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Old 02-15-2007, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Ruth View Post
....IME the usual culprit is ...... or feeding foods such a mysid shrimp without rinsing it first. ....
I believe this has been a contributing factor to cyano problems I've had and finally just figured out a simple rinsing method using a small sieve (sp), small bowl and some tankwater.

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob View Post
....You need to get your tank balanced ....
I'm inclined to agree with this. IME, I upgraded from a 135g to a 180g 14 months ago. Twelve months ago, (okay...a year), cyano set in. It was a constant battle until around October/November when it finally showed signs of slowing down. I attributed this to the system being more stable and/or balanced. Perfect, just in time to be torn down again and be moved across town to start it all over again. The move was in December, and sure enough, just like last time, I have cyano again 1 1/2 months later. So everything being equal, I expect it to be a problem until the Fall again when the system reaches a stage of maturity that is not as conducive to cyano. Here's hoping, anyway. In the meantime I plan to approach the current cyano problem differently than last time. Last time I used Chemi-Clean about 5 or 6 times and it just kept coming back. One time it came back only 3 days after a treatment. This time I plan to avoid the Chemi-Clean and just manually remove the stuff and hope the stuff wanes come Autumn, as I suspect it will.

Seems the biggest test of patience is during the first year of a reef system.

HTH and cheers,
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