flooddc August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 Just got rid of it a few month back. Now I just notice a small amount on the edges of the sandbed and tiny patch on my green birdnest frag plug. I am going to do a 20% H2O change first. I am considering a 3 days straight light out or alternating days. Any suggestion.
GraffitiSpotCorals August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 Let it run it's course and don't worry about it. I have always just kept to my routine and not worried about it. But that depends on how bad it is for you I guess. I always see little spots here and there.
Chad August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 ^I probably agree, blow it off of everything a couple times a day and maybe add or change some flow. How old is your tank?
flooddc August 3, 2012 Author August 3, 2012 ^I probably agree, blow it off of everything a couple times a day and maybe add or change some flow. How old is your tank? almost a year young. I think the root cause for it to come back was my feeding. I went into a crazy feeding frenzy last week. Got to get back on schedule, hehe!
flooddc August 3, 2012 Author August 3, 2012 Let it run it's course and don't worry about it. I have always just kept to my routine and not worried about it. But that depends on how bad it is for you I guess. I always see little spots here and there. Just a little bit. Not too bad. don't want it to exploded like last time.
Chad August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 almost a year young. I think the root cause for it to come back was my feeding. I went into a crazy feeding frenzy last week. Got to get back on schedule, hehe! Ahhh... yep, that's probably it. Cyano is one of the quickest things to respond to a change (it is bacteria after all)... If the amount you are feeding seems like a reasonable amount for the tank (even if it's more than it was), I would stick with it and allow the other processes in the tank to catch up and outcompete. Not saying this is the case with your tank, but I have often seen tanks that were almost starving because they are fed so little... skinny fish, no algae growth anywhere, generally lackluster appearance. The owners make a change to feed a little more, cyano responds which they see as bad, and they go back to their slow starvation routine. Given a little time the cyano will pass (assuming other parameters are in check). Every change made has consequences that, sometimes, need to be waited out patiently.
jimlin August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 can't you just use a uv sterilizer for 2 hours or so a day to kill it?
flooddc August 3, 2012 Author August 3, 2012 can't you just use a uv sterilizer for 2 hours or so a day to kill it? Don't think so. IMO, UV might kills other good bacteria as well. Beat them before, should be easy this time.
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