CONSTANTNE's 40 Breeder Journal

[CONSTANTNE]

sweet acro dude. that's on my list as well.

Thanks I couldnt pass up the deal

 

[anthony27]

I am waiting to see this in our light, I could imagin the colors of it.

 

[CONSTANTNE]

I am waiting to see this in our light, I could imagin the colors of it.

That pic is under our light but literally only in my tank for 15 minutes. Will post another pic of it in a week or so when its more colored up.

 

[batt600]

Hey Batt still no difference. I can tell I dont need to clean glass that often but cyano comes every day and then goes away at night. Maybe I will get a video up of my reactor showing the amount and tumble. Also checked nitrates with Salifert and was around .2-.5

I have cut feeding down a lot and stopped any amino acid or related dosing and does not make a difference. Thats why I believe its from the pellets. I think its carbon dosing related because when I was doing MB7 and Biofuel I would get patches of cyano if I overdosed.

I dont think you have cyano . Cyano doent go away at night you have a biofilm problem look like cyano but only come about when light are on . This is from over dosing or over feeding or to long of a light period. And it any forms on the sand no were else.

 

[CONSTANTNE]

I dont think you have cyano . Cyano doent go away at night you have a biofilm problem look like cyano but only come about when light are on . This is from over dosing or over feeding or to long of a light period. And it any forms on the sand no were else.

Yea its only on the sandbed. I tried cutting back lighting period but it forms so fast doesnt matter. Should I try removing more pellets or close valve on reactor a little? Not sure what to try.

 

[anthony27]

yeah same here I have it on the sand bed as well hence the dosing lol. Once a week now. It goes away at night and then comes back

 

[chinatown]

actually, Cyano does go away at night because there's no light source. And yea, if you OD on the vodka, cyano will feed off it if there isn't enough beneficial bacteria to compete, such as MB7. What I would do is to dose a little more of the MB7 and cut out the vodka completely for a week and see how things go.

I had cyano a while ago and what I did was did a complete black out for 3 days straight and then started with just MB7 for 2 weeks and then added in the vodka and Vitamin C. Haven't seen cyano ever since.

 

[batt600]

I been fighting cyano and it doesnt go away at night looks the same with lights off or on. Bought a buch of nassius snail never had this problem when i had them .

 

[CONSTANTNE]

I havent tried going 3 days without light. Guess that can be my next step but I feel like its just going to come right back with the pellets

 

[anthony27]

it is cyano on the sand bed it comes up in clumps and it feedin off of the po4 in teh rocks and the dosing. I am going to cut back the dosing to once a week and see from there.

Guss I know what you mean I have the same thing like little tumble weeds in the tank

 

[CONSTANTNE]

This is what I deal with every day!

 

[straightjiggy10]

Go bare bottom

 

[batt600]

but wont it form on the glass on the bottom

 

[CONSTANTNE]

I could never get myself to go bare bottom. It's the pellets only way to find out is to take it offline but I don't want to give up yet. Wonder if using either mb7 or biofuel would stop cyano.


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[straightjiggy10]

i hear special blend does wonders but never know!

 

[anthony27]

wow I dont have that I have little tumble weeds on the sand bed green and in clumps

 

[batt600]

i hear special blend does wonders but never know!

I heard the same thing but its like mb7

 

[CONSTANTNE]

Who makes special blend? Problem I'm having with these pellets is there are so many variables. Amount of pellets, seeding time, flow, etc


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[batt600]

Take them of line and see what happens.

 

[CONSTANTNE]

Take them of line and see what happens.

How do I store them though so I can use them again in the future? I dont want them to go to waste.