Fighting Cyano ... again!

[CoryDude]

I've used Phosban and Rowaphos and I prefer Rowa. It seems to last longer than Phosban.

Kristy, as much as I hate to mention it, do you think 2 vortechs are enough for that large of a tank and amount of rockwork? Aquatek had a couple of mp40's on a tank that size. Bruce was having problems with the flow and they told him he needed 3-4 units on a tank that size. I know, it's probably just an up sale on Ecotec's part.

Maybe try adding a korallia or two to supplement flow. But, remember, this is coming for a SPS guy, so I always think you can never have enough flow.

[dclegern]

I just dealt with that c**p over the last month or so.........
"Red slime control" by Blue vet. kicked the snot out of it!
A little $5 dealy from my favorite fish guy, and I havn't seen it since.
You do have to watch your skimmer though, mine went berzerk for days pulling all the crud out out of the tank.

Looking good finally......looking good!!!

[allan]

Did the red slime control do anything to your pods?

[dclegern]

Not that I can tell Allan.....
i still have a sump full of the little boogers.
But serious about the skimmer thing!!!!.........that stuff must have baking soda or something in it.......skimmer went berzerk for a day......had to put it on low and let it syphon into a bucket.

[Gseclipse02]

Not that I can tell Allan.....
i still have a sump full of the little boogers.
But serious about the skimmer thing!!!!.........that stuff must have baking soda or something in it.......skimmer went berzerk for a day......had to put it on low and let it syphon into a bucket.

how did your corals react ???... and the only thing about that is that you still didnt fix the problem

[StevenSeas]

how did your corals react ???... and the only thing about that is that you still didnt fix the problem

Agreed more of just a band-aide until the next algae can find a foothold and take off. That is unless you did water changes or something else inconjunction to solve the problem.

Kristy I am right there with you, I asked my sister to send me pics of my tank yesterday .... Lets just say my tanks time being up at Aggieland with me must have rubbed off on it as it is MAROON. I cant even see the sand bed. 3 weeks of no attention has not been kind to it.

[Teeb]

I had cyano really bad for awhile. I did 2 things and it has pretty much wiped it all out. I added 2 units of Chemipure to my 75g. Which I'm debating whether it helped or not. The biggest thing that I saw make a difference was, and I know it sounds strange, but I started emptying my skimmer cup every day or every other day. Once I started doing that consistently, I saw huge improvements.

[allan]

Teen, was emptying your s cup one of the two things you did? I hear that chemipure forces you to do this anyway.

How did ur coral react? Sps?

[Teeb]

Yes, emptying the cup was 1, chemipure the other. I guess I'll find out soon which one the contributing factor since my CPE is about 6 wks old and probably time to remove. Everything started doing better once the cyano started to fade away. I have very little SPS in my tank, more zoas/LPS. I've seen a increase of polyp extension lately, but I think that's been due to switching powerheads.

[ErikH]

I just used Red Slime Control, for about 160 gallons yesterday. I lowered the water in my sump drastically, just enough so it is skimming moderately wet. I had 4 of the K14s in my tank, but I just added 3 K4s as well. I don't siphon, I just wait until its nasty and then flip the sand over on it with my scraper. So far today i do not see anything new. I also have a phosban reactor which will be getting hooked up today using the BulkReefSupply FOxide. It's been hell since migrating from the 75, but now that I barely have any fish, I think I will be able to kick it in the pants. I've overdone CPE before and it did nothing, which suprised me as before it seemed to work wonders. From the looks of it, I am past the peak, but you never know because the affected water so slow to change in larger tanks. The Red Slime Control has never tanked my corals. I switched from using CA and Kalk reactors and have gone to 2part after seeing how much growth Bernie was getting. It's a slippery slope!