Removing Cyano
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rusting
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Blowing it will just spread it around. You can try to vacume it, but it will most likely return. Change your water flow rate, you may have areas that have little, or no flow. Cut back on feeding. Do 20% water changes, weekly, with RO/DI water, never tap water, find out why you have cyno.
drew2005
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Originally Posted by rusting
You may need more overall water flow, try addin a powerhead or 2
My return is a Mag 5(500gph) to a spray bar. I have 1 maxi jet 900(230gph), 1 aquaclear 30 pushing my protein skimmer(174gph). Thats about a 19x turn over rate. Unless i shouldnt be counting the ph on the protein skimmer. I do have another maxi jet 900 i havent used yet.
You may need more overall water flow, try addin a powerhead or 2
My return is a Mag 5(500gph) to a spray bar. I have 1 maxi jet 900(230gph), 1 aquaclear 30 pushing my protein skimmer(174gph). Thats about a 19x turn over rate. Unless i shouldnt be counting the ph on the protein skimmer. I do have another maxi jet 900 i havent used yet.
rsd
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Unfortunately red slime is something that seems to come out of nowhere... and then finally go away.
Usually there is a trigger that causes red slime. High Silica, or increased Phosphates, or a major die off in your refugium.
Using a red slime remover such as chemi-clean will do a great short term job... but consider this.
if there is 100 "units" of material that feeds red slime in the body of the red slime in your tank... you kill the red slime with chemi-clean... it disolves into your tank including the 100 units of material/food.
All that material is still there to create new red slime unless it is processed or removed.
Find your problem that is causing the symptom (red slime). Keep in mind that red slime is a sympton... not the real problem.
Also: removal tools- Turkey baster, syphon, increased algea in your refugium, whater changes... and yes a tail spot blenny.
Tail Spot's eat red slime. Mine did awesome and he is an incredibly cool blenny... until he started eating my montipora. Then I sold him.
Good luck.
Usually there is a trigger that causes red slime. High Silica, or increased Phosphates, or a major die off in your refugium.
Using a red slime remover such as chemi-clean will do a great short term job... but consider this.
if there is 100 "units" of material that feeds red slime in the body of the red slime in your tank... you kill the red slime with chemi-clean... it disolves into your tank including the 100 units of material/food.
All that material is still there to create new red slime unless it is processed or removed.
Find your problem that is causing the symptom (red slime). Keep in mind that red slime is a sympton... not the real problem.
Also: removal tools- Turkey baster, syphon, increased algea in your refugium, whater changes... and yes a tail spot blenny.
Tail Spot's eat red slime. Mine did awesome and he is an incredibly cool blenny... until he started eating my montipora. Then I sold him.
Good luck.
rsd
Member
Not twin spot. Tail spot.
They are really hard to find... My LFS happened to get a few in and I snagged them.
He is an awesome fish... until he started nipping my blue ridge and my monti.
I don't know much about twin spots. But the tail spot ate my red slime (small patch) and after researching found out that it is common for them.
They are really hard to find... My LFS happened to get a few in and I snagged them.
He is an awesome fish... until he started nipping my blue ridge and my monti.
I don't know much about twin spots. But the tail spot ate my red slime (small patch) and after researching found out that it is common for them.
rsd
Member
That's him.
the one I had... his whole head would turn pink from those cheek stripes up.
Very cool fish. Always right out front (after he got comfortable) and very open.
I was so bummed when he started eating my monti and blue ridge. Of course, he did that AFTER eating the Red slime. Very easy to feed though. Flakes, mysis, cyclopese, algea... quite a pig. Oh yeah... he is a blenny.
the one I had... his whole head would turn pink from those cheek stripes up.
Very cool fish. Always right out front (after he got comfortable) and very open.
I was so bummed when he started eating my monti and blue ridge. Of course, he did that AFTER eating the Red slime. Very easy to feed though. Flakes, mysis, cyclopese, algea... quite a pig. Oh yeah... he is a blenny.