Where is the special thread for Cyano, help with cyano and bubble coral

[veronique]

Ok like everybody it's my turn, I got ultra life red slime remover but havn't use it yet, I'm waiting to see if I can improve it by change of water and feeding less.
Almost everybody at one moment or an other seem to get to that stage so no specific thread on that ?, it would be usefull.
Which crabs or snails eat cyano?
All my zoos,polyps, brain,favia,anemone,....(even the candy cane are back on track)are doing very well except my bubblle coral, it's now since saturday that he doesn't look good at all.
Saturday was my first big bloom of cyano, bubble coral was down with yellow pollys, yellow pollyps are back to normal after water change next day but the bubble was not.
I have change two parameters to try to see if it would reduce cyano, my tank with all this lights was all the time running a high temerature (82)so now it's down at 78 (with a big ventilo)and I have reduce the salinity at 1.022 (before was more like 1.026) I did that change gradually but doesn't seems to improve anything.
Ok it's 5 month that I have that tank, but it's a tank who had crashed this summer with the previous owner, the live rocks were still ok, crabs and few zoo survied, so it's difficult to give an age to my tank.
Could my bubble had a infection what should I do, I'm not sure it's because of the cyano, the bublle hasn't change place, and I havn't change my water flow, he was doing great groing a lot and eating well, he is still eating.
I'm against putting this red remover in my tank, this will be my last resort.
Thanks
Vero

 

[tosiek]

I've used the remover before on my old tank. Unless you heavily dose the tank with it the cyano will come back. Also once you do use it your skimmer won't work and you'll have a PH swing for about a week or two.

Patience and water changes with the cyano and siphon it out when you can. Its a big pain in the butt.

 

[amethyst212]

i just had the same problem a month ago and still going through it.
i had cyano in my dead spots so i added more flow to my tank and added nassirius snails just to stir up the sand. there are no inverts that eat cyano but more flow, adding a media such as phosphate removers will help, water changes and discovering the source of ur cyano bloom.
my source was my water and the salt that i was using. the salt mix that i was using was also adding phosphate to my tank and since i changed salt my cyano has been going away.

i hope this helps for you, but like in life different things work for different people.

 

[veronique]

Thanks, I have a lot nassirius snails and I'm using phospate remover, sorry to hear that there is no one invertebrate who eat that stupid stuff.
I'm seriously worried with my bubble so, any suggestion.

 

[meschaefer]

More flow, less nutrients.

 

[dzuckerm]

The cyano is likely not the cause of your bubble coral problems....but rather a symptom that something is wrong with your water chemistry. Have u tested all of your parameters? especially nitrates and phospates? How about water changes? It may also be that your bubble is dying from some other cause...and it simply acting as a substrate for the cyano to grow.

 

[drperetz]

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I am not an expert, .what kind of lighting
water(rodi)
skimmer are u using>?

 

[veronique]

I have made many water changes over the week syphoning the cyano, I use all the time Rodi water, the lighting is a mix of 6 different light T5, 36'' actinite and other (sorry husband side of the hobby) same with the skimmer (a big thing in a big sump with many noisy pumps, I have to ask him to write down the specificity of pumps, skimmer, lights each time you ask me and I don't know), no nitrate, but didn't taste phosphate couldn't find the test for it.
The cyano has slightly disminish but I'm far to scream victory, we will see tomorrow, I have done a 10% change last night, right now 79.5 F and 1.024.
Bubble not worst or better.
Thanks
Vero