Cyano
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I wish I had some pictures of when I battled it. I hadn't had any in years until after my tank crashed. Again, it was only in certain spots from under the sand that it "well up." After removal of those spots, it went away. I always run GFO, carbon, skimming, and do regular WCs, so DOC is low. If they have a substrate source, such as a patch of detritus or phosphate laden sand, then they'll grow quite happily despite water column levels of phosphate.
Well I got out the python gravel vac and cleaned it all out. It is nearly impossible to pull by hand. THis way I thought I would get the detritus and the bacteria in one fell swoop. Have a couple of small patches that I missed around rocks and behind corals that I will take care of. FIngers crossed it looks good. Some areas are coming back but I didn't expect this would be a one time cleanup. Hopefully in the next three weeks with regular water changes, gravel vac and the now present Rowaphos I will get this under control.
Thanks to all for helping! I really appreciate it.
Thanks to all for helping! I really appreciate it.
Catpicklesdog
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Post some piccies of the progress. Not only will it help others but you can look back at the original and see how it's going which will help keep you motivated ::grinyes:
yeah... ive found that cutting it down as much as possible followed by a solid 72 hour blackout did the trick for me, all 3 times i had it.
wow.. i just posted in saltwater. that recommendation was for fresh cyano... not sure how it would work in sw.
apologies.
apologies.
Catpicklesdog
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Caught you!!!!
That method does help. I switched my lights off completely for the first 24 hours and then had them on for 4 hours a day I think it was after that, as well as the other methods.
That method does help. I switched my lights off completely for the first 24 hours and then had them on for 4 hours a day I think it was after that, as well as the other methods.
Heterocyst-forming species are able to "fix" nitrogen gas, which cannot be absorbed by plants, into ammonia (NH3), nitrites(NO2) or nitrates (NO3), which can be absorbed by plants and converted to protein and nucleic acids. The rice paddies of Asia, which feed about 75% of the world's human population, could not do so were it not for healthy populations of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the rice paddy waters.
Found in almost every conceivable habitat, from oceans to fresh water to bare rock to soil, cyanobacteria produce the compounds responsible for "earthy" odors we detect in soil and some bodies of water (such as those being cyanobacterially cleaned at water treatment plants). The greenish slime on the side of your damp flower pot, the wall of your house or the trunk of that big tree is more likely to be cyanobacteria than anything else. Cyanobacteria have even been found on the fur of polar bears, to which they impart a greenish tinge!
I added light and mine went bye bye.
Found in almost every conceivable habitat, from oceans to fresh water to bare rock to soil, cyanobacteria produce the compounds responsible for "earthy" odors we detect in soil and some bodies of water (such as those being cyanobacterially cleaned at water treatment plants). The greenish slime on the side of your damp flower pot, the wall of your house or the trunk of that big tree is more likely to be cyanobacteria than anything else. Cyanobacteria have even been found on the fur of polar bears, to which they impart a greenish tinge!
I added light and mine went bye bye.
