Sunday, 25 September 2011

Cyano beaten

I mentioned in my last post that cyano was taking over with no obvious reason as to why?
I tried some products but they had no impact and as a last resort I dosed the tank with
Red slime remover RX by blue life http://www.bluelifeusa.com/Blue-Vet-Rx

I can't recommend this product highly enough for cyano removal! Within 48 hours I had a sparkling tank again and the ORP levels have soared to over 350 - unprecedented in last 6 months!

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Dreaded Cyano


Well I was feeling fairly smug about beating the hair algea problem and the reef gods punished me with a lovely cyano outbreak. I'm not entirely sure what is causing this hut clearly the must be some disolved organics (doc) fueling the cyano. First step was to examine the skimmer ( a deltec) for further clues. I recalled that I was getting less skimmate of late and on further inspection it became obvious that it was encrusted with calcium deposits and the pump was not producing enough bubbles. A good soak amd clean with some acetic acid and within 4 hours it was good as new!
The next step was to introduce some more bacteria to combat the cyano - I have opted for Dr Timms waste away & refresh. 7 days into treatment there have been no signs of improvement.