cyanobactera

Zoa burned skirt, how to solve this problem? Hello reef comunity I have a problem with a certain frag of zoas. They do open up during the day but they have really small or not existing skirt. During the night they have something that looks like cyano. I thought it was a burn from an amonia...

Hello Reefing Community Im looking for knowledge or some one who can help. I tought my tank was doing great, i tought my tank was full of coraline algae. A wired looking coraline algae. it looks a bit more red or violet. it has a different kind of texture, almost as a sponge but a bit...

Hello everyone, new here after being a lurker for years! Long story and a leaking tank later, I have now owned a 32 gallon biocube for ~1 month. Never had an issue with cyanobacteria in my previous 37 gallon standard aquarium, but I am now. I’ve been battling it for a few weeks now, trying to...

The third nutrient is my theoretical thinking on nutrients and understanding of aquarium stability and balance. The third nutrient or Carbon is a nutrient that not often talked about and little is known of its function and effects to the other Nutrients in reef aquaria, not much is know to...

Hello everyone, a pretty silent member for about a year now. I am looking for help with my 125G sps tank. It is currently about 4 months old. It was started with dry rock and dry sand. I used a lot of MB7 to kickstart the cycle to start adding fish. Ammonia and nitrates were gone after three...

Why does Cyanobacteria get such a bad rap? I haven't dealt with it personally. From what I read it creates Cyanotoxins, steals oxygen, which in itself is bad. But people make it seem like it's the biggest nightmare of their lives! I've heard it can be caused by a multitude of reasons, ranging...