Cyno or Dino?

[lubeck]

So what is the best treatment for Cyno with the parameters I have and being sps dominate?

1. Do nothing
2. remove sand clean and put back
3. vacuum sand and keep parameters at 8-10 for trates and under .1 for phos
4. dose nitrates and vacuum
5. add dr Tim’s waste away

 

[vetteguy53081]

Towards the evening,

bubbles start to appear on the mass

Cyano for sure and the lights are in essence feeding this. You will need to kill whites or all lights

 

[vetteguy53081]

So what is the best treatment for Cyno with the parameters I have and being sps dominate?

1. Do nothing
2. remove sand clean and put back
3. vacuum sand and keep parameters at 8-10 for trates and under .1 for phos
4. dose nitrates and vacuum
5. add dr Tim’s waste away

I recommend to reduce white light intensity or even turn them off for 5-7 days. Add liquid bacteria such as MicroBacter 7 daily for a week during the day at 1.5ml per 10 gallons. Add Hydrogen peroxide at night at 1ml per 10 gallons. Add a pouch of chemipure Elite which will balance phos and nitrate and keep them in check.

After the week, add a few snails such as cerith, margarita, astrea and nassarius plus 6-8 blue leg hermits to take control after its gone.

 

[lubeck]

I recommend to reduce white light intensity or even turn them off for 5-7 days. Add liquid bacteria such as MicroBacter 7 daily for a week during the day at 1.5ml per 10 gallons. Add Hydrogen peroxide at night at 1ml per 10 gallons. Add a pouch of chemipure Elite which will balance phos and nitrate and keep them in check.

After the week, add a few snails such as cerith, margarita, astrea and nassarius plus 6-8 blue leg hermits to take control after its gone.

Will my corals be okay for 5 days without lights? I’m assuming I would need to cut the reds and green too.

I really wanted to avoid the peroxide. If I did everything else but be peroxide would it work?

i already have all of those inverts.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Will my corals be okay for 5 days without lights? I’m assuming I would need to cut the reds and green too.

I really wanted to avoid the peroxide. If I did everything else but be peroxide would it work?

i already have all of those inverts.

Peroxide mainly water yet effective. No lights yes, however you can run 10% blue to give the corals a little light.

 

[Miami Reef]

So what is the best treatment for Cyno with the parameters I have and being sps dominate?

1. Do nothing
2. remove sand clean and put back
3. vacuum sand and keep parameters at 8-10 for trates and under .1 for phos
4. dose nitrates and vacuum
5. add dr Tim’s waste away

Doing nothing won’t work. Remove sandbed and clean it out and add half as much. Use activated carbon and increase skimming/filtration. This is a multi prong approach to remove the organics.

Don’t use feeding to increase nutrients. Dose.

I don’t recommend black outs or bacteria dosing. Bacteria doesn’t work, and the cyano will come back as soon as the lights come back.

 

[lubeck]

Doing nothing won’t work. Remove sandbed and clean it out and add half as much. Use activated carbon and increase skimming/filtration. This is a multi prong approach to remove the organics.

Don’t use feeding to increase nutrients. Dose.

I don’t recommend black outs or bacteria dosing. Bacteria doesn’t work, and the cyano will come back as soon as the lights come back.

I don’t run a skimmer. Doesn’t Cyno still thrive on nutrients If I dose?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Looks like diatom
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[brahm]

I would let things run it’s course. 4 months is still new, give it year imop. Might look meh but doesn’t hurt anything. No reason to knee jerk play mad scientist or rip things apart. How do your corals look?

 

[Miami Reef]

I don’t run a skimmer. Doesn’t Cyno still thrive on nutrients If I dose?

No. Cyano is independent from nitrates and phosphates. Lowering nutrients is a poor method of eradicating them.

 

[lubeck]

I would let things run it’s course. 4 months is still new, give it year imop. Might look meh but doesn’t hurt anything. No reason to knee jerk play mad scientist or rip things apart. How do your corals looks

A Few corals have dulled out because I’ve been lowering the lights/ intensity.

 

[lubeck]

im going to do several deep gravel cleanings and continue to dose Nitrate. I’ve lowered my light cycle. Changing filter floss every couple days. Added active carbon.

I got some pellets but they sink too quick and the fish miss them. Any ideas.


Here are my numbers. I feel like they are perfect or close enough.

 

[brahm]

sometimes less is more. Let it ride.. no reason to dose nitrates, play with the lights, etc etc. get your husbandry down, do regular water changes, let your tank settle in.