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Old 05-15-2012, 11:01 PM
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Chemi clean. I fought it for a long time... didn't want to use it... gave3 up, tried it and it was cleared up in 3 days. Never came back. Also, no adverse effects.
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:05 PM
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i have recently added another MP40 and an MP10. cyano seems to be the worse(thick and sticky) in high flow areas
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:11 PM
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i have recently added another MP40 and an MP10. cyano seems to be the worse(thick and sticky) in high flow areas
It seems that high flow prevents it, but once you got it, it feeds it.
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:30 PM
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http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2095174&highlight=how+to+get+rid+ of+it

I found this thread to be helpful with combating it. The dark period really helps kill it. I did not even skim, just did a 20% W/C instead of 10%.
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:34 PM
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I have also used boyd chemi clean. It worked with no ill effects, clams and all. It was very quick too.
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:41 PM
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http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2095174&highlight=how+to+get+rid+ of+it

I found this thread to be helpful with combating it. The dark period really helps kill it. I did not even skim, just did a 20% W/C instead of 10%.
I tried that too, did 4 days of dark, seemed to work but was short lived.
My cyano started after a few acans died from some kind of disease, a couple of them I could not remove from the tank, cyano kept returning on their skeletons, and spreading, chemiclean stopped it.
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:10 AM
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i started getting it when i started using h2ocean-switched salts,a few waterchanges and chemicals-no cyano
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:16 AM
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did you use any Marko rock, Marko?(or dead/dry).....whats your feeding regiment like?.....do you rinse/strain your frozen foods (if you feed them)?
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Old 05-15-2012, 11:09 PM
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+1 on the chemiclean, had battled for @ 3 months, followed instructions, no adverse effects, took @ 4 20% WC to get my skimmer to settle down,
ran 2 air pumps til then, glad I did it.
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Stop feeding your tank. its worked every time anyone asked me... and regular water changes
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