cyano and skimmer recommendations

[tosiek]

ok, so i had my dietrius bloom on the sand, which wasn't a problem because my crab, snails and hermits went and took care of it daily. Now i am getting a cyano bloom in my tank and nothing is touching it. Water params are perfect, with nitrates beeing at .30. So i know that its because i am not running a skimmer, and i am having a build up of organic waste which is not beeing taken out of my tank.

I am purchasing a AquaC remora hang on, but don't know if to go for the regular remora or the nano version. Its a 24g and the nano supports 5-25g, which would be fine, but upgrading to a 30g around xmas and dunno if it will be enough, and if i should go for the regular remora which supports up to 70g. Should i be overskimming, and does overskimming have any negative effects on the tank?

Another thing is, any recommendations on cyano reduction chemicals to help with the cyano till the skimmer arrives? Heard of a few things on the boards that people mentioned. Its starting to latch onto a few of my coral and i am removing it daily.

 

[drunktank]

cyano can also be because of poor water movement.

 

[PalmTree]

I think once you get your skimmer you will see a major diffrence. The skimmer will really work to polish the water.

 

[tosiek]

i'm only getting the cyano where the water moves the quickest. its odd.

Gonna place the order tommorrow for the skimmer.

 

[deelucky]

try slime remover it worked great for me.i know alot of people dont like adding stuff to the tank but i had to and since then never seened it again.just cant run a skimmer till its gone,drives it nuts

 

[jhale]

don't use any chemicals, yet.

how old is your tank? I ask because all tanks go through a natural cyano phase. it should go away on it's own given time.

 

[tosiek]

4+ months so far, going to wait with the chems and do the regular cleaning i do and just wait for the skimmer.

 

[meschaefer]

Syphon the cyano out when it appears, and make sure that you have water movment. If the cyano is growing where you have the most movement, then you probably don't have enough.

Get a skimmer up and running and wait. At four months, the tank is still very young and going through different cycles.

 

[nyumpa]

when you get the hang on skimmer cut a small piece of poly filter and use a nylon tie to secure to the out take of the remora. i do this with my remora that hangs on my sump works like a charm

 

[jhale]

yes four months is just the right time for cyano to show up.

do not dose the tank. continue with water changes and get the skimmer set up.

this does not have anything to do with the flow in the tank, it seems you have enough. just stay on top of sucking it out, in a couple of months it should die down.

 

[PalmTree]

I always saw cyano in spots that had very high water movement. Def suction it out. I tried to remove it with a net and it just went all over the place.

 

[LeslieS]

I had terrible cyano right after cycling my tank. I waited about 2 months, syphoned it out constantly, and it still took over my tank. As I had not added any corals or fish, I used chemiclean. It was pretty cool. The cyano turned bright red and broke up into tiny bits when I siphoned it out. I did a major water change, and the skimmer took care of the rest.

I know that it is a newbie no no to rush the cycles, but I have had two that people told me to wait out. While I waited, my tank was taken over by algae It's your tank, you will know when it is so out of control that it is doing damage.

Good Luck!!!

 

[tosiek]

it already has done some damage, Killed by bright orange sponge i had growing on one of my LR, and half destroyed a blasto head. Found it starting to eat my torch coral, siphoned it out, but it came back this morning at the same spot on the torch, and one head wasn't opening. Picked up some stuff for it and now its all disintegrated and siphoned out. Still waiting for it to do its magic a little more in the places i couldn't reach with the siphon.

Small change in PH ^ and for some reason my torch and froggie opened up more than usual today.

Thanks for all the info guys and gals.

 

[LeslieS]

It doesn't "eat" anything. It just covers it up and keeps it from getting light