please ID?? Possible cyano outbreak.

[carey]

I did mine the afternoon after I dosed the chemiclean. So it was almost 24 hours from dosing. Just follow the instructions and you should be set.

A fresh start is good, now that you know better you should be able to avoid it in the future.

 

[paulweck]

also wheres the best place to add it? starit to the dt or in the sump.

 

[carey]

I didn't have a sump in my cube so I added it directly to the tank. SAme for the big tank, it kinda didn't occur to me to add it to the sump lol

 

[paulweck]

i guess it dosnt matter much? i think ill addt it to the return section of my sump to make sure it gets mixed up real good

 

[carey]

Good luck! make sure you post on how it goes. I hope it works as well for you as did for me.

 

[mr_X]

just follow the directions. use the correct amount. do water changes when it says to. it will be fine.

 

[paulweck]

ok ive added the chemiclean. i added 5 spoon fulls for my 45 gallon tank accounting for rock displacement and sump water i havent seen much changes tho i did see some of the cyano floting in the water im hopping by tomorrow will all be gone. if not ill do my water change tomorrow night and wait till the following day to treat again

 

[mr_X]

all i've ever needed was a single dose. be patient. good things are about to happen.

 

[paulweck]

Alright so about 50% of my cyano in my dt went away and it still covering my sand. My refugium is still a mess and my filter sock is going crazy should I have taken that out too?it was a new filter sock I replaces yesterday morning

 

[mr_X]

you can rinse the filter sock when it's all over. by tomorrow all of it will be gone.

 

[paulweck]

Should I wait till tomorrow to do the pwc or should I do it tonight? Thanks for the help

 

[mr_X]

whatever the instructions say.

 

[paulweck]

Ok so just a lil update all they cyano is 95% gone. ...... I still have some clumpy stuff on the sand bed. And some red stains on the rocks. I'm going to do my pwc. Tonight when I get home. This stuff worked great. Thanks for the advice guys.

Now my only question is when I'm done with my pwc. And all the stains aren't gone should I dose again??

 

[mr_X]

i never needed to. one dose was plenty for even the most massive cyano outbreak. again, you are going to have to do multiple water changes before you'll be able to fire up your skimmer and not have it immediately overflow.

 

[paulweck]

Another update- I will be doing my second water change tonight. The tank is still filled with micro bubbles and none if the red stains are gone not sure if its cyano. But here's some pics

 

[Kio707]

Another update- I will be doing my second water change tonight. The tank is still filled with micro bubbles and none if the red stains are gone not sure if its cyano. But here's some pics

I'm currently doing the same treatment. Could that just be your Fiji rock color? Also, how are your prams looking?

 

[paulweck]

i havent tested since about 5 days ago. but the only things that were high was my phos. was at about 0.20 and the nitrates were at 0 from what my api test said. ive ordered new redsea tests and a few hanna checkers that will be here on monday and also my gfo for my new reactor.

 

[paulweck]

. Could that just be your Fiji rock color?

i have no idea bit it looks like some type of algae i hope its not the cyano i dont want this stuff coming back.

 

[Kio707]

i havent tested since about 5 days ago. but the only things that were high was my phos. was at about 0.20 and the nitrates were at 0 from what my api test said. ive ordered new redsea tests and a few hanna checkers that will be here on monday and also my gfo for my new reactor.

Think the reactor will clean the rest up. Mine has done wonders. I just wanted to finish what was left.

 

[mr_X]

if you can't scratch that off easily with your fingernail, it's not cyano.