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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : Quick update:  Since I originally...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=100">Shane H</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> August&nbsp;19&nbsp;2003 at 1:21pm<br /><br />Quick update:<br /><br />Since I originally posted I added some major water movement. This along with water changes appears to have solved my cyano problem. I have been slowly adding additional snails and my tank is looking very "clean." <br /><br />Lesson Learned: I attribute the majority of the improvement to the additional water movement.]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : I had a cyano out break a few...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=59">jenjardu</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> August&nbsp;19&nbsp;2003 at 10:26am<br /><br />I had a cyano out break a few months after I set up my first tank and I increased the water movement and cut back on my light cycle...damaticly for like 2 weeks.  I went from a 12 hr cycle to a 6.  After the 2 weeks was up I slowly started increasing the time until I was back up to the 12 hrs. and that worked.  I also cut down on the ammount of food I was feeding my tank.  <br />The tank I have now had a cyano out break but not near as bad so I just cut back on the food for a week or so and now whenever I see a little bit of it I just use a brush to scrape it off the rocks.  I'd rather see you try something other than adding chemicals.]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : I had a minor out break of this...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=192">imaexpat2</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> August&nbsp;18&nbsp;2003 at 7:58pm<br /><br /><P>I had a minor out break of this but jumped on it as quick as it started.</P><P>The quick solution in my opinion...is Chemi-Clean!&nbsp; Its a white powder in a small bottle with spoon included for doseing the tank.&nbsp; Its truely a effective 24 to 36 hour cure for sure, but requires a 25% water change afterwards if memory serves me correct!&nbsp; I have not had a problem since.</P><P>I do believe this is a bandaid on a cut throat though.</P><P>Sounds like you have a nutrient rich water problem.&nbsp; This is purely speculation though.&nbsp; I did feed very sparingly since.&nbsp; I have added more live rock, more plants and added more crabs and havent had an out break since</P><P>Just food for thought....</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : I had a bad cyno out break, covered...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=48">Nigel</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;23&nbsp;2003 at 7:28pm<br /><br /><P>I had a bad cyno out break, covered everything. I added activated carb&#111;n, every week and regularly cleaned out my filter floss every week. When I had my out break my skimmer wasn't even working. Just using carb&#111;n and clean filter floss in my sump helped alot. I also limited my light. Good luck. Nigel</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2003 19:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : Oh yeah, forgot to state how I...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=77">twflint</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 2:14pm<br /><br />Oh yeah, forgot to state how I actually took care of my problem.&nbsp; I used a Turkey Baster to suck it up.&nbsp; It took a good couple weeks to get rid of it, but I have not had any problems since.&nbsp; Also, at this time, my Yellow Tang was eatting it like it was candy.&nbsp; I swear it just literally went though him he was eatting so much.]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2003 14:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : When i had my first Cyano outbreak...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=77">twflint</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 2:12pm<br /><br /><P>When i had my first Cyano outbreak in my tank I thought I had read that cyano actually had algae in its cells.&nbsp; Here is a rip from some webpage talking about cyano.&nbsp; Seems it can create its own food.</P><P>-------------------&nbsp; </P><P>Cyanobacteria are aquatic and <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html">photosynthetic</A>, that is, they live in the water, and can manufacture their own food. Because they are bacteria, they are quite small and usually unicellular, though they often grow in col&#111;nies large enough to see. They have the distincti&#111;n of being the oldest known fossils, more than 3.5 billi&#111;n years old, in fact! It may surprise you then to know that the cyanobacteria are still around; they are &#111;ne of the largest and most important groups of <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html">bacteria</A> &#111;n earth. <P>Many Proterozoic oil deposits are attributed to the activity of cyanobacteria. They are also important providers of nitrogen fertilizer in the cultivati&#111;n of rice and beans. The cyanobacteria have also been tremendously important in shaping the course of evoluti&#111;n and ecological change throughout earth's history. The oxygen atmosphere that we depend &#111;n was generated by numerous cyanobacteria during the <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/archaean.html">Archaean</A> and <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/proterozoic.html">Proterozoic</A> Eras. Before that time, the atmosphere had a very different chemistry, unsuitable for life as we know it today. <P>The other great c&#111;ntributi&#111;n of the cyanobacteria is the origin of <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html">plants</A>. The chloroplast with which plants make food for themselves is actually a cyanobacterium living within the plant's cells. Sometime in the late Proterozoic, or in the early Cambrian, cyanobacteria began to take up residence within certain <A target=_blank href= "http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/eukaryota.html">eukaryote</A> cells, making food for the eukaryote host in return for a home. This &#101;vent is known as <B>endosymbiosis</B>, and is also the origin of the eukaryotic mitoch&#111;ndri&#111;n. <P>Because they are photosynthetic and aquatic, cyanobacteria are often called "blue-green algae". This name is c&#111;nvenient for talking about organisms in the water that make their own food, but does not reflect any relati&#111;nship between the cyanobacteria and other organisms called algae. Cyanobacteria are relatives of the bacteria, not eukaryotes, and it is &#111;nly the <I>chloroplast</I> in eukaryotic algae to which the cyanobacteria are related. </P>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=92">rfoote</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 1:32pm<br /><br />Not to sound stupid - but Cyano not really being a algae does it really feed off of excess nutrients?&nbsp; I have no idea but just w&#111;ndering?&nbsp; Could a bacteria lead to it, ie. loti&#111;n &#111;n hands in tank, soap and so &#111;n?]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2003 13:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : Determine what is feeding the...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=4">Mark Peterson</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 1:12pm<br /><br /><P>Determine what is feeding the cyanobacteria (source of excess nutrients) and stop it or remove it! Sometimes&nbsp;no feeding for&nbsp;five days&nbsp;and then feeding less will c&#111;ntrol it</P><P>Fish food, detritus hanging around, etc.</P><P>Insufficient c&#111;nsumpti&#111;n of nutrients in the RDP Sump&nbsp;will&nbsp;ALWAYS lead to algae growth in the main tank. (algae types, insufficient illuminati&#111;n, nutrient buildup, detritus buildup, if sand in the sump has never been exchanged with some&#111;ne wanting live sand, etc.&nbsp;</P><P>TPF has some abal&#111;ne, yesterday&nbsp;they showed me is eating up their cyano! It's a neat looking mullusc too!</P><P>Keep trying Shane, I'm c&#111;nfident&nbsp;you'll get it under c&#111;ntrol.</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : Increased water flow will help...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=138">MarineAquatics</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 11:07am<br /><br /><P>Increased water flow will help alot and sand shifting stars will help move the sand around to help keep it from coming back...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Ryan </P><P>www.marine-aquatics.com</P>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Help with cyano : Have you tried increasing your...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=3">Jake Pehrson</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 499<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;07&nbsp;2003 at 9:07am<br /><br /><P>Have you tried increasing your water movement.&nbsp; This will usually wipe it out.</P>]]>
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