Cyano on Rock

[red reef]

a question if I may Please? I have been dosing for over 150 day and nitrates have dropped to a nice level. now starting to get cyano on sand bed so I started to add some MB7 and change my carbon source (from vodka to vinegar) Cyano doesn't seem to want to go away. How can I use red slime remover when you need to shut down your skimmer, not a good thing to do if dosing. Do I add an air stone in it's place?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Shutting down the skimmer is probably OK, but you could skip dosing organics for a few days if the concern is low O2.

In terms of not exporting bacteria, that's not any big concern short term, and may even work long term.

 

[red reef]

Shutting down the skimmer is probably OK, but you could skip dosing organics for a few days if the concern is low O2.

In terms of not exporting bacteria, that's not any big concern short term, and may even work long term.

Thank you

 

[Wbrian]

Are we sure it's cyano? I've never seen cyano that wouldn't move with a wave of a hand or a blast from a turkey baster...

 

[Eckolancer]

Are we sure it's cyano? I've never seen cyano that wouldn't move with a wave of a hand or a blast from a turkey baster...

I have had cyano blowing in the waves of my gyre but would come off it I turkey basted it the opposite way of the normal current

 

[FishFishFish]

My guess would actually be the food, if you're having phosphate problems it's something you're putting into the tank, whether that be bad water or bad food. I had fed sanfrancisco bay brine shrimp and Larry's Reef Frenzy and had been getting terrible bryopsis and hairalgae. I switched to new life spectrum pellets and mysis shrimp and in about a week all my algae was gone. Change something and then do big water changes to dilute the nutrients and get good clean up like crabs and trochus snails

I can't imagine Reef Frenzy had anything to do with it unless you were heavily overfeeding it... I use LRS a lot and have no such issues.

 

[FishFishFish]

cyno is often easily cured by changing the flow of water in the tank... I find it usually starts in dead areas of your tank and if you redirect the flow of a powerhead towards the cyno it will disappear on its own....

 

[Breakthecycle2]

I can't imagine Reef Frenzy had anything to do with it unless you were heavily overfeeding it... I use LRS a lot and have no such issues.

I'd have to agree.

 

[tcoyle]

For what its worth when I setup my current tank, about 3 months in I had a battle with Cyano. I tried all the above along with Micro-lift special blend. What finally did it for me was syphoning with water changes and using this http://store.drtimsaquatics.com/Waste-Away_c_95.html. It just takes time.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I can't imagine Reef Frenzy had anything to do with it unless you were heavily overfeeding it... I use LRS a lot and have no such issues.

FWIW, all foods supply the nutrients to the water, so in that sense any and all foods provided are responsible.

 

[Cory]

I got cyano on the corners if the tank growing on the sand. This is where detritus settled. In my experience it needs organics. I also dont use a filter sock and skim when i like or when the tank gets foggy.

I also tested po4 with hanna and multiple times it came up 000. Never seen even 001. So po4 doest seem to be an issue for cyano, it gets it from the heavy organic areas. I use an ats to keep po4 at 000.