Cyanobacteria- syphon it or leave it?

magdelan · 08/31/2008, 09:43 PM

I just changed the lights on my refugium from a few years old flourescent bulb to my old 36" 150w 14k de MH fixture. I got a red slime bloom on the sand bed. Should I let nature take it's course or syphon it out when I do a water change tomorrow?

RyanEG · 08/31/2008, 09:54 PM

Syphon it IMO run carbon and phosban. Just my two cent.

tmz · 09/01/2008, 12:50 AM

Siphon it out in my opinion. It may come back since th new lighting must have given it quite a boost but siphoning is a worthwhile step to take.

Jedistphn · 09/01/2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by RyanEG
Syphon it IMO run carbon and phosban. Just my two cent.

Totally agree

P.S. Mike gimmme a ring.

Jedi

Capt_Cully · 09/01/2008, 01:40 PM

siphon!

SkiFletch · 09/01/2008, 02:11 PM

Break out the siphon. I personally use a doubled-up women's nylon and siphon it into the nylon (in the sump) when I don't want to waterchange at the same time...

Capt_Cully · 09/01/2008, 02:17 PM

should I ask where you got the panties?????

SkiFletch · 09/01/2008, 03:41 PM

lol, knee highs are cheaper

And yes, the woman at the drugstore always looks at me strange when I buy the big pack of knee highs

block head · 09/01/2008, 05:29 PM

siphon and queen conch worked well for me

Capt_Cully · 09/01/2008, 05:45 PM

Yaeger, I was wondering when you were gonna start running into the new tank algae blooms. How long are you oficially up and running now? Have you had any of the other blooms? Green slime? Brown slime? Hair? Bryopsis? et al?

magdelan · 09/01/2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by Capt_Cully
Yaeger, I was wondering when you were gonna start running into the new tank algae blooms. How long are you oficially up and running now? Have you had any of the other blooms? Green slime? Brown slime? Hair? Bryopsis? et al?

Why do you have to go and say that?? Shhhh... Now it's gonna all pop up out of the wood work!

I have been lucky thus far. I haven't had any algae blooms, unless you considder this cyanobacteria a part of one. Although I relate it to the refugium light upgrade. The tank has been running for 110 days as of today. My two diamond fobies seem to be getting only the fresh sand that is around and under the cyano. I have a tigertail cuke in there that is fairly useless. I think that next week I will be getting a queen conch.

magdelan · 09/02/2008, 12:19 AM

I syphoned it all out tonight. I thought that it was a fluffy layer on top of the sand. Instead, it was a thick layer that came up in sheets when I was syphoning it. No wonder the gobies didn't want to have anything to do with it!!

Jedistphn · 09/02/2008, 06:20 AM

pm'd ya back

kgs 69 · 09/07/2008, 01:25 PM

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I have been lucky thus far. I haven't had any algae blooms, unless you considder this cyanobacteria a part of one. Although I relate it to the refugium light upgrade. The tank has been running for 110 days as of today. My two diamond fobies seem to be getting only the fresh sand that is around and under the cyano. I have a tigertail cuke in there that is fairly useless. I think that next week I will be getting a queen conch. [/B]

I had a break out of cyanobacteria as well. My tank is very established and the only thing I have changed recently has been adding a small refugium (sand, rubble, macro-algae). As of now there is no light on the fuge, (its ordered, should be here on Tuesday). Is the fuge the reason I had the outbreak of cyanobacteria?

tmz · 09/07/2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by kgs 69
I had a break out of cyanobacteria as well. My tank is very established and the only thing I have changed recently has been adding a small refugium (sand, rubble, macro-algae). As of now there is no light on the fuge, (its ordered, should be here on Tuesday). Is the fuge the reason I had the outbreak of cyanobacteria?

It is possible that detrius is accumulating there. If the rubble is new rock it could have die off as well.

08/31/2008, 09:43 PM	#1
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,648	Cyanobacteria- syphon it or leave it? I just changed the lights on my refugium from a few years old flourescent bulb to my old 36" 150w 14k de MH fixture. I got a red slime bloom on the sand bed. Should I let nature take it's course or syphon it out when I do a water change tomorrow? __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

08/31/2008, 09:54 PM	#2
RyanEG Live Free 2012 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cuba,NY Posts: 1,617	Syphon it IMO run carbon and phosban. Just my two cent. __________________ The best place to be is here, the best time is now ~ Bill S Preston Esq, Ted Theodore Logan ludiNano-forever lounging- April 27, 2012 Current Tank Info: sold lock stock andd barrel

09/01/2008, 12:50 AM	#3
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 19,987	Siphon it out in my opinion. It may come back since th new lighting must have given it quite a boost but siphoning is a worthwhile step to take. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.

09/01/2008, 01:40 PM	#5
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 11,582	siphon! __________________ ....love to prove that, wouldn't ya. Get your name in The National Geographic.... Current Tank Info: 200DD SPS dominated mixed reef

09/01/2008, 02:11 PM	#6
SkiFletch Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: N Buffalo, NY Posts: 3,661	Break out the siphon. I personally use a doubled-up women's nylon and siphon it into the nylon (in the sump) when I don't want to waterchange at the same time... __________________ You will miss 100% of the shots you dont take. Dare to dream Mike, aka Fletch Current Tank Info: 65 gallon reef

09/01/2008, 02:17 PM	#7
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 11,582	should I ask where you got the panties????? __________________ ....love to prove that, wouldn't ya. Get your name in The National Geographic.... Current Tank Info: 200DD SPS dominated mixed reef

09/01/2008, 03:41 PM	#8
SkiFletch Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: N Buffalo, NY Posts: 3,661	lol, knee highs are cheaper And yes, the woman at the drugstore always looks at me strange when I buy the big pack of knee highs __________________ You will miss 100% of the shots you dont take. Dare to dream Mike, aka Fletch Current Tank Info: 65 gallon reef

09/01/2008, 05:29 PM	#9
block head Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: spencerport ny Posts: 2,223	siphon and queen conch worked well for me

09/01/2008, 05:45 PM	#10
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 11,582	Yaeger, I was wondering when you were gonna start running into the new tank algae blooms. How long are you oficially up and running now? Have you had any of the other blooms? Green slime? Brown slime? Hair? Bryopsis? et al? __________________ ....love to prove that, wouldn't ya. Get your name in The National Geographic.... Current Tank Info: 200DD SPS dominated mixed reef

09/02/2008, 12:19 AM	#12
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,648	I syphoned it all out tonight. I thought that it was a fluffy layer on top of the sand. Instead, it was a thick layer that came up in sheets when I was syphoning it. No wonder the gobies didn't want to have anything to do with it!! __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

09/02/2008, 06:20 AM	#13
Jedistphn Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rochester Posts: 1,463	pm'd ya back __________________ Sometimes people put walls up not to keep others out.... But too see who cares enough to take the time to knock them down. -Unknown Current Tank Info: Too many to list