would it be practical to replace all my gravel w aragonite.? 42 gallon .

[Ballyhoo]

I got this tank in Red Sea G200 early April, and I finally got Coraline and I should be happy
that I got Coraline finally. But it's done me no good because I have red cyano. As it happened, I bought a separate nano as I wanted to be able to have nems. I started the second about a month ago this time I decided I was going to use dry aragonite. I've had very little issues with dyno or bacteria in the nano. I did export the rocks and bricks from my original tank. Tank number one: The red cyano is really just making me bonkers and I'm thinking maybe I want to go drastic and go to Home Depot and buy some of those large tubs and take all the rock and coral out of the 42 gallon tank and then just get rid of all of its gravel and live sand to replace it with aragonite. I just don't know how difficult that would be and doing so with disturb all the coral that I have in there now. What I lose half of the species in the process.? Maybe if I did, it might still be worth it if I could have the tank I want which is a tank without live sand and dry aragonite instead. I know there's the hydrogen peroxide alternative, but I don't know how is that the final answer. I just wished my coral tank didn't have live sand and that it had aragonite instead.

 

[Miami Reef]

I’m almost certain the live sand is also aragonite.

If you want to easily eradicate cyano, I’d highly suggest using chemi clean. It’s really easy to use, and one dose eliminated cyano is two different tanks of mine long-term. I still don’t have cyano in my current tank, and it’s been well over a year since the dose.

You can increase the flow, activated carbon, and skimming. That will help a lot, but sometimes you need to use chemi clean IMO. I haven’t lost any corals, fish, or inverts. The tank acted as if I didn’t add anything.

 

[Miami Reef]

Yes, you can change your sand to dry aragonite. You can siphon the sand and cyano into a bucket.

 

[Ballyhoo]

i thought chemiclean is bad for coral?

 

[Miami Reef]

i thought chemiclean is bad for coral?

I don’t believe so. My corals were perfect. I have acropora, LPS, Montipora, clams, and even a linkia starfish.

It’s a single dose that lasts for a few days. That’s just my experience.

Edit: Can you show pictures of the cyano? I’m not sure I see any?