Solution To Cyano???

[Topgunder03]

I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like I’ve tried almost everything.
I have a big problem with cyano, and I can’t get it under control. I’ve tried manual removal and I’m running as much flow as possible without blasting my corals. At the moment, I’m running 10 hours of light, including a 1-hour ramp up and down. I’m also running my skimmer a bit “wet” and using a roller filter on the tank + UV.
Any ideas on what could help would be greatly appreciated. My current parameters are:
Magnesium: 1350
Calcium: 430
pH: 8.2–8.3
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: 0.03
Alkalinity: 8.4
Edit: Where I live you can't buy Chemiclean the only product I have found that looks like it is "ultralife red slime remover"

 

[CoralB]

Possibly go with Chemiclean

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

+1 chemiclean

 

[Topgunder03]

+1 chemiclean

The problem is where I live you can't buy it :(

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

There are other products you can try to search out, although I have not used them. Red slime remover is one, Dr. Tims cyano treatment is another....

 

[EnterName]

I would try getting nutrients further down. Your current readings could be much higher if all the nutrients bound to bacteria were instead still freely dissolved.

In other words: You nutrient readings might be much higher than they appear right now and you could try to reduce them further until the growth stops.

 

[Rob A]

The problem is where I live you can't buy it :(

Chemiclean and the rest are for the most part erythromycin I have used chemiclean and pharmacy erythromycin and both did the job.

 

[chrispycritter]

Korallen-Zucht makes some good products

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The problem is where I live you can't buy it :(

The red slime remover is likely the same thing: the antibiotic tylosin.

 

[CoralB]

The problem is where I live you can't buy it :(

Can you get it online ?

 

[Topgunder03]

Can you get it online ?

unfortunately not. I have looked everywhere.

 

[CoralB]

The red slime remover is likely the same thing: the antibiotic tylosin.

unfortunately not. I have looked everywhere.

 

[arcwaveaquatics]

I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like I’ve tried almost everything.
I have a big problem with cyano, and I can’t get it under control. I’ve tried manual removal and I’m running as much flow as possible without blasting my corals. At the moment, I’m running 10 hours of light, including a 1-hour ramp up and down. I’m also running my skimmer a bit “wet” and using a roller filter on the tank + UV.
Any ideas on what could help would be greatly appreciated. My current parameters are:
Magnesium: 1350
Calcium: 430
pH: 8.2–8.3
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: 0.03
Alkalinity: 8.4
Edit: Where I live you can't buy Chemiclean the only product I have found that looks like it is "ultralife red slime remover"

I see some people are saying to go with chemiclean. Others are saying to look into nutrients. I did both and to be honest mud from Fiji seemed to have worked best, I also lowered the intensity of the light and that had helped a ton. Just monitor your corals and fish during the process.

Mud I used:

AF Life Source​

 

[Ziggy17]

The problem is where I live you can't buy it :(

That’s a good thing.

 

[Lelegance]

The best thing that worked for me is NEVER let the cyano settle. I went in with a turkey baster (or pump) 2-3 times daily whenever i saw the cyano start to settle again, that will throw it in the water column for filter removal. Eventually if you are able to outcompete the rate at which the cyano settles and reproduces by blowing it off constantly, your coral or bacteria will start to take over. You have to be persistent though, and it will be very tiring and annoying. Your reefmat will do wonders here, as long as you keep blowing everything into the water column for it. I personally avoid chemical treatments, but that is preference. Another thing that will help is sucking out as much as you can every water change. I know all this sounds basic but the basics are what work best when you are persistently doing them. Good luck! Anything and everything will go away with enough patience. Everything in the tank is about competition over resources, you just have to give a better competitive edge to some things over others with the right interventions.

 

[56longroof]

Increase your flow in the tank. The only places I've had cyano was a dead spot in the tank. Controlling nutrients is a good idea too.