Cyano problem...

Vmacisback · Jul 28, 2015

Randy,

Would stopping vinegar dosing lead to my cyano problem? My nutrients are low as indicated from testing but my cyano problem seems like it in full bloom over the rocks. I can siphon it out over the sand bed just not sure how to rid it entirely. Should I go back to vinegar dosing? I am also going to try and rinse my frozen food and up skimming. Thanks

Fish_BowLisha · Jul 29, 2015

Any summer sunshine hitting your tank? Could be a cause. Also temperature.

Upping skimming and rinsing FF will definitely help.

Cherim7 · Jul 29, 2015

Fish_BowLisha said:
Any summer sunshine hitting your tank? Could be a cause. Also temperature.

Upping skimming and rinsing FF will definitely help.

What does FF mean? Sorry don't know all the abbreviations and English not my first language! I have the same problem.

Fish_BowLisha · Jul 29, 2015

Cherim7 said:
What does FF mean? Sorry don't know all the abbreviations and English not my first language! I have the same problem.

Oh sorry...frozen food.

Piranhapat · Jul 29, 2015

If you have a powerful skimmer. I would do the opposite and maybe only run it at night. I was told that it could be possible that your removing good bacteria that is causing cyano. You might be removing bacteria and not able to handle nutrients balance.

Vmacisback · Jul 29, 2015

well i checked my nitrate last night and it was somewhere between 30-40ppm, in an sps tank...thats not good but 0ppm for phos. I am starting back to vinegar dosing today to help these numbers go down. Hope that helps with the cyano as well.

Vmacisback · Aug 1, 2015

Randy can you chime in here, i really didnt want to have to use one of the cyano ridding products but it seems worse every couple days

ritter6788 · Aug 1, 2015

Piranhapat said:
If you have a powerful skimmer. I would do the opposite and maybe only run it at night. I was told that it could be possible that your removing good bacteria that is causing cyano. You might be removing bacteria and not able to handle nutrients balance.

Interesting. My skimmers are rated 3-4x my tank volume. I almost always have cyano. I may test that theory out on my frag tank and see if anything changes.