhow.

Exactly that, it's worked for me in the past.
And like christy said, it also increases the amount of kalk you can dissolve in the RO water and kalk has been thought to help precipitate out phosphates

[marie]

If its not one thing, its another, hydroids are taking over :twised: .

I think Its safe to say that a healthy, nonstressed sps can fight off a lot of things because now that they are stressed, hydroids are taking things down a polyp at a time.

[fishoholic]

If its not one thing, its another, hydroids are taking over :twised: .

I think Its safe to say that a healthy, nonstressed sps can fight off a lot of things because now that they are stressed, hydroids are taking things down a polyp at a time.

That sucks!