Cyano in fuge.

[Necsones]

i have alot of Cyano in my fuge and not sure what to do:irked:
i have some live rock and a nice portion of cheato in there
i have no cyano in my main DT, should i just leave it alone since its really just takeing up space in my fuge only?

 

[grknyer]

i have alot of Cyano in my fuge and not sure what to do:irked:
i have some live rock and a nice portion of cheato in there
i have no cyano in my main DT, should i just leave it alone since its really just takeing up space in my fuge only?

I'm guessing you have a light over the fuge? How old is the bulb? It might need changing.

 

[Necsones]

the light isnt to old maybe 6 months.. its one of those flouresant flood lights.

 

[rgun2515]

do you have a uv light between the fung and the dt? If not, it may make it's way into the display. i would "carefully" remove it...

 

[lfsmarineguy]

it's pretty common to see slime algaes grow in peoples fuges. The low flow coupled with the potential for pockets of nutrients to build up makes it hard to control at times. Like most algaes, cyano is a symptom, not the problem. Clean it out next time you do a water change and clean up the fuge a little, maybe even add a tiny powerhead to help keep some of the waste in suspension. The other side of this is that you might not be doing enough maintenance on the fuge in general. Algae removal and overall cleanings will help get this under control and eventually solve the issue. If you do all of that and the slime persists there are several anibiotic treatments you can use to kill it off. just make sure you do the full dose or you may end up with a particularly resilient strain of slime.

 

[Sumbub]

It's very possible there's not enough flow? Prune some of the chaeto back and it should improve. I had the same problem until I pruned my macro algae back and it disappeared.