cyano

My tank has been up and running for about 1-1/2 years never had an algae or bacteria problem till now.. I installed a roller mat about 3 months ago and last months I noticed my nitrates were at 0. I tried feeding more to raise them up and then all of a sudden I had an outbreak. I thought it...

Hey guys, could you help me out identifying the algae I currently have in my reef tank? Attached you will find some images. I probably guess diatoms and cyanobacteria are present. However, I also think that some dinoflagellates are in between. But I'm not sure about the last. Thanks in advance!

Before I get started I have a 120 gallon tank with 40g sump. I got the whole set up from a lfs so it was already matured and with that I let it sit for about a month before adding any new corals or fish to it. Since then I've added two zoo colonies that were doing great and growing like crazy. I...

Hey guys, I have Cyanobacteria, pretty positive, as it consistently creates mats of algae on my sand bed, rock, and corals. It’s more of a clinging issue to my zoas, urchin, and rocks. It appears red and won’t stop coming back. I have tested my parameters to 0 nitrates, ammonia, phosphates...

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2nd dose of Vibrant used on Monday 3/16/20. Is this normal to see this covering my sand bed after the 2nd dose? I’ve ran both of these tests posted here to check if it’s Cyano or Dinos...

Well I’m having a little issue. Seems it has gotten out of hand pretty quick. Can you tell what this is from the pics? I don’t see any air bubbles at all, anywhere. So hoping not Dino’s. Was thinking Cyano but chemiclean isn’t doing anything to it.

I was wondering how gentle I need to be when handling/touching my Acropora and Montipora. I'm dealing with some red slime (i think its dynos but maybe cyano) and I don't want to use chemicals to knock it out given the many SPS in the tank. however, because of that, I frequently need to manually...

Hi all! Im just cycling a new tank with complete dry rock. I had no lights on for the first 3 month and threw a shrimp into the tank and added some bacteria. The bacteria broke down the shrimp and i had some nutrients in the tank all the time. After 3 months ive added some fish and switched...

I have a tank with consistently high nutrients. It’s not neglected but I do minimal maintenance and for the last while there has been mild amount of cyano persisting around the tank. No algae is growing. I know cyano and algae both thrive on high nutrients or poor water parameters but I’m not...

Hi guys, for about maybe two weeks I’ve had thus brown stringy seemingly slimy like substance completely covering my tank. And I’ve tried everything just short of completely draining and bleaching everything. I have done a black out for about 2 day and nights. H2O2 dosing and soaking rocks and...

Hi all This has just been posted on tritons fb page; “First Ndoc has come back https://www.triton-lab.de/en/aquaria-administration/aquarium/auswertung-a/n-doc/1174/ Been suffering with cyano for 12 myths but this isn't showing anything - recommendation to reduce temp to 24 anyone else run this...

Get Rid of Cyanobacteria and Algae A Recipe for Success from DrTim's Aquatics!

After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you keep believing that nitrate and phosphate are the cause of your algae problems. You take the red pill - I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. This image was created by @Fish_Sticks, ©2019, All Rights...

How to Get Rid of Cyanobacteria RED SLIME!!! - Reef Tank Pest Control #3

Hi guys Had red/green cyano cover most of my rocks about 6 months ago and dosing Hydrogen Peroxide completely rid my tank of it - 1ml per gallon each 12h. Now since a month or 2 I'm getting Cyano and algae slowly coming back and this time it looks like they are in for good. Hydrogen Peroxide...

Hey everyone the past few weeks I’ve been dealing with Red Cyanobacteria in my 55 mixed reef. I have no idea what is causing it or why it won’t go away, even after manual removal. The parameters are as follows Salinity 1.026 Alk 10 Calcium 480 Nitrates 0 Phosphates 0 Temperature 78° steady. Flow...

Hey guys, wanted to share this outside my build thread! This is my 300G Reef tank when it was 10months old and it's happy as it can be so far but I had to do or better liked to perform a switch to a Zeolith reactor and a slightly different approach as the classic Zeovit method people used to do...

Hello guys, I need your help! I started this 140g 6ft (72"x18.5"x20"height) tank 3-4 months ago, the tank has been running on triton method since day 31. My idea initially was to start an SPS tank from early on and, I added a lot of flow to it (2 MP40's), Red Sea Coral Pro salt, a bag of BRS...

Hello all, I have red slime on my sandbed, and I also have corals on the sandbed. I’m just wondering if it’s partially on them, will it end up killing them? I have a plan to get rid of red slime by doing a 20% water change, clearly out back chamber where food gets stuck (I have a biocube), and...

I've seen (and had) Cyano before, but this seems different. Long and stringy, VERY long. Is this cyano, or something else?

I have been having an ongoing problem. I keep getting a green and sometime brown stuff on my sand. Currently it is green, growing some hairs and there are bubble starting to form. I will give you a little history. This has been an on going problem. When I had the skimz cheato reactor, I had...

I haven't been thrilled with my tank for a while. My corals don't seem to grow, just limp along for 4-6 months then die. So I decided they weren't getting enough of something. Tried using BRS 2-part. Nope. Tried allowing nutrients in the tank to rise and... guess what? The corals are STILL...

Hey guys, basically this is the situation. A few months ago, I purchased two Ocellaris separately, within a week or two of eachother. For whatever reason after seemingly pairing the female began attacking the smaller male, so I eventually removed the female clown and placed her in my 8.5...

For the past few days, my zoanthids have been all closed up, my leathers have shrunk up, and I have been getting more and more cyano (presumably) over the past few days. My crabs and snails have mostly stopped moving over the past week (but the shrimp are fine). I am trying to narrow down what...