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03-15-2007, 08:47 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Watervliet, Michigan Age: 37
Posts: 88
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 |  Cyanobacteria is gone!!
I want to thank everyone for helpng me zap out cyanobacteria in my tank. It is completely gone and has not returned in 2 days. I wasnt expecting the results so soon but I am very happy that it went away. You guys on here have helped me more than the people at my LFS, So I "Thank You from the bottom of my heart." Now I can enjoy my vacation in Germany without worrying. What a relief!!!
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Tank Contents:
55 gal
30 lbs. LR
70 lbs. LS
1 BTA
2 ocellaris clowns
1 yellow tang
2 3 striped damsels
2 blue reef chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
Yellow polyps
Star polyps
3 hermit crabs
11 snails
*Also have a 12 gal nano cube tank
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03-15-2007, 08:53 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX
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What did you do different? I am starting to get it in my tank now!! | |
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03-15-2007, 10:09 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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That's great!!! Um, what about us going to Germany???? You are going without us, fellow reefers!
Can you ATLEAST, bring me a few german made halide bulbs(14000-20000k) preferrably!!! Thanks!
hahahaa
Have a great trip! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-15-2007, 10:44 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Watervliet, Michigan Age: 37
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Mario I think what did the trick was increasing the water flow in my tank to the dead spots and when I did my water change I added red slim remover into the water(went right away even the red slim that was starting to build up on my LR). You gotta get some of that stuff it works wonders. I will always keep some in my medicine cabinet, thats for sure!
Coral Reefer I will keep my eye out for ya on those lights..lol
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03-15-2007, 11:39 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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What's the name brand of the red slime remover?
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20 High (started 5/18/06)
20 lbs live rock and 3" sand bed - Remora w/ MJ1200 & Prefilter - 10 gallon sump/fuge - MAG7 & SCWD return - 65W 10,000K PC - 15W Actinic - Red-legged Hermits - Cerith Snails - Nassarius Snails - Royal Gramma - 6line Wrasse - Maroon Clown - Wheeler's Goby - Bubble-Tip Anemone - Green Star Polyp - Button Polyps - Frilly Brown Mushroom - Green Bullseye Mushroom - Kenya Tree Coral | |
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03-15-2007, 12:05 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX
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also, is it safe for fish, lr, corals, inverts etc etc??? | |
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03-15-2007, 12:50 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Its a good thing that the cyano is gone... But what you did didnt fix the problem, the cyano did go away cause of the chemical but if there is still a problem with you tank (skimmer, lights, filter, water params, etc), it will come back. I used a chemical a couple years ago, i think it was chemi clean, yes the cyano did go away but only for a couple of weeks and then return in full force.
I know you've been really working hard on this problem but from my experience using a chemical to "temporarily" fix a problem is not the solution, find the source of the cyano and then you will get rid of it for good. Who knows maybe you fixed it just by adding more flow like you said...
JMHO
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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03-27-2007, 07:15 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Watervliet, Michigan Age: 37
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Sorry I havent been able to respond to any of you for awhile I just got back from Germany and Im sorry to say coral reefer I did not even see any LFS to find those bulbs for ya. Not that I could have brought any livestock home anyway but I was hoping to atleast see what they had over there but I was not successful.
Pisces there really isnt a brand name for the stuff that I used it is just called Red Slime Remover. It comes in a small bottle and in the form of yellow powder. I must say when I got home my tank never looked so good. It is still crystal clear without a trace of the red slime!!
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