I have a cyanobacteria problem plz help

[xclusive252]

Ok I have a bad out break for the last 2 months now of cyanobacteria I think for the most part and what someone else has told me it is. I have tried doing 5 gal water changes every other day and nothing. I have used chemi clean and nothing. I am syphoning most of it out before doing a water change and still nothing. I removed my bio pellets for a few and nothing(they are still off line) I added some calupra algae nothing yet. Ok so alittle about my tank spec to help out with some of the questions I know will be asked;

I have a 45gal cube with a 40 breeder sump,
48 bulb DIY Led light system,
a calcium reactor
no carbon
no GFO
had bio pellets there off line for now
my skimmer is off line due to the chemi clean
I will try and post some up to date numbers for my parameters
My TDS meter is reading 0

Ok any advice will be appreciated. TYVM in advance.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Despite what others may say, I had the same issue for a month or so and what I did was leave my tank lights off except for a brief 20 min period for feedings .
I did this for 4 days and it slowly deminished entirely and with phosban running and a strict food regulation I overcame cyano entirely .....
Everyone has a method to getting rid of cyano and get ready to hear all the pros come out with a full google rundown about cyano lol .
Hope this helps

 

[dherrera83]

Despite what others may say, I had the same issue for a month or so and what I did was leave my tank lights off except for a brief 20 min period for feedings .
I did this for 4 days and it slowly deminished entirely and with phosban running and a strict food regulation I overcame cyano entirely .....
Everyone has a method to getting rid of cyano and get ready to hear all the pros come out with a full google rundown about cyano lol .
Hope this helps

1 + do a water change before and after lights. They like the light so turning off the lights for 3-4 days will take care of the problem, gfo also helps.

You can also syphon some out if its that bad.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Dherrera is dead on, I can't stress water changes enough !! I don 5 gals on Sunday and 5 gals on Wednesday

 

[savage]

1 + do a water change before and after lights. They like the light so turning off the lights for 3-4 days will take care of the problem, gfo also helps.

You can also syphon some out if its that bad.

+1 I have the same problem I find out it was caused by the bio pellets so I got some GFO lights off for 4 days and water change it took me almost a whole month to clear it up.. Good luck Bro...

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Savage actually got his cyano from soaking his feet in his tank so disreguard what he said lol

 

[xclusive252]

Pictures

These are some pictures of what I have. Please let me know if I was on the money with the correct problem and also Tyvm for the advice I will try and pick up some GFO for now. How can I add my Bio pellets back to the system ?

 

[xclusive252]

pictures

Picture 1

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Picture 1

Wow that's bad!!! Try to increase flow by double

 

[E.intheC]

Here's a good read: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1434260&highlight=cyanobacteria

 

[TheSherm]

Is that cyano or dino's?

 

[duke62]

+1 looks like dinos to me

 

[xclusive252]

Isnt that almost the same method for removal from the tank ?

 

[TheSherm]

I'd shut the lights off for three full days. If its cyano you can use red slime algae remover, which actually works great and I am the kinda guy hesitant to put anything in the tank. Looks like dino though, which is different from cyano. I have never had dino, but my understanding is the most effective remedy is shutting the lights off completely for 3 days. Maybe some others could sound off too.

 

[Cris007]

For dino u can raise your mag to around 1500 and no lights for 3-4 days it worked for me.

 

[duke62]

i think the product they use for dinos is MB7 i believe. it raises the mag but has something else in it that helps

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Do a few small water changes over the next few days. 5 gallons every other day should help. After a week test your water and see what your parameters are. Run some carbon and lower your light cycle as advised.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Blow it all of with a turkey Baster while running some mech filtration go lights out for 3-4 days.