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That pintail is now dead and the cause of the velvet outbreak. He is not lying on a table, he was in a clear plastic bin with water. The moorish Idol I've had since October. I had two, one big and one small. The small one ate everything as was aggressive. He was going after the big one and I...

Update: Well, I started this tank about a year ago. I have been through a complete velvet wipe out and ALK/CAL crash. Specs: 72x30x22 rimless build by Planet Aquariums Custom stand Ecotech Radion G3's Gyre 150 Custom Sump by Fluid Designers BM Curve 9 skimmer (looking to upgrade) BM Doser...

100% cyano on the sand. The rocks I do not know for sure. That is exactly what I had and both chemiclean and more flow took care of it.

I used to be a big Ecotech guy. Not anymore, except the Radions. The pumps are very noisy and in all honesty, you need multiples for big tanks, to avoid dead spots, which equates to more money. I bought a gyre 150 and so far, couldn't be happier. It was quiet out of the box and moves much more...

Yes and no, however cyano can and does behave the same way.

I take that back. The sandbed is 100 cyano, the rocks and coral could very well be dino's. My advice would be to either add a lot more flow to see if goes away, or try a dose of chemiclean. If it starts disappearing off the rock, then it's obviously cyano.

100% cyano. Looked like my tank, which is why I thought it was dino's. I did water changes every day for a week and then added a Gyre 150. It went away in two days.

I would not use any of that algae remover. If it's cyano, you can try chemiclean, but you MUST follow the directions to a "T". I would try doing a big water change and adding more flow.

From what you are describing it's cyano. I went through the same thing. It would start out dusty on the sand bed and by the afternoon, it would be long and stringy. I thought it was dino's, but it wasn't. I ditched my MP 40's and went with a Gyre 150. It went away in two days.

I am going to agree to disagree. In my experience FW dips do nothing for ICH. There's also a whole long thread about it on another forum. Not sure. If it worked for you. Great.

Are you sure it was ICH?

My tank is being ripped apart due to ICH or Velvet. I am going to research this drug, but what I do know is, fresh water dips do nothing by stress the fish out. They do not work for ICH.

Updated tank shots. I need to figure out how to take better pics.

I've got a Yellow Mimic and Yellow Scopas Tang together in mine. They all get along. The Yellow Scopas is on the big side too.

It was after I dumped the bag into the bin. He managed to stay still for a few seconds and I was able to snap it.

Hes the most spectacular wrasse I have ever seen in person, besides the Claires Fairy. If you want one, I recommend this place. I went there today for the first time. They have about a dozen of these guys. All their fish are very cheap and seem very healthy. These wrasses were all eating. They...

Lanceolatus CF Supermale

Maybe electric shock?

My tank is only 3 months old and I went through (still a little actually) a cyano problem. I did the lights off thing and at times only kept the blues on for a few hours. My SPS started turning brown. Once I kept the lights on the regular schedule, they started coming back. That being said, what...

Sounds like PH/salinity shock.

I have a similar story, but I figured people would think I'm crazy. I was cleaning out the filter socks and I went to grab one and I felt this sharp pain. I looked at my finger and saw a very small "cut". Every time I stuck my hand back in the tank, it felt like I was sticking them in razor...

Still all over my sandbed.

Well, I moved down the other MP40. I still have growth on the sandbed, but it's patchy now. The rocks "appear" to be clear. If it is a nutrient issue, I have no idea where it's coming from. I have probably "changed" the entire 200+ gallons of water through all my water changes and only feed once...

Stupid question..does sandbed thickness have anything to do with cyano? In my case, I have an inch at most, other places it's less.

So what do you recommend as far as settings go?