Cyno? Diatoms, brown hair now cyno?

MRH2307 · 08/27/2012, 07:17 PM

Tanked cycled last week. Added a small cleanup crew to help with hair algae and to introduce life. Came home today to find some red cyno on the rocks. Is this normal? What do I need to check parameters wise?

Misled · 08/27/2012, 07:32 PM

It's normal. Just give it a few weeks.

andy2966 · 08/27/2012, 11:10 PM

My tank has been going 9 weeks and went from a brown algae outbreak to now CYNO everywhere. I'm new and still learning. But My rock are all covered with red also.

08/27/2012, 07:17 PM	#1
MRH2307 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 30	Cyno? Diatoms, brown hair now cyno? Tanked cycled last week. Added a small cleanup crew to help with hair algae and to introduce life. Came home today to find some red cyno on the rocks. Is this normal? What do I need to check parameters wise?

08/27/2012, 07:32 PM	#2
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	It's normal. Just give it a few weeks. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/27/2012, 11:10 PM	#3
andy2966 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Saint Louis, MO. Posts: 376	My tank has been going 9 weeks and went from a brown algae outbreak to now CYNO everywhere. I'm new and still learning. But My rock are all covered with red also. __________________ Just a little patience Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon (FOWLR) and 29 Gallon used for QT mostly