I have been battling cyano now for months and nothing I have tried has worked. Last resort I have ordered Chemiclean. Read all the reviews and seems like this stuff works. I am hoping for the best. lol
At wits end!!!
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Aquaph8
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Use the chemiclean man, it works. Turn your skimmer off during treatment, remove carbon and turn off any ozone or UV, follow up with a 25% water change. Repeat this process if you have to.
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Thanks bud I hope it works the zeovit stuff doesn't for sure.
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If its only in the sand bed try taking a hose and just sacking the top layer off. I did it last week and hasn't really come back at all for 10 days. I started seeing some today and sucked out the few small spots along with a water change
I got a few small patches of cyano algae, but the funny thing is it only grew on plastic corals. I noticed the plastic corals lost some color where they grew. Maybe they like certain chemicals.
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If you use the chemiclean, you'll still want to export more nutrients or it may just come back.
Hey Mike,
The only time I have cyano issues is when I feed frozen food. If I take a frozen cube and place it in the tank without rinsing, my cyano issues increase. If I rinse the frozen food before placing in the tank, I still get cyano, but less of it. If I rinse and feed the frozen food every other day, I get even less cyano. If I add in GFO, it really doesn't have that big of an effect on cyano (considering my nutrients are already low). If I throw some zeo stones in a reactor (absorbs ammonium), rinse my frozen food, and feed frozen every other day.... I have no cyano. Then you get into a ULNS... and that is a whole other discussion. Chemiclean may work (have never used it), but you still need to eliminate the source of your cyano.
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Randy are you saying to keep the gfo online while running chemiclean? After I get this under control I am going to start vinegar dosing this tank. I switched over to zeovit additives about 8 months age and I am very disappointed to the results.
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Yes i have tried rinsing the frozen food and feed pellets on alternate days sparingly with strong skimming, water changes, strong flow and manual removal and nothing has worked. I do have lots of coral but only 4 fish in this 100. I do not what else to do but try this product.
Give it a shot. Also, the zeo additives can cause slime algae issues if over dosed or used in a non ULNS. Do you have any build up of detritus anywhere?
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Mike,
I believe I am agreeing with Randy in saying that although Chemiclean may solve your issue short term, you will still not be solving the root of the issue which is an excess of nutrients. I found that it is best when you rid cyano without the assistance of addatives. That way you know that you beat it for sure because it starved and then died away as opposed to being killed off by chemicals. I am speaking from experience.
You must remember that cyanobacteria is in your tank always. You will never get rid of it. It is just a matter of getting the proper nutrient balance to keep it invisible so to speak.
Is it possible your sand or rocks might be leaching something that is fueling this outbreak?
I believe I am agreeing with Randy in saying that although Chemiclean may solve your issue short term, you will still not be solving the root of the issue which is an excess of nutrients. I found that it is best when you rid cyano without the assistance of addatives. That way you know that you beat it for sure because it starved and then died away as opposed to being killed off by chemicals. I am speaking from experience.
You must remember that cyanobacteria is in your tank always. You will never get rid of it. It is just a matter of getting the proper nutrient balance to keep it invisible so to speak.
Is it possible your sand or rocks might be leaching something that is fueling this outbreak?
I battled it for a long time too and the only thing that got rid of it was 3 days with lights off..your corals should be fine I know mine did fine after the 3 days and it will eventually prolly come back even after that sadly..I did it about 2 months ago and I'm just now starting to see it again
Aquaph8
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Completely agree with this, and in this case chemiclean can be very effective in getting back on top of things.
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Since I am not running the whole zeovit system that may be my Issue since I may not have a ulns. I thought that some of these additives would be a great addition but now that I think back that's went I starting having this Issue.
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I don't see anything in the structure of erythromycin that suggests it will bind to GFO, but if you want to remove it for a few days, that is fine.
But once the cyano dies and breaks down, there's a big load of nutrients added to the tank that if you do not deal with it, may drive more cyano or green algae.
But once the cyano dies and breaks down, there's a big load of nutrients added to the tank that if you do not deal with it, may drive more cyano or green algae.
