Cyano problem yes or no ?????

Steve attewell · 06/04/2006, 11:26 AM

Hi all I THINK I have a cyano problem but I am not sure I have asked a few LFS and they say with cyano you can suck it off the rocks but I cant, and if I want to get it off the rocks I have to scrub it off and I do not like doing this. I have hosted a few picks on the below links of the cyano in my tank.

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hairymushroom · 06/04/2006, 11:42 AM

The stuff with the bubbles looks like cyano to me, it is usually easy to siphon out IMO, it looks like youre suffering from a bit of a hair algae outbreak as well , do you use RO water for top off etc. ?

Steve attewell · 06/04/2006, 11:53 AM

Yes i only use RO water i am not over stocked, i have taken some corals off a friend and they has some cyano on then but not loads. Its just its grows very quickly can anyone recommend anything i should do to stop it.

antonsemrad · 06/04/2006, 12:07 PM

more flow, more light, and kalk drips. a water change (or two or three) wouldn't hurt.

Bebo77 · 06/04/2006, 12:40 PM

do you have any tangs? they will help with the hair algea....

Steve attewell · 06/04/2006, 02:36 PM

I change 70 litres a week and my tank size is 300 liters, with RO and i top up with RO aswell.

Also have 4 1200 speed power heads also have a spray bar it the back, i have 1 yellow tang and a few of my other fish do peck at the cyano but not in mass amounts.

I have not tryed Kalk yet but i do put in reef builder when i water change, i think it help calcium but i use it for keeping my KH up aswell.

Lighting i have 2 long whites there T5s and 2 short blue T5s, the blues are on for 2 hours before and after the whites.

If you need anymore info just ask.

Dont know if there is anymore i can do.

Thanks Steve

kristitaylor83 · 06/04/2006, 03:17 PM

lots of water changes, check the phosphates in the water. When I get an out break i try to starve the stuff by reducing what it eats. Just a thought. Good luck

06/04/2006, 11:26 AM	#1
Steve attewell Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: notts Posts: 36	Cyano problem yes or no ????? Hi all I THINK I have a cyano problem but I am not sure I have asked a few LFS and they say with cyano you can suck it off the rocks but I cant, and if I want to get it off the rocks I have to scrub it off and I do not like doing this. I have hosted a few picks on the below links of the cyano in my tank. All replies thanked Steve

06/04/2006, 12:40 PM	#5
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	do you have any tangs? they will help with the hair algea.... __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams

06/04/2006, 11:42 AM	#2
hairymushroom Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 315	The stuff with the bubbles looks like cyano to me, it is usually easy to siphon out IMO, it looks like youre suffering from a bit of a hair algae outbreak as well , do you use RO water for top off etc. ?

06/04/2006, 11:53 AM	#3
Steve attewell Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: notts Posts: 36	Yes i only use RO water i am not over stocked, i have taken some corals off a friend and they has some cyano on then but not loads. Its just its grows very quickly can anyone recommend anything i should do to stop it.

06/04/2006, 12:07 PM	#4
antonsemrad Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Chute WI Posts: 436	more flow, more light, and kalk drips. a water change (or two or three) wouldn't hurt.

06/04/2006, 02:36 PM	#6
Steve attewell Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: notts Posts: 36	I change 70 litres a week and my tank size is 300 liters, with RO and i top up with RO aswell. Also have 4 1200 speed power heads also have a spray bar it the back, i have 1 yellow tang and a few of my other fish do peck at the cyano but not in mass amounts. I have not tryed Kalk yet but i do put in reef builder when i water change, i think it help calcium but i use it for keeping my KH up aswell. Lighting i have 2 long whites there T5s and 2 short blue T5s, the blues are on for 2 hours before and after the whites. If you need anymore info just ask. Dont know if there is anymore i can do. Thanks Steve

06/04/2006, 03:17 PM	#7
kristitaylor83 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA Posts: 4	lots of water changes, check the phosphates in the water. When I get an out break i try to starve the stuff by reducing what it eats. Just a thought. Good luck