Help! Cyanobacteria or Coralline algae???

[Chiefmaster30]

Currently I'm running them 8 hrs a day.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Currently I'm running them 8 hrs a day.

Nothing wrong with that. I would just reduce your whites about 10-15% and up blues 20-30%.

What do you have for clean up crew?

 

[Chiefmaster30]

Just done that this morning. Hopefully it will help!

 

[Chiefmaster30]

I have about 20 blue legged hermits, 6-8 scarlet red legged hermits, 10 xl cerith snails, 20 ceriths, 20 nassarrius, and 5 turbo snails minus the few here and there that's probably died.

 

[Chiefmaster30]

This cleanup crew was added about 3 weeks ago

 

[reeferfoxx]

I dug this image up. Not sure if it's the same but, it's what I was dealing with. I reduced light intensity and it slowly went away. Didn't bother anything.

 

[Yoshi14]

I had it too. I had to add more flow and I used chemiclean and it has come back.

 

[clownfish74]

 

[Chiefmaster30]

I just bought some chemiclean a couple weeks ago but have been kinda scared to use it. Bc from what I've read and heard you gotta use it just right. And I'm not sure what amount to use. Not sure how to calculate my water volume correctly.

 

[clownfish74]

I used the ultra life a while back with amazing results, did not affect inverts or corals and my LFS swears by it. Haven't read anything negative on it...........not one thing.

 

[clownfish74]

Oh yeah run a air stone during initial dosing period, depletes oxygen.

 

[NanaReefer]

I just bought some chemiclean a couple weeks ago but have been kinda scared to use it. Bc from what I've read and heard you gotta use it just right. And I'm not sure what amount to use. Not sure how to calculate my water volume correctly.

I've used ChemiClean several times over the past 7yrs. Inna 8g, 26, and a 40g. All tanks contained corals, fish, inverts and anemones. I never suffered any losses at all.
I've always erred on the side of caution when dosing.
For my 40B/20L sump I dosed 1 scoop per 10g minus 10g to allow for displacement. So 5 scoops total.
For the 26g I dosed for 20g. For the 8 I dosed for 5g.
So whatever your tank size in gallons subtract 10g when dosing.
Be sure to use an air stone for no less the 24hrs. There are several ways to do this. I just placed the stone in with my return pump.

 

[Chiefmaster30]

Thanks y'all! So I have a 60 gallon tank with app. 40 lbs. of live rock. I dose chemiclean for 50 gallons of water right?

 

[Russ265]

id be careful of those products. you could get unlucky and harbor dinos.

do a couple 30% water changes.

mother nature has a way of owning us and what we think is right.

 

[Chiefmaster30]

Can anyone tell me if 5 scoops of chemiclean is the correct dose for a 60 gallon tank? I have about 40 pounds of live rock. No sump!

 

[Chiefmaster30]

@NanaReefer

 

[Chiefmaster30]

@saltyfilmfolks

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Can anyone tell me if 5 scoops of chemiclean is the correct dose for a 60 gallon tank? I have about 40 pounds of live rock. No sump!

no clue dude.
You would have to pay me to use that stuff.
cyano will go away on its own in most cases.
esp if you just got a new light.

no on second thought you couldnt pay me enough or Id have to have BIG probs to consider using it.

 

[Chiefmaster30]

Ok ty for the input! I've had it for 2 or 3 weeks but.. been scared to use it.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

No sweat man. You've been fighting some high nutrients for a bit I recall and really got them down.
Personally Id still wait and see. Keep the siphoning at WC and maybe lower the photoperiod.

Personally Id stay the course a bit longer and see what happens. You corals should start coloring up here pretty soon and the system as a whole should be rallying.
Id avoid and aminos and carbon sources including vitamin c. that almost directly feeds the cyano.