I want it gone!!!

[the_fish_man]

So in all my tanks i have had to battle red cyano. i hate it every day i have to take a brush and clean it off so it doesnt cover my coral it grows on my glass rocks and sand and it will grow over my corals. But anyways How do i get rid of this??? I am tired of battling it I have tried everything
hand pulling it out,Cutting nutrients so their is no extra,cutting light hours down,massive water changes etc: it never goes away though every day it gets worse and worse. this morning i woke up it was on my highest rocks It was covering some of my zoas and you couldnt even see the sand! I am just plain tired of this stuff. So my question for you guys is how else would i get rid of it?

 

[djkms]

Cyano needs 3 things to survive. Lights, nutrients and low flow. From my readings around the net if its in your display tank add more flow and do a 2-3 days of lights out, never done it myself but people are saying your corals will be fine during the lights out period.

 

[Off The Deep End]

lights out for 3-4 days?

 

[Off The Deep End]

lol you beat me to it.

 

[B-Willz]

Water changes will start to help, but there has to be something feeding it. Maybe get your nitrates double checked with a different test kit, yours might be bad. How old are your lights? Is your skimmer good? More flow may help as well.

 

[the_fish_man]

my lights are brand new I will go check the nitrates agin the flow i have in the tank all time are the stock pumps for the red sea max and then a tunze pump dont know the name of it but it is the big version of the mini pump in the mr saltwater video. so the corals wont get hurt if i do a blackout?

 

[the_fish_man]

this is the tunze pump
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_viewi..._campaign=mdcsegooglebase2&utm_content=TZ1211

 

[djkms]

Corals should be fine but a blackout is only a temporary fix. You still have to solve the root of the problem.

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[120greefman]

When I had cyano I ended up pulling all my lr and sprayed and scrubed it down with super hot water. Then did a big water change and raised my magnesium a lot. Did another water change the following week and it was gone. Not sure what part of the equation fixed it but I was almost to the point of just taking my tank down. Haven't had it since. Good luck.

 

[the_fish_man]

Here is three main ones
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0.25
So that is the only high one

 

[cremer9]

I dip a toothbrush in antired and scrub it,more light and current.get that coarline alge growing.mine is cleaning up slowly
oh yea water changes once a week.

 

[mgilger]

Yeah just add more flow, I had a battle with it recently and there really is not a quick fix. I just kept up with my water changes and realized I was feeding to much.

 

[the_fish_man]

okay recently i have been doing 50% water change weekly

 

[Boogie]

phosphate .25? How about a little fishes phosban reactor? RoDi water?

 

[hurrafreak]

I dip a toothbrush in antired and scrub it,more light and current.get that coarline alge growing.mine is cleaning up slowly
oh yea water changes once a week.

I've never used it but jonthefb has always recommended antired too me?

 

[the_fish_man]

Okay well i will try that boogie do you think I really should get one?

 

[djkms]

How long has your tank been setup? .25 is really high, if the tank is fairly new I would question that test kit...especially with 50% water changes.

 

[the_fish_man]

This one after the leak it has been about a month

 

[djkms]

Top off and water change water source? RO, tap, fishstore?

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[the_fish_man]

Ro water