265 gallon setup

skylord · #1 11-01-2007, 08:12 PM

Now I dont want to hear this givin up stuff....my build is based primarily on what you two have done. The tank is built, now I'm waiting on all the goodies to arrive. I may have water in it by xmas.

Scott

niloc16 · #2 11-01-2007, 11:09 PM

thanks for the support and compliments guys. i'm really really hoping it is the lighting. the bulbs are almost 10 months old. i syphon sandbed every week with the water changes and have always done so. i syphon all the cyano away now off the rocks during the water change but by the next week it back with a frickin vengeance

niloc16 · #3 11-24-2007, 09:46 PM

well lucky frickin me today. i'm lettin you know in advance this is a major bloody vent. i'm happy to announce today that i pulled out half an instant ocean salt bucket of dead frickin corals. i've been fighting this stupid algae and put the tank in a black out state as a last resort to kill it. well i guess with everything so stressed already and just my luck a whole bunch got wiped out. and some of my favorite too. the biggest colony was about 8" or so across a wild acro plana. it was a killer tricolor piece. i'm not even going to bother to list everything because it will just **** me off more. sorry about the vent but who else will listen

untamed · #4 11-25-2007, 12:37 AM

Oh man...that's terrible.

Ya Dude · #5 11-25-2007, 12:55 AM

did this cyano brake-out occur after your last coral addition.
I had a serious cyano problem after adding 3 colonies from HR last shipment.
I haven't even seen any in 2 years and I attribute it to that.It seemed to be a stronger strain. Probably a hitch hiker IMO

niloc16 · #6 11-25-2007, 04:00 AM

no it didnt happen after the last addition. to be honest i dont know what brought it on. its been slowly building for 2 months and now its a killer.

justinl · #7 11-25-2007, 04:04 AM

man, that sucks. pat, pat. it happens to the best of us.

Delphinus · #8 11-26-2007, 06:02 AM

I'm really very sorry to hear this.

I feel a tinge of guilt because I said I thought the corals could withstand a 2 day blackout.

I really don't know what to say. I'm sorry.

I know about the dead coral thing. I can at least share a little of your pain there (different reasons - and still ongoing

I've given up on the tank in question - it's beyond fixing).

I really hope you get on top of this soon. I know the frustration of dinos, I had it twice, and nearly quit the hobby 100% both times. It's very demoralizing. I hope it resolves soon.

niloc16 · #9 11-26-2007, 06:58 PM

good god tony you dont need apologize. its not your fault at all. but thanks for the input though

untamed · #10 11-26-2007, 08:27 PM

Maybe you've considered this...Keep siphoning it away from the corals, rock etc...but leave it alone where you can stand to leave it (on the sand?).

I'm thinking that whatever nutrient it's living on..maybe it will use it up if allowed to grow.

If large water changes haven't helped...do the opposite. Back off on your water changes....see if it gets worse or better.

In my previous life, I knocked it out with a new skimmer. On my new tank, it just went away in exchange for hair algae...which is the lesser of two evils.