Another STUPID Cyano Thread

[specialk]

Yea just put the cup back on and also wait 48 hours before doing the water change for best effect

Yah I put it in the tank yesterday around 930 am .. so planning on a water change tomm around 11 am

 

[Star reefer3]

Yah I put it in the tank yesterday around 930 am .. so planning on a water change tomm around 11 am

Yea perfect

 

[Star reefer3]

Yah I put it in the tank yesterday around 930 am .. so planning on a water change tomm around 11 am

Also you should post some before and after pics

 

[specialk]

Will do!

 

[Reefster]

I'm currently going through a Cyano bloom...It comes and goes. Just did a 50% water change on my 135 and it's still there.

 

[Star reefer3]

I'm currently going through a Cyano bloom...It comes and goes. Just did a 50% water change on my 135 and it's still there.

You shoudl use boyd chemiclean

 

[saltwater newby]

hello
I have a Red Sea reefer 525 108 gallon and it’s pretty well stocked fish wise. 3 tangs, 2 clowns, 3 different hawk fish, 2 cardinals, 6 chromis , 2 wrasses , 1 starry blenny and a Mandarin. Ive also battled with red slime, cyano/dinos and hair for many many months. I tried many things from slime removers to black outs, fluconozale, added a UV sterilizer And many water changes. The issues followed me through a move to another house where we took down the tank but didn’t mess with the sand bed, we set the tank back up and the issues didn’t skip a beat. After much research I started to pick up on people saying low nitrates cater to cyano and red slime issues so after water testing and noticing how low my nitrates had become I decided to back off from water changes and reduced feeding a little bit. After a few weeks of no water changes I started noticing a difference. Now my sand is red slime free, my rocks have no more hair algae and no dinos/red slime. One thing I will add is that I do run an appropriate sized Clearwater aquatics algae scrubber, a reef octopus skimmer and added pentair aquatics UV sterilizer . So I do feel that I have enough filtration to handle no water changes for a bit. I did just recently do a 5 gallon water change but so far so good. My nitrates stay at 20-25 and po4 0.02-0.06. Not sure if this will work for everyone but I just wanted to share this with y’all. HAPPY REEFING!!

 

[ricalsco]

I would use boyd chemi clean works like a charm and had no adverse side effects

Chemi Clean did an excellent job in just 24 hours. Having to stabilize the skimmer after two 20% water changes though. For the future will double down on preventative measures. Hopefully, won't have to resort to the chemical cleaners.

 

[specialk]

Welp it has been 48 hours since I added chemiclean and its all gone ...looks great. Now about to do a water change ... I am for sure impressed by the stuff

 

[MnFish1]

Did you guys put the skimmer back to full go with cap on after the water change and after tat 48 hours have passed? I can't imagine the skimmer just goes back to "normal" after the water change seeing as there is still some of the medication in there ...

Be careful - I had to open the outflow from the skimmer for days afterwards - or it would overflow. What I ended up doing was actually draining the water coming out of the simmer into a bucket - it created about 5 gallons in an hour - I just let it run - and then filled with 5 gallons of fresh water - kind of a mega 'wet skimming' - and I got the water change done at the same time.