Every year (for the last 7 yrs) at this time my tank goes through a cyano cycle as well. In the past I've tried to fight it aggressively to no avail, this year I'm going to let in run its course to see if it will clear up on its own in the same time frame as the other years.

Good luck with that fish, I hope it makes it.

Ive been battling what I think is Cyano, or Dino's for about a month now. Wonder if its related????? Every 2 days my rocks and sand are covered with red/brown. Turkey baster gets it off easy though.... Makes me mad

My "one day of darkness" experiment continues...It has been almost three weeks since the single day of darkness and my cyano has not yet returned to where it was. The tank was extremely clean for 1 week...much, much better than usual for the 2nd week and still very good by the 3rd week.

It would seem that a single day of darkness will last me about 1 month to keep cyano under control.

It has been 10 days since Buster got slashed (I now presume by the Achilles). It would seem that he will recover completely within 2 weeks.

Dec 31
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0381.jpg

Jan 10
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0447.jpg

Wow! Unreal how fast they heal.

Is his fuzz falling off?

I would say that his fuzzy spots have not improved and may be slightly worse over the past two weeks.

How is the PBT? Another question, I noticed that in both pics of your pbt he is in the same area of your tank. What is it that he likes there, or is drawn to???

No significant change to the A. japonicus (aka White Cheek, aka Powder Brown). I'm feeding a variety of antibiotics/antifungals. A few weeks of Selcon in the food did nothing. He continues to eat well.

He does have a favourite hang out. It is an area that is too small for the achilles to get into. This just means that each time they have a bit of a scrap, it usually ends with him mounting a defence from his sheltered area. I was able to take those photos by waiting for him to return to his comfort zone along his usual route.