luminescent cyano?

[salt creap]

assuming this is a type of cyano - it seems to react to blue led- anyone else have this type ever?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Cyano is often a very bright red when it first starts aggressively proliferating ime

 

[JTP424]

Red stuff is cyano, it looks super cool under blue LED, but sadly no bueno.

 

[brandon429]

you have a perfect reef invasion to test the bacterial rip clean method in the budding post here in the forum


if you would: post a full tank shot in that thread, begin the method, we track its outcome in your updated tank shots.

 

[brandon429]

The Bacterial “Rip Clean” Method

Not to be confused with other similar threads were you are required to work hard, I’m a laid back kinda reefer and hard work is just not for me, sorry I prefer to allow the bacteria to do that work for me. The goal of this thread is to discuss and illustrate the use of carbohydrates into clean...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[salt creap]

thank you everyone for the feedback -il check that link

 

[brandon429]

I like it because its harmless bacteria dosers they're using.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Cyano is often a very bright red when it first starts aggressively proliferating ime

Cyano can be red-purple-green and yellow

 

[vetteguy53081]

assuming this is a type of cyano - it seems to react to blue led- anyone else have this type ever?

No need to tear up your tank. It appears to be a green hair algae outbreak and gas bubbles likely displaying that luminescence you describe. Pull off as much as you can by hand and with a pipette, you can squirt some some 3% hydrogen peroxide at the base of the algae. Then reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus
Nassarius

A Pencil urchin

8-10 Caribbean blue leg hermits

Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?

 

[salt creap]

No need to tear up your tank. It appears to be a green hair algae outbreak and gas bubbles likely displaying that luminescence you describe. Pull off as much as you can by hand and with a pipette, you can squirt some some 3% hydrogen peroxide at the base of the algae. Then reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus
Nassarius

A Pencil urchin

8-10 Caribbean blue leg hermits

Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?

ok il do that , but waiting for results from ati , the water test i sent has my ro water as well and my phos is .03 my whole tank bleached, after bottoming out(i believe and having some fluctuations which made all but one cerith and a few fish and hermits survived so im starting from scratch and my lfs now asking $5 a snail no matter the size which isn’t crazy but im looking for a new spot to buy a crew

 

[vetteguy53081]

ok il do that , but waiting for results from ati , the water test i sent has my ro water as well and my phos is .03 my whole tank bleached, after bottoming out(i believe and having some fluctuations which made all but one cerith and a few fish and hermits survived so im starting from scratch and my lfs now asking $5 a snail no matter the size which isn’t crazy but im looking for a new spot to buy a crew

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