How to remove cyano (red slime algae) from a reef tank.

All you need to know about cyano. You need 20-30 times your tank volume per hour of flow. If power heads are old, and not giving the flow you need then replace them. I can't tell you which methord or methords to use, that is the difficult choice you have to make. Magnesium levels of 1,600 can kill the cyano, but it can take upto 3 months. Phosphate levels in a reef tank should be 0.03 or below.

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All you need to know about cyano. You need 20-30 times your tank volume per hour of flow. If power heads are old, and not giving the flow you need then replace them. I can't tell you which methord or methords to use, that is the difficult choice you have to make. Magnesium levels of 1,600 can kill the cyano, but it can take upto 3 months. Phosphate levels in a reef tank should be 0.03 or below.

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for How to remove cyano (red slime algae) from a reef tank.

Leigh Hamilton
Leigh Hamilton - 6 years ago
These slides are just too slow for me, and I'm less interested in the differences between red and green algae as I am how to get rid of cyanobacteria, which is why I clicked on this in the first place. People who read more slowly can click "stop" to read the slides, or at least give fast readers the opportunity to click ahead.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 6 years ago
Sorry. I can't please every one.
plootsa
plootsa - 7 years ago
I tried everything to get rid of it I do water changes weekly I may have been over feeding and changed the pumps for better flow and hopefully I never have to use chemiclean again I really was nervous about using it took two days to get the skimmer back to normal using carbon to remove it
plootsa
plootsa - 7 years ago
Used chemiclean worked great and no effects on fish or inverts used air stones during treatment
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
plootsa yes chemiclean does work, but not in all cases, and can affect live stock. It should only be used as a last resort. If other steps are not carried out, then the cyano will just come back. Chemiclean is not cheap. I talk about the use of many methods in this video, including chemiclean. If you don't understand why you had cyano in the first place, then simply adding chemicals to your tank is not the answer.
Patrick van esveld
Patrick van esveld - 7 years ago
i have a sand sifting goby and he turns the sand around. since i got the goby there has been no more slime on the sand
Patrick van esveld
Patrick van esveld - 7 years ago
TheFishTank Doc. he used to make the water very cloudy but i guess that was all the waste stuck in the sand. i tried hermit crabs but they stayed on the rocks. after a few days the goby stopped making the water dirty but he still is sifting through the sand.. i guess it's just a game of luck?
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
Patrick van esveld the gobey must be be making more waste from your sand bed, to go up your skimmer. It didn't work for me. My gobey just made a mess. Every task is different.
David Miller
David Miller - 7 years ago
Great Video.
I have a mixed tank of softies and just a few fish. Very light bioload. Just noticed some cyano a couple weeks ago so I did a 50% WC and vac up most of it just to buy some time to research.
This is the First info I found explaining in depth how this bacteria behaves. And what the dosing is and how those react to the bacteria and tank.
Thanks So much for making this video.
Im going to take my time, buy a light meter, vac out my sections of my sandbed 3-4 times a week and get a better skimmer. And be patient.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
David Miller No refugium. I just have a skimmer, and phosban reactor hung on the back. Refugiums don't always do alot for your tank, and can be difficult to get to work.
David Miller
David Miller - 7 years ago
TheFishTank Doc.
Thanks for the reply.
Did you have a refugium on the tank you took action with?
I dont have one setup yet.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
David Miller thanks. If it get worse you might need to take some serious action. Cyano can survive on very long little. Being patient is key.
skizyx98
skizyx98 - 7 years ago
i am not noticing the red "algae" on my sand, but it seems there's a pinkish-red stuff growing on my bubbler (runs horizontally along the top 1/4 of my tank) and a little bit on the heater. do i rub it off, keep lights off and just let the filter run for a few days?
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
skizyx98 yes. Try and pull out as much of the slime as possible. And clean the bubbler and filter.
mick m
mick m - 7 years ago
the music on this vid ffs sounds like a funeral march
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
mick m Yes, I know. Death to the cyano!!!!.
Dan Kerns
Dan Kerns - 7 years ago
i have this in a freshwater tank is that normal
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
Dan Kerns if you have a lot of light, and high phosphates, then you will get hair algae in fresh water, and salt water.
james577864
james577864 - 7 years ago
SO basically the only issue with this video you all have is the spelling? Bunch of fucking Nazis with no life who get off on picking at people's little mistakes. Get a life and move out of your parents basement.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
Well said!!.

10. comment for How to remove cyano (red slime algae) from a reef tank.

Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley - 7 years ago
If we wanted to read we would "google" search. There are really stupid people among us!
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
I'm not forcing you to read.
fahri rijal
fahri rijal - 7 years ago
this is story, not video lol
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
fahri rijal it has a great ending. The cyano dies!!!.
Harry T
Harry T - 7 years ago
OXIGEN ??
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago
That's not how we spell it in Outer Mongolia.
Dudley Brown
Dudley Brown - 8 years ago
This is good information.

Is English your primary language? If not, then skip my suggestions below, as I know it's tough to be consistent in a secondary language.

If English is your primary language, you should have someone help edit your text. There isn't a grouping of text slides that doesn't have a spelling, grammatical, or punctuation error. In most, there are multiple errors.

Just because brilliant people could not spell doesn't mean you can't. You spell "oxygen" correctly multiple times but then revert to "oxigen" in the next slide.
Greg Wilson
Greg Wilson - 7 years ago
TheFishTank Doc. [
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Sorry I live in the upper reaches of the Amazon jungle, and only speak jungle talk.
HTX FPV
HTX FPV - 8 years ago
sand sifting Gobies will keep your sand nice and clean. Doesn't do anything for the red algae on your live rocks though
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
And cover your corals with sand!!!.
Maryann LaMaster
Maryann LaMaster - 8 years ago
I find it difficult to take seriously any "expert" who is sloppy in spelling. I also am not a fan of additives to my tanks.
David Miller
David Miller - 7 years ago
Seriously??
The guy could have a PhD in biology but is terrible at English.
Do you drop your general practitioner because the handwriting on your prescriptions are illegible?
The video clearly suggest Not using chemicals/dosing. It just explains about it as 1 of the many options. The poster says what They did to remove cyano in their tank.... No Dosing.
Gesh....
Kawwwman
Kawwwman - 7 years ago
seems like pussy liberals bitch about spelling. all because they went to college and still cant make $15 a hour
Slappy White
Slappy White - 7 years ago
I have searched for Richard Branson's post for reef tank cycling and nothing !
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Sorry about the spelling, Windows movie maker doesn't have a spell check. Richard Branson can't spell. TV chef Jamie Oliver can't spell. Albert Einstein had spelling problems. lf I had a great speaking voice, you would never know I couldn't spell. As for the cyano, l have said that you need to increase skimming, reduce feeding, increase flow, and try and remove as much organic waste as possible. This will not always work. Cyano can live in your tank for weeks, even months, on very low nutrients. You might not be a fan of chemicals/additives, but sometimes it is the only way. You are looking for a instant quick fix, and there isn't one. I add chemicals to my tank every day, in the form of calcium and carbonate. As long as you add additives carefully, and follow instructions, there should not be a problem. If you don't want to add additives to your tank, that is not my problem. If you have tried to remove as much waste as possible, then you might not have any other choice. Unless you are Harry Potter.
Kiarash HZ
Kiarash HZ - 8 years ago
Hi there,
How can I know that the cycling is over?
Kiarash HZ
Kiarash HZ - 8 years ago
Thanks for reply.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
I have a whole video on how to cycle a tank. You need to think if you have built up enough levels of nitrifying bacteria. When your ammonia is zero, and nitrate below 20-ppm, then you tank is ready.
Dennis Younger
Dennis Younger - 8 years ago
Im not a fan of any additives to my tanks. No thanks
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Yes I no the feeling. Additives should only be a last resort.
Clyde Macasero
Clyde Macasero - 8 years ago
Thank you very much for teaching me as a reef rookie, as i am encountering my first glimpses of that bacteria on my sandbed (as a new tank). Once my wife & i determined that it was, we immediately covered the tank for the past 2 days. Tomorrow i hope to dose w/ an airstone & pump. How long should i wait in between to turn my filtration back on (its just an HOB).
Clyde Macasero
Clyde Macasero - 8 years ago
yes, i'm using the salifert kit as well. it's starting to sway me away from API for my NO3, NO2 & NH4 checks. i also use red sea's reef pro test kit for Ca, Mg & KH. my readings were almost clear with the salifert phosphate test
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
What kind of test kit are you using. Not all test kits go down to 0.0.3ppm phosphate. I use a salifert test kit. Any sign of blue and your phosphates are to high.
Clyde Macasero
Clyde Macasero - 8 years ago
i checked my phosphate 2 days ago and read almost undetectable. That's actually a good idea to put the phosguard and chemi in 1 bag. that will certainly help in reducing the movement of the chem filtration in the HOB. I will try and check my parameters and compare when i remove my sponge filter. i feel a little more safe & sane with some type of added mechanical filter than just poly fil by itself. thanks!
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Phos guard, chemipure, and skimmer sound great. You don't need any filter sponge, or poly filter. You need to make sure the water flows through, and not around the chemipure, and phosguard. You could put them in the same bag, if it makes it easier.  Sounds like you are heading in the right direction, and will soon get on top of things. Phosphate levels need to be 0.03ppm or below.
Clyde Macasero
Clyde Macasero - 8 years ago
In my HOB i currently have, filter sponge, poly fil, chemipure and a bag biopellets from aquaclear. today i will be receiving my phosguard and a mesh bag to put it in. that will take the biopellets place. i'm also awaiting my eshopps nano skimmer on wednesday. i used to have the biocube skimmer but was very finicky with maintaing skimmate.

i hope the steps we are making are going to lead to some learning and success. thank you for your support fish tank doc!
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
A good salt water tank should have a skimmer, and a phosban reactor on it. If you dose anything to try and remove the cyano, you need a skimmer to remove the organic waste being broken down. What is in the HOB. are you running phosphate remover and activated carbon. If you are, then the HOB can be turned back on after 3 days.I have a 15 part series on how to set up a salt water tank. Cyano lives on dissolved organic waste. A skimmer will help remove this waste. A Hob won't do much, unless you have carbon and phosphate remover in it.
Epixtroller321
Epixtroller321 - 8 years ago
the red slime had killed all of my coral
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+Caleb Neal make your vid or pictures private, and then share them with me.
Epixtroller321
Epixtroller321 - 8 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. how can i do it priveatly
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+Caleb Neal you can upload them to Google + or YouTube, and share then with me privately or publicly.
Epixtroller321
Epixtroller321 - 8 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. can i somehow send you a picture
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
It shouldn't kill corals, but could cover the edges of some corals on the sand bed, which could affect coral health.

20. comment for How to remove cyano (red slime algae) from a reef tank.

antigen4
antigen4 - 8 years ago
oh my god i had a bad takeover of red algae when I had my last tank - decades ago.. but no idea how to get rid of it.. could find precious little in books at the time etc... it was a nightmare!
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Yes I know the feeling!!.
Slappy White
Slappy White - 8 years ago
Yup awefull spelling
Slappy White
Slappy White - 7 years ago
Good job they didn't "TRY" on the Declaration of Independence !
Kieran Segarty
Kieran Segarty - 7 years ago
awful! but good try
MrKilluuuu
MrKilluuuu - 8 years ago
Petco slime remover took care of it a year ago since then I never had it again it may come a little in the sand once in a blue moon but it disappears. that Bacteria is not as bad as algae its easy to cure with chems just lost a sponge from the chems so if you have a quarantine aquarium I will move my corals there after deeping and run the chem in the tank then do a 50% water change you'll never have to worry about it again and yes making your aquarium to be like a river also helps and never forget to change 10 to 15% water every week like going to the bathroom never skip it it causes issues in the long run (rodi water a must)
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Says who on which subject.
MrKilluuuu
MrKilluuuu - 8 years ago
Says who?
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+MrKilluuuu Petco slime remover is like 'chemi clean'. It brakes down the waste so it can go up your skimmer. Cyano is normally caused by lack of flow, poor skimming, and over feeding. Chemicals should be a last resort, and only if you have good flow, and a correctly stocked tank, other wise it will just come back. Slime remover doesn't kill the cyano, it just removes the food sauce (organic waste), so you need to stop the  organic waste from building up again, so the cyano does not come back. It is not quite the instant fix you make out. You should only need to do a 5% weekly water change on a reef tank.
cockneyb2k
cockneyb2k - 8 years ago
hi i have had my tank set up for about 2 months now with no fish just 1 red legged hermit and 3 snails. the last couple of days ive had the red algea started to grow.. been running a bubble magus all the time. not sure how old the lights are because the tank got given to me.. do you think the lights could be the problem here as i have no fish waste just the 3 snails n 1 hermit.. 210 ltr tank aqua one. thanks
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
This is true, not every tank gets established over a few short months, but the cycle will be over within a few weeks. I have never heard of any one having to wait more than 6 weeks, before adding fish. You can't add fish till the cycle is over. If uses live rock/sand, then the cycle could be over in 6 days or even less. Yes a few months before adding corals, as your tank needs to settle down, and mature, but any cycle will be over!!!.
hueseph
hueseph - 8 years ago
It varies from tank to tank and on bio load. Tank size, water quality, filtration, the amount of live rock/sand. There are a lot of variants. Not every tank gets established over a few short months.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+hueseph tanks Don't take 6 months to cycle. cycling a tank, is all about building up the levels of bacteria, to eat the ammonia produced by the rotting fish waste. if it took 6 months you would not be able to add any fish, till the tank has fully cycled. The denitrofying bacteria that eat the nitrates, will take longer to build up, but not 6 months!!!!.
hueseph
hueseph - 8 years ago
2 months isn't a long time. Your tank is still cycling. It will continue to do so for up to 6 months. Be patient. Don't add too many fish until your bacteria are fully established.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
It could still come back. It's feeding of something in the sand. Removing the phosphates is good using a phosban reactor.
You could also try gently moving the surface of the sand, with a turkey baster
cockneyb2k
cockneyb2k - 8 years ago
yeah looking good already. getting a Phosphate Reactor to this weekend just in case it comes back. thanks once again for the help.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+cockneyb2k Flow rate sounds good. Hopefully the cyano will die off.
cockneyb2k
cockneyb2k - 8 years ago
the sand is 2 months old and i have done 2 15% water changes all ready. i have a aqua one AR980 and i have one hydor koralia 4400 l/h on one side and a small 800l/h hydor power head i think it is on the other side.will be changing all 3 bulbs this coming weekend and yesterday i switched the lights off all day. and i did see a draw back this morning. i moved the power head down more to the sand bed.i also have a 3 stage RO unit. will take your advice and leave the lights of for 4 days. will take a look at your video on removing green hair algae to..thanks for your input and keep up your good work.    
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
Any light new or old will grow cyano. cyano feeds of organic waste built up. in the sand bed. Is the sand new?. Sometimes the sand can naturally contain phosphates. The cyano then feeds on these these phosphates. The phosphates can be hard to remove. The.only thing to do is wait. Insure you have 20 to 30 times your tank volume in power head flow. Try turning out the lights for 4 to 5 days. you can do this because. you have no corals. If you had corals it would be 3 days max. Try reading my vid on removing green hair algae, to understand the lighting. T5 tubes should be replaced every year. Not so important if you don't have corals.
bahamaboy25
bahamaboy25 - 8 years ago
I removed cyanobacteria out my tank by cleaning and 100% water change .. yall keep spending unnecessary money
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago
+bahamaboy25 The reason I am able make how-to videos, is because I understand the hobby, you clearly you don't!!!.
Firstly doing a 100% water change and cleaning your tank, will not work for every tank. If your tank is needs cleaning, then that is dew to lack of maintenance. Maintenance doesn't cost anything, and I do say to keep on top of your maintenance, but that wont always solve the problem.  If you are having to do 100% water change, then it looks like your tank is not set up right.
You probably have a lack of flow. You have to ask why did you have the cyano in the first place. For me it was lack of flow. It took 6 months to get rid of the cyano. I had 40 corals in my tank,  so a 100% water change was not an option, unless I broke down my tank. This would not fix the lack of flow and build up of waste. I hope your ciano does not come back. 100% water change is bad for any tank.
I did not use any 'chemi clean', but if I did, it would be a lot easier and cheaper than the amount of salt I would need, to do a 100% water change in my 100g. Get the picture!!!!.
Jeff Henderson
Jeff Henderson - 9 years ago
Hell....I can't read this. Spell check is a new thing. There are still dictionaries. Shit.
Jeff Henderson
Jeff Henderson - 9 years ago
You can always aspire to literacy! Go for it!
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
+Jeff Henderson Yes it is hell for people who can't spell.
multisturge
multisturge - 9 years ago
I had that when I started the hobby 15/16months ago. I first had green hair algae outbreak then a cyano outbreak and it covered my rocks and sand, horrible, ugly stuff. But what happened to me was just swapping my LFS RO water (that was about 15TDS) for my own RODI unit. Within a few days the cyano disappeared once all the store water was replaced by my own water. Now my sand is a nice clean(ish) colour :)
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
Simple thing like upgrading the power heads can sort out a cyano problem. You learn the hard way in this hobby.
multisturge
multisturge - 9 years ago
Yeah having own unit is a life saver, I had a WS issue so I did a lot of water changes to help fight the outbreak and when I got a job I was too busy working so I wouldn't of been able to get water but I don't have to worry I just have to make the water when I need it :) I've also upgraded my powerhead since then too.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
+multisturge  There are many things that can cause the cyano to run out of food and die. A T.D.S meter can not test for phosphates, but if you have zero T.D.S then you will have zero Phosphates. If 15ppm T.D.S are getting in to the water, then it is likely that Phosphates, and maybe other things the cyano eat, are getting through. The only thing to do, as you have already done, is use your own R.O unit. It dose make life a lot easier. Plenty of flow over rocks, and sand bed will stop it coming back, as well as keeping phosphates levels below 0.03.
David kuhlmann
David kuhlmann - 9 years ago
Great information for sure. But you could at least learn how to spell OXYGEN.
David kuhlmann
David kuhlmann - 9 years ago
LOL oxygen is a typo or spelling it properly requires a spell check? :-) Odie I was being very respectful. You people take shit too seriously.
Wicked Odie
Wicked Odie - 9 years ago
+David kuhlmann Obviously a TYPO. You could at least learn how to be RESPECTFUL. 2:14 proves he knows how to spell it. Thanks for coming out.
Jeff Henderson
Jeff Henderson - 9 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. DIKSHUNARIE
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
+David kuhlmann Sorry no spell checker on windows movie maker.
TheSamchilders
TheSamchilders - 9 years ago
I heard that you want to give the full dose the first time. If you give too small of a dose then the cyano may become immune to it and then there would be no way to kill it.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
Yes you could be right, but so many reefers say different things. I think it might depend on how bad the out brake is!!. Some reefers say even a full dose wont always work!!!.
Steven Kozicki
Steven Kozicki - 9 years ago
The video shows a tank with lots of fish and poor water clarity. It seems like an overloaded tank, over feeding, etc might be the issue.  Sorry, just my observations.  I appreciate your video and thank you for producing it.  I wish there was a Youtube when I set up my tank.  I've had several fish over ten years now, and my tank went on autopilot when I stopped adding fish and added a 40 gal refugium underneath the stand.  In it, I have live sand, chaetomorpha, and a Euroreef 8-1 skimmer for a 150 gal tank.  I can leave town for a week and the copepods from the refugium feed the fish. I don't think I would put more than ten fish in this tank. 
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
As I pointed out in my latest video 10 easy to keep marine fish, my to damsels don't fight with each other or any tanks mates. I did point out a possible reason for this, was that maybe I'm just lucky. 12 fish in a 100g might sound a lot, but 10 of them are small, and to are medium sized. Nothing in my tank fights, my cleaner shrimp and fire shrimp get on fine. The tank might look over stocked from a side view, but it is 5 feet long. There are many 100g tanks on you tube, with as many if not more fish in than mine, are they all over stocked to.
It is true if you just had 2 fish in a 100g, a humbug damsel, and a blue yellow tail damsel, they would probably fight, and you could argue the tank is over stocked. 
ZDG
ZDG - 9 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. 
Over stocking a tank is not simply a matter of water conditions. An over stocked tank will affect the behavior of your tank's organisms and can lead to stress and agression between them. Even if your water tests low for nitrates and phosphates your tank could still be overstoked. It's really up to the aquarist to watch his fish/animals and decide if they're behavior is being affected by the density of organisms in the tank. sounds to me like you don't think your tank is overstocked, and you're probabaly right , but 12 fish for a 100g tank is ALOT , especially when you're keeping two damsels.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago
My 100g tank has no algae or cyano.  All the S.P.s are growing like crazy. I do use activated carbon, but the camera doesn't show the tank off at it's best. The tank is 5 feet long so when you look down the side it might look a bit cloudy. My old 60g tank had cyano, and green hair algae, due to lack of skimming and flow.  
My current tank is 100g and has no sump. It has 5 blue/green cromis, 2 clown, 2 blue damsels, 1 red scooter bleny, 1 yellow tang, and 1 pink fairy wrass.  That makes 12 fish. Most of the fish are small, with only the wrass and tang, being medium sized fish. As long as you have no algae, and can keep the corals healthy it doesn't rely matter how many fish you have. I have a whole video on reef tank stocking levels.
Every tank is different, and so can handle different amounts of waste. I have several videos of my tank, taken last year.
My phosphate levels are 0.01 and nitrate levels are 0.2. I don't have a deep sand bed, or any way of removing nitrates, except, skimming, and the natural denitrofying bacteria. I use Rowa phos to keep the phosphates down, so have no need for a refugium.  If my tank was over stocked or fed, then I would have high nitrates, and phosphates.
Thank you for your comments, I like to know what other reefers think.

30. comment for How to remove cyano (red slime algae) from a reef tank.

Tim's Tanks
Tim's Tanks - 10 years ago
great video and info! sorry to be nit picky but gram positive bacteria have a thick wall and no outer membrane... I've had very good luck by initially using chemi-clean and then your basic algae/cyano control measures (cut back feeding/light, water changes, etc). I have used chemiclean in several different systems always just turning down the skimmer and never seen ill effect on the livestock.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
If only there where more reefers like you and me, willing to comment when a video is not right, there wouldn't be so many bad videos on youtube.
Tim's Tanks
Tim's Tanks - 10 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. Yeah, its not related to the vid. sorry to be "that guy" lol
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
Yes you are right, not that it makes much difference to the vid!!. Thank you for pointing this out. I would rather someone tell me I have something wrong, than just hit the dislike or say nothing. Will put in some anotations.
Tim's Tanks
Tim's Tanks - 10 years ago
+TheFishTank Doc. peptidoglycan is usually referred to as the cell wall and is much thicker in gram positive (thats why they are purple in a gram stain). But like I said, I am not trying to be nit-pickey but I sort of am :D Sorry, I cant help myself since I studied bacteriology in college.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
IThe peptidglycan is the outer layer. It is thick in the gram negative but thin in the gram positive. Both bacteria have many different layers, so it is difficult to say which is thicker. I like to keep things simple, so I've explained it in this way.
Chemi clean is good. Keeping your skimmer on low will eliminate many of the problems that some reefers have.
GENISIS1TWENTYONE
GENISIS1TWENTYONE - 10 years ago
Very informative. Glad I never had to deal with cyano.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
Thanks and lucky you!!!.
INVMarine
INVMarine - 10 years ago
for me, I got cyano right when my tank stopped cycling. Im almost positive it was from the real reef rock I used for seeding (Yes it was cured, but that shows you should cure your rock no matter what). I had a really bad case of it. It would make a full coat around my rocks that was a very opaque red. After it came at first it went away then came back even stronger and then left my tank forever.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
Any rock can adsord nitrates and phosphates. In your case you must have had good flow and filtration, so it was just a matter of time before the cyano stavred itself out, and ate all the excess nutrients in the rock. So many reefers go down the chemical route. It good that you did not!!.
ReeferGil
ReeferGil - 10 years ago
Excellent info, very informative! Cyano bites!
ReeferGil
ReeferGil - 10 years ago
My channel is back up. Already put out a new video too.
TheFishTank Doc.
TheFishTank Doc. - 10 years ago
Thanks come back kid!!.
I think we've both been there!!.
Nicholas Beattie
Nicholas Beattie - 10 years ago
nice!!.

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