CUC and cyano or however you spell it

[slayers911]

What can I add fish or cuc that will eat the Cyrano? Also I need to beef up my clean up guys in both tank so any sponsors have any specials next week. I would like to get 2 to 3 dozen snails and 2 dozen hermits plus flourish peppermint.

Thanks

 

[smoothie]

Nothing eats it, but a cleanup crew will help take care of the waste that feeds the stuff. Sucking it out when you do little water changes alot is the only thing I know that works. An old toothbrush is your friend when dealing with this stuff too

 

[o0o_the_mutt_o0o]

there isnt anything that I know of that eats Cyno, only thing I hound that helps is bumping up water flow and doing more ferquent water changes till you get all the phospates removed from your tank

 

[ralph atl]

run some gfo.

 

[slayers911]

Gfo?

 

[smallblock]

chemi clean works well but follow the directions to the T avoid constant use of it.

 

[rolo65]

Astrea snails will actually eat it off the rocks and glass just not the sand.....But get the nitrates and phosphates in chk and that will get rid of it more efficiently......gfo (granular ferric oxide).....works great but you have to start with a small amount and build up.....or you can shock your corals into possible bleaching

 

[courterbobby]

have you looked to see is reefcleaners has any specials going on? I recommend narite snails.... and for a good reason. I have a decorator rock that was thick in algea and I mean think in it. After I added narite snails they literally scraped it clean and now coralline algea is starting to encrust it. I would post pixs, but it says I have met my image quota. Also thin legged hermits keep the sand bed clean and eat virtually every type of algea. Fighting conchs are great sand dweller snails, and also a sea hare will help keep things tidy, except they are very clumsy. Also Sea hares will also eat sponge. I have an orange sponge on one rock and every so often ill see orange flakes in his poo.
I have all in my aquarium and I have not had problem with algae since. Except the thin film on the glass every couple of days.

 

[oil_fan]

Smallblock;504800 wrote: chemi clean works well but follow the directions to the T avoid constant use of it.

+1

This works but you have remove any carbon, turn off your skimmer and UV if you have one. Then a nice 20% water change 2 days later.

And as mentioned, it'll come back a few months later if you don't address the root cause. In my case it was phosphates. Using GFO or some other phosphate remover was key for me.

 

[hackman72]

slayers911;504796 wrote: Gfo?

granular ferrous oxide...Commercially available as phosban and similar items.

 

[coolsurf]

Before adding any chemicals, try increasing flow to that area, vacuum just prior to lights going out (it's at it's worst at that point) and do several water changes over the course of the next few days. Also do a 24 hour lights out then increase your photo period slowly.

 

[misu]

Feed less, worked for me

 

[dakota9]

....Just vacuum it up.

Makes the most sense considering it feeds off the very stuff its made of. It doesn't adhere to the rock or substrate, only lays on top of it like a sheet film.

Lights out only makes the problem invisible to the eye. Vacuuming during small frequent water changes and a phosphate remover is the way to go......

 

[coolsurf]

True, lights out does not solve the problem but it prevents the cyano from growing. You must ID the source to truly eradicate it.