Cyano? Help please.

[input80]

+1 for chemiclean, follow the instructions well. It will send your skimmer crazy. For me, about 30% water change helped with the crazy skimmer issue.
Then keep your nutrients in check, although I don't know nearly enough to talk about that a still learning.
Brad, how do you keep a clean sand bed then ?

[darkreef]

I couldn't get rid of it . 25% water changes three days in a row. Then every four days .
Run GFO !!

Wait .. Wait ... Each morning you should see a little less keep fighting until you see none for a week

Also I purged my sand and rocks with a turkey baster and made a mess and kept doing water changes like that . Nitrates hit zero fast. Phosphates hit zero.


Buy some snails that move the bed

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by input80

Brad, how do you keep a clean sand bed then ?

It just stays clean on it's own. I have a few snail shells and frags and such lying around, but the detritus breaks down and is cycled by the bacteria, presumably. I might have a couple of the large nassarius snails, and a leopard wrasse, but that would have next to no impact.
I couldn't touch my sand bed in most of the tank even if I wanted to clean it, so never worried about it.

[input80]

Interesting Brad, thx.
Good luck carriej, there are quite a few posts on here regarding cyano & controlling/getting rid of it. It looks like quite the year for it, although I am only 1 yr into reefing. I have read a lot where ppl say "it happens & is caused by high nutrients". Personally I truly believe mine & a friend's cyano came from corals (bought from the same tank that had cyano). Mind you, I have no definitive proof, but the timing was coincidental, about 2-3 wks afterwards. He is using tap water & I am using ro-di water. I have also now started using MB7, after cyano is gone (visibly), which I am understanding is a deterrent.

[wreck]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=102328

Here's the thread I started. Hope this helps!!!

[carriej]

Thanks guys, been reading threads all day. Between the cyano and those little rust colored demon flatworms, I'm at my wits end.

[input80]

Patience is key, as I am sure you already know GL.
What a great forum with all kinds of support this is.

[Cal_stir]

Chemiclean the cyano, it's safe, fast, effective and it is a relief to see the cyano gone, sometimes the best of us get it, it doesn't necessarily mean you are not maintaining good husbandry or have high nutrients, it's crap that happens sometimes for no reason.

[Aysha]

I've used Erythromycin in my FW setups when everything else failed.
It's simple to use and available at most lfs.
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