Cuber54 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Looks like reddish brown rust looking algae that is starting to come up on part of my live rock. What is this? Cyano? If so how can i get rid of this. This is on my 1.5 gallon pico tank that has been up and running for about 2 months. I have been doing weekly water changes and also have pretty good flow in the tank and filtration. I also have chemipure elite running in the tank. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nano_Steve Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Did you use live rock from a previously established tank or were you cycling new rock? It sounds like cyanobacteria and it's a natural cycling process if it's newly cycling rock. I'd leave it alone and allow it to do it's own cycling if it were my tank. I always leave it and it goes away naturally after a few days to a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindside Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 If it is cyano, and you have coral in the tank. I would not just leave it alone, I would treat it with red slime remover, before it covers all of your coral up and kills it. Post some pictures if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Whenever I have had an outbreak of cyano, I just turn the light out for a couple of days. No more cyano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbees29 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 i have the same redish algea growing on my sand and i also have a clown fish in the same tank. what can i do to treat the tank with a fish still in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyCat Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I second leaving the lights out for 3 days. The fish will be fine and so will your corals. Seems the easiest thing to try first rather than introduce chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dena Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 My skimmer helps with this...as does adding more flow and doing water changes. Dena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuber54 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 As i got to thinking about it, it doesnt look slimey, it looks like rusty ive never seen it before, but it truly is a rust color. I had the tank running for about a month and a half, i introduced some live rock that was already cured and recylced some of my old water and sand from my 12gal nano that had been running for 3 years. I currently have xenia and anthelia some zoos and a couple of mushrooms in there. Everything seems to be doing good nothing dying, im doing weekly changes since its such a small tank and have good flow. Im guessing im going to cut the lights for about 3 days. Are you sure everything will be okay? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindside Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Cutting the lights down won't hurt, some say the coral looks twice as good when the light comes back on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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