cyano battle lol

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by wreck

one other quick question, not concerning cyano .

any suggestions on how to get a long spine urchin out of this tank??

Haha, just went through this last night.... Big net and gloves. Catching it is one thing, but getting him into a bag..., that is another. And then having to deal with leaks after, from the long spikes. Will need something better than your standard fish/coral bag, or use a small bucket. Good luck!

Re the cyano, had the problem a few years ago. Used Chemiclean once to get rid of it (and it definitely worked). But as others have said, get your parameters in line esp phosphates and nitrates. Then I also used MB7 which out competes the cyano bacteria. Have never had a problem since. I did have it start to reappear a couple times, but then just upped the dose of MB7 for a couple weeks and it disappeared.
http://brightwellaquatics.com/produc...robacter7t.php