good ol' cyano Q's

[nanmer]

I have seen Sand Bed Diversity Recharge Kits at the stores and on the internet. May be worth a try because I love my sand sifters!

[Reef_kid]

Im all for chemical warfare when it comes to cyano bacteria.
I have used antibiotics for this purpose for 10 years
I have done everything trying to battle cyano and this is what i end up doing every time ...
so i now just cut to the chase if i have a break out once a year.
I have never lost shrimp/coral/fish from using these medicines
and running active carbon for 24 hours will remove any organics and leftover meds

I use to treat with 200 mg of Erythromycin per 20 gallons of water
for a few days.
(i continued skimming) and ran carbon for 24 hours the day I ended treatment.

recently i used APO-amoxycillin 1200mg 1 time
and have not had any outbreaks again.

the medicine i use is normally left overs from family members sore
throats being viral and not bacterial (therefore they stop the antibiotics)
and i use them for my fish tank

often you can also talk to your local pharmacist, they are really helpful if you explain
your problem and have often given me the medcine.

or your local pet shop carried these meds.
hope all goes well in your battle
cheers

[burrows14]

this is in my 120 not the biocube. im not 100% sure of the age of the mh's i was told around 8 months old when i bought the tank but i plan on buying new bulbs within the next month just to make sure they are good.

[burrows14]

the chemical way sounds easy but i dont know if the pharmacies around here would do anything like that.

[fishytime]

I would think about changing the bulbs asap.....If they were 8 months old when you got them, they were on the threshold of needing changing then....in the mean time try pointing your K3 down towards the worst of cyano. It usually develops in areas of low flow.

[burrows14]

i know ive seen this debate on here a few hundred times but i gotta ask...... what bulbs should i get? i have a 48" cofalife 2X250w mh with actinincs. i really like the blue look so does that mean i should get 20K's? ive never bought mh bulbs before so i have no idea what to get!

cheers
Ray

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by Reef_kid

Im all for chemical warfare when it comes to cyano bacteria.
I have used antibiotics for this purpose for 10 years
I have done everything trying to battle cyano and this is what i end up doing every time ...
so i now just cut to the chase if i have a break out once a year.
I have never lost shrimp/coral/fish from using these medicines
and running active carbon for 24 hours will remove any organics and leftover meds

I use to treat with 200 mg of Erythromycin per 20 gallons of water
for a few days.
(i continued skimming) and ran carbon for 24 hours the day I ended treatment.

recently i used APO-amoxycillin 1200mg 1 time
and have not had any outbreaks again.

the medicine i use is normally left overs from family members sore
throats being viral and not bacterial (therefore they stop the antibiotics)
and i use them for my fish tank

often you can also talk to your local pharmacist, they are really helpful if you explain
your problem and have often given me the medcine.

or your local pet shop carried these meds.
hope all goes well in your battle
cheers

Or you can use Chemiclean which is the same thing pretty much.

[untamed]

I'm on a monthly cycle at the moment. Toss/vaccuum the sand bed, then lights out completely for 24 hours. That eliminates the problem for about another month in my case.

[burrows14]

i do vacuum everytime i do a water change but i have sugar sand and find it clogs up my vacuum in a matter of seconds which causes me to curse very loudly lol i love the look but i like how easy crushed coral is to clean

[Argentiner]

I had a queen conch that would eat cyano, and fast. Not sure if all conch's would though.