Is this red cyno?

[Chriso88]

Hey all again, sorry for the bad pic but is this red cynobacteria? I would like to know before I buy the appropriate treatment.
Thanks
Chris

 

[K7BMG]

It does not look like it IMO.
My experience is its very red and covers like a slimy film.
A turkey baster or good wave of the hand will blow it off the sand and rock.
Typically it will receed at night with the lights off and grow during the day.

To me that looks like the brown ugly stage.

 

[K7BMG]

Well took a second look I guess that could be it on your rocks.
I focused on the sand as thats where my cyano started.

 

[Chriso88]

It is a reddy brown atm. The camera can't pick the colour up properly. Is there anything I can do for it or do I just wait it out. I'm running rowa phos and carbon on the filters. It's helping with the bubble algea a bit but not getting rid of the brown/red filth on the bottom

 

[K7BMG]

I am assuming a lot here.
The tank is newer say 6 month mark?

I beat my R C naturally.
I cut my white lighting off compleatly, just went with 100% blue spectrum.
Reduced the lighting time by an hour or more per day.
As I feed a blend of frozen food I also strained that through a fine filter and removed most all of the liquid from it before feeding.
Added compeating algae in the sump via a home made algae scrubber.
Ran the ATS oposing hours.
As the GHA grew the red Cyano dwindled and vanished.
Also I MANUALLY REMOVED as much as I could as often as I could.
I mean removed it from the tank, not just stirred it up into the water column. Used a syphon into a filter sock.

 

[brandon429]

Removed

 

[Chriso88]

how many gallons is this tank, its critical in finding fix options

20 gallon

 

[Chriso88]

I am assuming a lot here.
The tank is newer say 6 month mark?

I beat my R C naturally.
I cut my white lighting off compleatly, just went with 100% blue spectrum.
Reduced the lighting time by an hour or more per day.
As I feed a blend of frozen food I also strained that through a fine filter and removed most all of the liquid from it before feeding.
Added compeating algae in the sump via a home made algae scrubber.
Ran the ATS oposing hours.
As the GHA grew the red Cyano dwindled and vanished.
Also I MANUALLY REMOVED as much as I could as often as I could.
I mean removed it from the tank, not just stirred it up into the water column. Used a syphon into a filter sock.

You have assumed alot yes.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I see presence of diatoms and cyano. A good siphoning and water change will help.
ChemiClean will remove this stuff
Also add cleanup members such as nassarius snails, trochus snail about a8 blue leg hermits

 

[Chriso88]

I'll try that thanks