Cyano on sandbed

[Fishko]

I keep getting cyano in the same spots everyday. I will stir it away but it will return in a few hours only in the same spots. My phos is .07 and nitrate 3ppm. That area does not have a lot of sand. I will be changing my sandbed to a larger grain soon slowly

 

[Spare time]

Is the flow pretty low there?

 

[Fishko]

Is the flow pretty low there?

The cyano is getting hit with flow in the area. Rest of the tank is fine

 

[Spare time]

How bout trying some chemiclean?

 

[Fishko]

How bout trying some chemiclean?

I was thinking about it, can it upset corals? My rocks now are finally growing coralline, and have very little algae on them now

 

[Spare time]

I was thinking about it, can it upset corals?

As long as you follow instructions it is fine. Usually you want to manually remove as much cyano as possible and then dose it

 

[Crustaceon]

Elevate nitrates to around 10ppm, stir the sandbed at night and immediately add a few ml of distilled white vinegar + a healthy dose of beneficial bacteria. Your display will cloud up for a day or two, but it’ll do a number on cyano and help keep it from coming back. If you’re going to keep your phosphates where they are, try to keep nitrates between 5-10ppm.

 

[jtl]

When I had my tank it was a never ending issue. I tried everything and the rest of my tank was perfect. All i could do is stir it up and suck it out every week.

 

[PilotOfSubmarines]

I was thinking about it, can it upset corals? My rocks now are finally growing coralline, and have very little algae on them now

ChemiClean is amazing stuff. I had it bad in my 220....sand, rocks, etc. 85% gone overnight and 100% gone in 2 days. No corals or fish were visibly affected. Took Skimmer cup off to promote more aeration in the system.

It was like magic and it has not returned weeks later.

 

[homer1475]

Same situation here. Chemiclean will work, but I have always had it come back, and only in the sandbed. Rocks are pefectly covered in coraline.

I simply suck it out during a WC into a filter sock, bleach the sand overnight, rinse in RO/DI, and prime, and let it air dry for a couple weeks, then add it back in later on.

If I don't do that during my weekly maintenance, it gets as bad as your pick.

 

[Fishko]

Elevate nitrates to around 10ppm, stir the sandbed at night and immediately add a few ml of distilled white vinegar + a healthy dose of beneficial bacteria. Your display will cloud up for a day or two, but it’ll do a number on cyano and help keep it from coming back. If you’re going to keep your phosphates where they are, try to keep nitrates between 5-10ppm.

I was considering using the bright stuff to raise them. I am feeding more. I tried to stop dosing aminos to see if the cyano would go away for a week and it didnt.

 

[Fishko]

If I don't do that during my weekly maintenance, it gets as bad as your pick.
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Yesterday i stirred it up and it was all white, and it came back overnight. Ive been stirring it for about a month before that with no issues on my parameters. Corals are happy and growing, its just looks ugly

 

[Uncle99]

Elevate nitrates to around 10ppm, stir the sandbed at night and immediately add a few ml of distilled white vinegar + a healthy dose of beneficial bacteria. Your display will cloud up for a day or two, but it’ll do a number on cyano and help keep it from coming back. If you’re going to keep your phosphates where they are, try to keep nitrates between 5-10ppm.

I think this is good advice.
Chemical removals are fine but if you have not fixed the problem, it just comes back.
The stir did not do much for me like you said, stir to white, back next morning.

i did increase my nutrients up to 15ppm and Phos to .1.
I siphoned the stuff out every second day, it took about 3 weeks, then got less each day.
After a month I was back to white sand.
I’ve left my nutrients at the above level now for months, no problems.

 

[jeffrey750750]

Chemiclean lead me into dinos, yes it works but I'll never use it again. I use microbacter7 and reef biofuel from brightwell. That's my go to

 

[Fishko]

I think this is good advice.
Chemical removals are fine but if you have not fixed the problem, it just comes back.
The stir did not do much for me like you said, stir to white, back next morning.

i did increase my nutrients up to 15ppm and Phos

I plan on increasing them slowly with the birghtwell neonitro, did you see an increase of algae growth with higher nitrates?

 

[jeffrey750750]

Instead of stirring it up, put a filter sock in your sump and suck out as much as you can. That will help bigtime in my opinion

 

[Uncle99]

I plan on increasing them slowly with the birghtwell neonitro, did you see an increase of algae growth with higher nitrates?

My DT is 3 years mature, so I have no algae anywhere.
I can run N at 25ppm and P at .2 and have no algae.
The more maturity, the more you can push nutrients and lighting.
I might have some concern on a newer set up.
I would be more concerned if phosphates increased, and you can always back off lighting a bit.

 

[Fishko]

My DT is 3 years mature, so I have no algae anywhere.
I can run N at 25ppm and P at .2 and have no algae.
The more maturity, the more you can push nutrients and lighting.
I might have some concern on a newer set up.
I would be more concerned if phosphates increased, and you can always back off lighting a bit.

My tanks been up for about 1.5 years. Thanks

 

[Uncle99]

Good to go, and do her slow

 

[Backreefing]

ChemiClean is amazing stuff. I had it bad in my 220....sand, rocks, etc. 85% gone overnight and 100% gone in 2 days. No corals or fish were visibly affected. Took Skimmer cup off to promote more aeration in the system.

It was like magic and it has not returned weeks later.

I have had success with it to