Bad cyano

[Ron99]

You could try the KZ cyanoclean. It seems to take 6 to 8 weeks to work but no need for oxygenation or water changes or crazy skimmer foaming.

[Baker]

Your lucky, thats not bad at all. I had cyano so bad(negligence) it was about 1/4" thick everywhere. I dosed chemiclean once a week for about 6 weeks and started using kz cyanoclean along with kz coral snow about 5 weeks in. It was a long road back to a clean tank but I am just seeing the last of it now. One thing I did add that seemed to help was I dosed a vial of Prodibio reef booster. Could of been coincidence. This was all done while doing twice a week water changes. Once after the chemiclean treatment and another a few days later. It was about 20-30% each time. There were other little things I added as well, sand cleaners. About 2 dozen nassarius snails both big and small. Changed my filter media(canister). I had to hit it hard and by the looks of it you wont have to go to that extent. This all took me about 3 months. Follow the instructions to the letter when it comes to chemiclean and you will be fine. Cyanoclean is a different animal as it is bacteria that out competes the cyano bacteria. Kz recommends complementing it with kz coral snow. dont know if it helped but the tank is looking waaaay better. Good luck

[craigwmiller]

Another vote for ChemiClean. It just works. I've used it twice and haven't seen any adverse affects to either corals nor fish.

[daplatapus]

I've read its a killer on brittle stars and hard on pods. I wanted to try it on my tank, but was nervous for my Mandarine if it took out my pod population. Is this a myth?

[jason604]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

I've read its a killer on brittle stars and hard on pods. I wanted to try it on my tank, but was nervous for my Mandarine if it took out my pod population. Is this a myth?

That would not be good then since I have a mandarin that only eats pods. My cyano seems to stop going nuts not after a decent water change n lots of sand vacuuming

[asylumdown]

I have a bajillion pods. Chemiclean didn't seem to do anything to them in my tank.

[saltyair]

Here are a few things to look at first.
1 how much flow - you might need to increase the flow or point a power head toward the sand.
2. what is your po4 and no3? - you might have a nutrient issue. Tap water? if so what is your TDS. Doing water changes could be adding to the issue.
3. what type of lighting? what is your photo period? Might have to change bulbs or eliminate the red spectrum.
4. Quick fix and works fantastic redcyano rx - but will come back if other points are not taken care of. It is common for setups that have been up a year or less.
5. cyano loves low PH
6. how much are you feeding?

The plate coral does not look good - IMO i would dip it (brown jelly) and place in a high flow area.