Red cyano algae won't go !!!

lsingh · 02/06/2015, 07:38 AM

My tank parameters are all stable
Nitrate 10 salifert
Phosphate 0 Hanna
Alk 7.4 Hanna
Magnesium 1300
Cal 410

Really don't have any algae in the tank besides one large rock with all the acro frags is full with red cyano that won't go away . I have tried blowing them off and even tried couple treatments of red slime remover but still keep coming back .
Tank dimensions 30x24x16
Flow
Nano wave box with 6055
Tank is nixies reef with four small fishes and they get fed small portion couple times a day. Water gets change 10gln a week

FishN00b83 · 02/06/2015, 08:15 AM

cyano needs nitrates and phosphates to take hold. your phosphate test is reading 0 because the cyano is taking it up. in smaller tanks you can do a 3 day lights out completely covered while you have a bag of chemipure elite in the sump/filter. once the 3 days is up do a big water change and put the lights on for half the time for a week. your next water change change the bag of chemipure elite and let the lights on for the whole time you run them to see if they start to come back.

I'm not familiar with the tank you have but I know my biocube 29g had a box in the back that I was able to put a little light and grow cheato. that little fuge, with a bag of chemipure, ontop of a bag of Purigen in another section kept my tank spotless forever...best looking biocube I've seen.

whosurcaddie · 02/06/2015, 08:32 AM

Try the lights out as fishnoob suggested it works. But it needs to be in conjunction with large water changes to deal with the die off of the algae. the first attempt may not be enough if it doesn't eradicate on the first try, try again in a month. I would also lower feeding to once a day. Are you carbon dosing?

How is that wavebox handling flow in your tank are there any dead spots does the cyano seem to grow in lower flow areas.

FraggledRock · 02/06/2015, 09:07 AM

what are you feeding and how often?

FraggledRock · 02/06/2015, 09:07 AM

are there any dead spots in the tank?

02/06/2015, 07:38 AM	#1
lsingh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 324	Red cyano algae won't go !!! My tank parameters are all stable Nitrate 10 salifert Phosphate 0 Hanna Alk 7.4 Hanna Magnesium 1300 Cal 410 Really don't have any algae in the tank besides one large rock with all the acro frags is full with red cyano that won't go away . I have tried blowing them off and even tried couple treatments of red slime remover but still keep coming back . Tank dimensions 30x24x16 Flow Nano wave box with 6055 Tank is nixies reef with four small fishes and they get fed small portion couple times a day. Water gets change 10gln a week

02/06/2015, 08:15 AM	#2
FishN00b83 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,140	cyano needs nitrates and phosphates to take hold. your phosphate test is reading 0 because the cyano is taking it up. in smaller tanks you can do a 3 day lights out completely covered while you have a bag of chemipure elite in the sump/filter. once the 3 days is up do a big water change and put the lights on for half the time for a week. your next water change change the bag of chemipure elite and let the lights on for the whole time you run them to see if they start to come back. I'm not familiar with the tank you have but I know my biocube 29g had a box in the back that I was able to put a little light and grow cheato. that little fuge, with a bag of chemipure, ontop of a bag of Purigen in another section kept my tank spotless forever...best looking biocube I've seen. __________________ My 125 to 180 thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2525019

02/06/2015, 09:07 AM	#4
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	what are you feeding and how often? __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/06/2015, 09:07 AM	#5
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	are there any dead spots in the tank? __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/06/2015, 08:32 AM	#3
whosurcaddie Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,354	Try the lights out as fishnoob suggested it works. But it needs to be in conjunction with large water changes to deal with the die off of the algae. the first attempt may not be enough if it doesn't eradicate on the first try, try again in a month. I would also lower feeding to once a day. Are you carbon dosing? How is that wavebox handling flow in your tank are there any dead spots does the cyano seem to grow in lower flow areas.