Cyanobacteria! How to get rid of Blue Green algae? Black out guide!

[@AquascapingCube]

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[@nospoon4799]

Blackout works very well.

[@adamcenteno6155]

The best video I’ve found from all the many others. Greetings from Puerto Rico.

[@AquascapingCube]

Wow, thank you! All the best from Poland :)

[@louiscastero6566]

WOw! indeed blackOut really works! Very cool way to eliminate Cyanobacteria as well as other annoying Algae's. Thanks for that Matt, u r awesome!

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, it works great. Thank you very much for watching. Your comments mean a lot!

[@DashDrones]

It's not an algae, it's a bacteria

[@gozzyboy1989]

A 50 hour blackout did wonders with vacum and 40-50 percent water change

[@AquascapingCube]

Cool! Worked very fast. I usually have to do if for at least 4 days.

[@serginaru]

Wow, I saw this very late. I had a very nasty problem with cyanobacteria becuase I used for too long an algicide (API ALGAEFIX). It got so bad that it killed a lot of the bucephalandra I had in that tank. My theory is that because I was killing all of the algae, the cyanobacteria took over and almost ruined my tank. Now I know that it's better to have some algae than to deal with cyanobacteria.

[@trak957]

I don't have this but I have got BBA which is really annoying at times, I am thinking of doing a full re-scape soon.... thanks for sharing this its very helpful :)

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi Tracy. Yes BBA can be very annoying :/ I'm actually planning to create a video about it, I just want to be prepared for it and get some good material. And re-scape? Always fun! :D If you decide to go for it - let me know about the results ;)

[@trak957]

@@AquascapingCubeI will do matt, I'm really just trying to wait and see if things get better or not but on the bright side my 9 goldfish in the pond outside are doing great ;) This was another thing we set up this spring :)

[@pipeyto7]

Flow remarks have been disproven.

[@DashDrones]

Thank you Sir🙏

[@AquascapingCube]

Most welcome :)

[@andrewcul]

Mine is definitely from phosphate, scape is pretty but... not easily cleaned 😭

[@aquagenetics3366]

Nice informative video

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you :)

[@nunoprazeres1173]

I have it in a 100 liter tank set up as a river strea with a huge reef tank powerhead so it seems that poor circulation is not a key factor. I will use the blackout method for 5 days and maybe I will also add some potassium nitrate trying to rebalance N and P

[@artist4217]

Does it work with diatom too9?

[@yeshantkeenoo1019]

5 days pitch black it got worst and even stinks so bad :< i siphoned some out today and black out again

[@kanaalmenno]

nitrate/phosfate imbalance.

[@danishshaikh4979]

So wont plants die if I do a complete blackout for 5 days?

[@AquascapingCube]

No, they should be totally fine, plants can live without light much longer than algae.

[@Gabriel.terluk]

What’s the problem with Cyanobacteria? They are in the substrate, it doesn’t do anything as far as I know

[@AquascapingCube]

It can take over entire tank. It covers plants and can eventually kill them because they cannot photosynthesize. Besides it can unbalance everything because it uses a lot of oxygen. And it smells :P

[@uchihasasuke945]

do you still feed during the blackout?

[@AquascapingCube]

No, never. Fish will be perfectly fine without it.

[@sure.bol.999]

hi! do i have to turn off the co2 during blackout? coz i understand plants dont need co2 when there is no light?

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, definitely. Plants don't need it and CO2 could kill your fish during longer blackout.

[@marioaqua6441]

Nice save haha :P

[@AquascapingCube]

Thanks 😅

[@ploobmann894]

So all i have to do is cover my aquarium with blankets for 5 days and let 0 sunlight or brightness in and dont feed or allow co2 and then it should be gone?

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, exactly. You just need to be sure that there is ZERO light comming in. So be precise about covering your tank. And make sure that this blanket doesn't let any light through. Just cover it, and don't touch anything :)

[@ploobmann894]

Thanks for your reply! Absolutley, there is no light of any kind making its way into the aquarium its pitch black, i hope that it fixes my issue. Also side note, am i allowed to peak inside for 5 seconds at a time and close it right back up?@@AquascapingCube

[@AquascapingCube]

@@ploobmann894 I wouldn't. You really need to 'starve' the algae from any light. But if you really have to - do it in the evening.

[@ploobmann894]

kk I wont look at all then. Thankyou again@@AquascapingCube

[@ploobmann894]

It worked perfectly! everything was gone. however, a couple days later i noticed it again lol. Is there a way of making sure it never comes back alive? or should i just keep doing blackouts every so often, im not sure what is the best plan of action@@AquascapingCube

[@paparapapap]

Will this work on tanks with BBA?

[@AquascapingCube]

No, Blackouts are not very effective against BBA :|

[@daboy3296]

Hello again I’m back

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi! Good to see you again :)

[@TheTorqueMusic]

Co2 in blackout?

[@AquascapingCube]

Off :)

[@happyscrub]

5 days? I always 3 days. Maybe that's why there's some always left for me

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi! Yes, 5 to 7 days is really not a problem. 3 days will not be enough in most cases.