Cannot get rid of cyano! - Page 2

MarkoD · #1 05-16-2012, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Zarstar

Stop feeding your tank. its worked every time anyone asked me... and regular water changes

lol and that wont cause more problems?

Zarstar · #2 05-16-2012, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

lol and that wont cause more problems?

Ok ok that was dramatic, feed the tank much less food, dosing, and maintain parameters. its just the best advice I can give and it works

reefgirl189 · #3 05-16-2012, 02:54 AM

Not to steal your thread Marko but I just realized that my outbreak happened after I added the two tunze powerheads. I doubled, perhaps tripled, my flow in my tank at that time. I thought more flow was better for cyano?

fishytime · #4 05-16-2012, 03:20 AM

Im gonna start sounding like a broken record here, but......now that Im not officially on the payroll of any LFS, Im gonna take my shot......I think Marko rock is crap.....you might as well fill your tank with field stones......the stuff is nothing more that petrified LR and should be treated as such......there is no way something so solid should ever be considered "live" again.....I wish that LFSs would stop pushing it so hard, or at least sell it for what it is, cheap BASE rock, not the be all end all, perfect, pest free, will be as good as REAL live rock, that they bill it as.....

My advice would be.....take your actual, REAL live rock poundage and stock your tank based on that....

bigal · #5 05-25-2012, 02:37 AM

i get it every spring. and i find my silica buster filter on my RO/DI gets taxed realy fast four about 3 months.i think its all the spring run off

daniella3d · #6 05-18-2012, 03:19 AM

Probably because that's the first thing everybody try and it does not work. When ever I get cyano, I get it where I have the most flow in my tank, and have absolutely zero where the flow is gentle.

The flow simply spread it better, that's all, and cyanobacteria just plain love flow, so it seem in my tank.

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Originally Posted by NU-2reef

Did anyone try to increase flow to the areas where cyano is present? I know it's pretty basic but I don't recall anyone talking about flow. Some chemicals have also helped me but I recommend some caution if going that route.