dnsfpl Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 what is the cause and what is best way to resolve this issue? thanks a million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Rxcp14 Posted August 31, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted August 31, 2011 If im not mistaken its caused by high nutrients... Can try red slime removal... Forgot the brand but aquamarin has it... Quote Fresh fishes and inverts! What's next? To the salty side of marine of course! "Never to part, lest jealous heaven stole our hearts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairun Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Yap that red slime algae alright. You seem to have extra food for your bac in the tank and being consumed by this cyno bac. So reduce them if you feed bac in your tank either by dosing carbon, zeovite additives or other form of bac feeding (bio pallet) etc I hav been battling them all the while in my DSB refuge. Reduce or stop totally carbon dosing will help in my case. Cheers Quote Mix reef-Main tank 3x2.5x2.5ftA TI 3ft 8tube Hitachi compressor unit 1HP 1 x AP- 702 Deltec 1 x Coral Lab CR with Ph controller; 1X AquaMedic Kalk Reactor top off Baby fish dosing kh/Sr&Kcl/mg DI water thru kalkwasser 1 x Skimz Fr with BRS gfo 2 x Rio 32hF main pump 1 x Pinpt Orp monitor 1 X Pinpt Ph monitor Aquamedic wave maker Sump 3x1.5ft plumbed together with; 1.5ft cube live rock Frag tank 5x1x1ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 my po4 & no3 reading are 0, sps doing great water change 5% weekly, app 25l feeding food timer, 5 times, app 20 pellets manual feeding, once, 3 cubes of mysis i do have dead spot(detritus pile up), i always siphon it away when water change currently it only infect that location, hopefully can keep them in control i should stop dosing vodka for the time being? thanks for the prompt reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hotsoup Posted August 31, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted August 31, 2011 try to cut back on the feeding and export nutrient out via water change (dun use NSW) or marcoalage. also try reducing the lighting hrs Quote 2ft cube with 2.5 sump 400w MH with 6 x 24w blue T5 Hydor wavemaker controller Aquatronica controller Daikin compressor with double coil RM CR H&S out sump skimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairun Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 my po4 & no3 reading are 0, sps doing great water change 5% weekly, app 25l feeding food timer, 5 times, app 20 pellets manual feeding, once, 3 cubes of mysis i do have dead spot(detritus pile up), i always siphon it away when water change currently it only infect that location, hopefully can keep them in control i should stop dosing vodka for the time being? thanks for the prompt reply Well done, you do have good water condition, welcome to the world of vodka dosing. You may reduce or stop totally if situation detorirated. for this week. Good advise from hotsoup, NSW from lfs have die off bac. depend on how they keep it. Light do encourage them grow, but in my experience 3days shut off light and then re-expose back to normal lighting may coz photo shock to your SPS (RTN). Be careful then. Continue with last regime dose of vodka after a week reduce or stop, if you find thing settled. Am in the midst of replacing vodka dosing with biopallet to prevent guessing work. Now slowly it taking place but cyno inevitable but I balance out with dosing more good bacteria. Good luck. Quote Mix reef-Main tank 3x2.5x2.5ftA TI 3ft 8tube Hitachi compressor unit 1HP 1 x AP- 702 Deltec 1 x Coral Lab CR with Ph controller; 1X AquaMedic Kalk Reactor top off Baby fish dosing kh/Sr&Kcl/mg DI water thru kalkwasser 1 x Skimz Fr with BRS gfo 2 x Rio 32hF main pump 1 x Pinpt Orp monitor 1 X Pinpt Ph monitor Aquamedic wave maker Sump 3x1.5ft plumbed together with; 1.5ft cube live rock Frag tank 5x1x1ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 thanks for the info bro will monitor the situation cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 here are the things i intend to do, hopefully it will help 1. change 3 "8 months old" T5 tubes 2. reduce vodka dosage by half 3. stop feeding frozen mysis, fully pellet diet 4. siphon as many away as possible during water change any comments? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member allantang Posted September 1, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted September 1, 2011 u can try ultraLife red slime remover.. works like a charm.... i used it on my tanks before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairun Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 quote name='dnsfpl' timestamp='1314885926' post='1005687'] here are the things i intend to do, hopefully it will help 1. change 3 "8 months old" T5 tubes 2. reduce vodka dosage by half 3. stop feeding frozen mysis, fully pellet diet 4. siphon as many away as possible during water change any comments? thanks Quote Mix reef-Main tank 3x2.5x2.5ftA TI 3ft 8tube Hitachi compressor unit 1HP 1 x AP- 702 Deltec 1 x Coral Lab CR with Ph controller; 1X AquaMedic Kalk Reactor top off Baby fish dosing kh/Sr&Kcl/mg DI water thru kalkwasser 1 x Skimz Fr with BRS gfo 2 x Rio 32hF main pump 1 x Pinpt Orp monitor 1 X Pinpt Ph monitor Aquamedic wave maker Sump 3x1.5ft plumbed together with; 1.5ft cube live rock Frag tank 5x1x1ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee0677 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 How about using NP Bio-pellets? Can it remove cyano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Look like many people had this cyano recently. I got it about 3 months ago. Now under control. All these while my salifert PO4 test read zero. But if you use Hanna tester it read around 0.8 So be careful what your test kit read. Quote 6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08) 4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09) 5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 5*2.5*2(LED only) Eheim return 1 * pump 1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil 2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40, 1X6085 Tunze wm, 1 CURVE 7 Skimmer 1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3 Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium 1 Full spectrum E27 led light 1 CR control by bubble count Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016 Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee0677 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Look like many people had this cyano recently. I got it about 3 months ago. Now under control. All these while my salifert PO4 test read zero. But if you use Hanna tester it read around 0.8 So be careful what your test kit read. What did you do to get rid of that cyano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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