cyano battle lol

wreck · #1 11-13-2013, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien

Also, I wouldn't necessarily blame cyano for the death of your fish. I would look for other causes.

no it wasnt the cyano that killed the wrasse and diamond spotted goby. the wrasse didnt do well right from the start.

my setup is 65 g display with a 40 breeder sump. sump has roughly 20 g water. im running tlf reactor with fauna marin ultraphos. im also using filter socks as of yesterday.

for flow i have a tunze 6025 and a tunze 6045. and i threw in a hydor 750 aswell last night.

im running a spectrapure 90gpd rodi, 2 days ago changed the prefilter and carbon. will change the di tonight and the membrane is 1 year old.

trying to find a handheld tds meter, or an inline one as i dont have one

thanks fo the replies. i beleive the spike was caused by summertime neglect but who knows.

Rogue951 · #2 11-13-2013, 04:10 PM

chemiclean to nuke everything then a couple bags of chemipure elite should bring everything down quickly and prevent it from coming back.
but as everyone said. stop gap measure till you find the source.

wreck · #3 11-13-2013, 04:23 PM

im goin to grab a thing of chemi clean today. thank everyone!! will post before and after photos

Rogue951 · #4 11-13-2013, 04:34 PM

Remember to shut off the skimmer!!!!!
can't stress that enough! lol

wreck · #5 11-13-2013, 04:42 PM

kk i wont forget lol. hope the instructions are simple to use. can u feed the fish while treating?

wreck · #6 11-13-2013, 04:45 PM

one other quick question, not concerning cyano .

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

Ron99 · #7 11-13-2013, 04:54 PM

The KZ cyano clean sounds like an interesting option but I don't have first hand experience with it nor have I talked to anyone who's used it yet. But the concept is sound. It's a strain of bacteria that has a more aggressive metabolism and out competes the cyano for the nutrients in the tank. They say you can then do maintenance doses once or twice a week for long term control.

Reef Pilot · #8 11-13-2013, 05:03 PM

Quote:

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