Help regarding Cyano

bubbaque · Jul 29, 2016

@twilliard I used red slime remover on my spirulina, it removed it but within a week it was back. Any advice?

twilliard · Jul 29, 2016

bubbaque said:
@twilliard I used red slime remover on my spirulina, it removed it but within a week it was back. Any advice?

You have to use more than the instructions state.
For instance with the liquid chemiclean if you need 10 drops per the instructions you will use 15 drops. Also may have to dose twice once every 24 hours depending on the size of the outbreak.

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

Second after adding a 3% h2o2 1ml dropp to the container.

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

m0jjen said:
Second after adding a 3% h2o2 1ml dropp to the container.

Did you just add the h2o2? Now you have to wait for up to 12 hours

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

twilliard said:
Did you just add the h2o2? Now you have to wait for up to 12 hours

Yeah, couldnt get my hands on any earlier. =) will let it stand until tomorrow, ill also add abit more sample to the container

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

The water is already pink, is this confirmation enough?

Thle009 · Jul 30, 2016

I used both Chemiclean and Red Slime without any death incident. My last attempt was removing all sand bed and the problem went away. It really open my eyes to how much sediment my fishes generate every day and phosphate issue due to that. It's not a good luck I must admit but the red slime is gone so I'm down with that.

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

m0jjen said:
The water is already pink, is this confirmation enough?

Yup that is what we were waiting for

Follow my h2o2 dosing steps and it will be gone (as long as spirulina is not mixed in there also)

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

twilliard said:
Yup that is what we were waiting for
Follow my h2o2 dosing steps and it will be gone (as long as spirulina is not mixed in there also)

Where can these instructions be found? Is H2O2 safe for chaeto?

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

m0jjen said:
Where can these instructions be found? Is H2O2 safe for chaeto?

H2o2 is completely safe for the whole tank

To simplify the thread I will point you to..
Dose 1ml per 10 gallons of water volume every 12 hours for 14 days

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cyanobacteria-questions-answers-and-solution.253823/

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

so 10 ml (90g) a day every 12 hours for 2 weeks then, gonna have to wait then. Going to greece in a week :/

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

Yes 10ml every 12 hours

And your lucky I wish I could travel outside the states

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

twilliard said:
Yes 10ml every 12 hours
And your lucky I wish I could travel outside the states

Never been to the states

Im from sweden

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

m0jjen said:
Never been to the states Im from sweden

This is what I love about R2R
We get to know people from all around the world

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

Would it be any point in dosing it for 7 days before i travel? Or should i simply wait?

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

m0jjen said:
Would it be any point in dosing it for 7 days before i travel? Or should i simply wait?

7 days of dosing won't cut it.
It needs to be 14 at the minimum
Here is the study

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/back-at-it-peroxide-vrs-cyanobacteria.241002/

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

twilliard said:
7 days of dosing won't cut it.
It needs to be 14 at the minimum
Here is the study

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/back-at-it-peroxide-vrs-cyanobacteria.241002/

I know 7 days wont cut it, I was thinking of doing 7 days of dosing, and when i get home continue the dosing.

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

It needs to be continuous unfortunately
You can dose now to slow it down and that will aid in removal then when you are back dose the 14 days so you never see it again

m0jjen · Jul 30, 2016

I see =) Im abit afraid to put it on a doser during the vaccation so ill just wait

reeferfoxx · Jul 30, 2016

I've been battling cyano for a awhile now. I've been scratching my head as to what is causing it. I test no3 and po4 religiously with only showing Zeros.

Finally I decided to scoop out as much cyano as possible and began vacuuming the sand bed. You can pinch the vacuum line so you don't suck up the sand. After doing this, the cyano grew back. But I didn't give up.
I waited another week. Letting the cyano grow. Went to test no3 and po4 without results, again. Frustrated I decided to again, scoop up as much cyano as possible. But this time instead of vacuuming, I switch my sponge filters for filter floss or you can use filter socks. And took a turkey baster, and blasted the sand to stir up detritus. The tank turned into a big cloud of gray.

Every 2 hours I switched out filter floss, to help clear out as much detritus out. Let the tank settle over night. Woke up the next day and again noticed some cyano growing back. Not as much this time. So I did my po4 test with hanna checker. FINALLY!! I got a phosphate reading of 0.07. From here I know it's a phosphate issue and I can now begin clearing i out. 0.07 is high and so, it's something I should worry about.

Sorry if that was too long of a story, but I hope it helps in the event you are not getting any visible readings.