Cyanobacteria

[yannifish]

Originally Posted by Dinogeorge
I got rid of it in 12 hours. I used a product called chemiclean. My tank had fish and lots of inverts. Nothing died except the “red cloak of death”. Others may tell you that it is unsafe, but I am speaking from real experience. This stuff worked without a single issue for me. And I mean it WORKS!
Good luck man.
Is this stuff a powder? If so I found it. Does it kill all the algae or just the cyano?

 

[dinogeorge]

Originally Posted by yannifish
Is this stuff a powder? If so I found it. Does it kill all the algae or just the cyano?
Yes, its a powder and all it killed was the cyano. Everything else in my tank was uneffected. If you have carbon or a skimmer, I would remove and unplug for a day.
Good luck man.

 

[yannifish]

Ok, sounds good. I'm going to let it go, and see if it goes away on its own, and if not I'll order some.

 

[dammar]

I fought my cyano for about 3 weeks siphoning about a gallon or 2 per day, dimming the light only slowed its growth down and it kept poping back up just not as fast.
Ended up caving and buying 'Blue Life Red Slime Control' and turned my skimmer off (directions tell you too) for a day and I haven't had any problems since. I haven't had any algae (other than coralline) growing since then either though. Kind of a good thing too though I suppose.

 

[getfooled]

cyano blooms is low dkh. Check your alkalinity and shoot for a target of 9-11 dkh. Mine was 5 once i brought it up it slowly dissappeared, something to look at.

 

[nick76]

Originally Posted by Yossaria
Cyano is extremely sensitive to the absence light. I know it is difficult to believe, but if you keep the lights off in your aquarium for two days straight, the cyano will be destroyed. Others recommend reducing the photo-period of your tank by a couple of hours. This may not treat the root of the problem, such as poor water quality, but you can use the lights out trick to decimate your cyano problem. Then keep up with the water changes, skimming, cut back on feeding etc. to maintain a cyano free environment.
Cheers,
Yoss
Ehh cutting the light off wont really stop it, at least in my case with Deathly Black/Purple Cyno. I cut the light off in my refugium for 5 days and the stuff came right back.

 

[princess8077]

Not sure which of these did the trick, and maybe it was a combination of the many things I changed. I did cut back on lighting as well as feeding amounts. I cleaned and or changed out filters as needed and kept up with water changes as well as changing direction on one PH. I have a little still on a rock, which I believe is a flow issue to that particular place because it's the only place that has any on it and it's very light at that. Thanks for all the suggestions, you all are great!