Cyanobacteria

George Willings · Mar 17, 2018

So last week I noticed the dreaded red slime, cyanobacteria, in my biocube. It formed by my own stupidity. I am pretty sure that I have successfully got rid of it. I put my biocube on blackout, wrapped a towel around all viewing panels for 3 days, then put Chemi-Clean in the tank and let it run for 2 days. I have he Coralife protein skimmer, so I used the wooden air stone for that to oxygenate the water. Today was the second day with Chemi-Clean, so I did a 33% water change. Within the next 24 hours I will know if they Cyano is gone or not.

Tahoe61 · Mar 18, 2018

Typically I wait a full 48 hours sometimes even another day before I do a water change after chemiclean. You should see a significant decline in the Cyanobacteria post water change. Personally I do not do a complete black out for cyanobacteria but rather check nutrient levels, make sure flow is optimal and refrain from over feeding .

brandon429 · Mar 18, 2018

It's your sandbed and we have a giant thread showing fixes. Let's do another (take apart entire system and force clean)

Is there a sandbed here, pics

Any topical action or dosing that leaves the sandbed filthy= invasion comes back in a few, no way to escape the work factor required.

George Willings · Mar 21, 2018

ChemiClean took out the cyano, now for the dino. No bubbles with the dino, just the stringy snot like substance that comes right back after sucking it out with a turkey baster. So back to black out, and read something about raising my phosphates and nitrates. Plan on getting a carbon/gfo reactor soon along with an AI Prime HD. In the mean time I am starving the Dino's of light, and do have chateo in the refugium. Not going to scrape the glass for a while and keep light out for a few days. The refugium has constant light, par 38 grow light.

George Willings · Mar 22, 2018

I did vacuum the sand bed, right afer the 48 hour period with chemi-clean. Did near a ~33% water change (10 gallons) after the 48 hour period for chemi-clean. The Cyano was verified through a picture that I sent to WWC. What may be Dino's right now are just strings of snot like substance, but there are absolutely no bubbles what so ever, and it is a VERY minor outbreak of what might be Dino's. I stir up the sand, and remove some with a turkey baster, but if I turn on my white lights it grows back nearly instantly. Going to try running only blue lights for a while.