My Saltwater Reef Tank Has a Problem | Blue Reef Tank

[@joshuacosta3796]

That was the most mild outbreak of Cyano that I've ever seen. I'm sure you were devastated. Haha...

[@nowelanastacio1767]

Been waiting for your upload. Your videos give so much peace. Happy that you solved that cyano issue. Til your nxt video! Take care.

[@pencilpauli9442]

Sweet! Pleased to see the problem resolved, but I bet I'm not half as pleased as you and the aquarium's occupants.

[@charmcityreefing1124]

This is my first time catching one of your videos. I really enjoy the calm relaxing vibes and great documentation of the process 😊

[@brian-te4xs]

Blue Reef Tank Community : I propose a vote on mandatory 30 minute videos from Blue Reef Tank ! Look forward to your next post and always good thoughts.

[@b1oh1]

I agree. I love the way he does his videos.

[@rowkim8194]

the tank looking great bro! I like Kessil's shimmer. I have two radion xr 15 g5 and one Kessil a360x in the middle of my tank Waterbox 110.04.

[@samanthabusch2630]

I love your videos! I would love to see how you store and organize your equipment, food, etc. Your minimalism and cleanliness is what I strive for in the hobby, and it's not an easy task keeping everything so pristine!

[@BlueReefTank]

Still planning that one 😅

[@SteveLuckhurst]

Well done . I have done this a few times and if follow instructions its great . I Used half recommended amount and make sure to do water change and carbon, Or bang your tank will crash it kills all good bacteria in the sand I lost everything cause I was lazy in my water changes after

[@TomSounds]

Give the tank some nitrate and phosphates reserve and dose a carbon source to boost the bacteria. This is just an inbalance of bacteria. Very common in young -5 year tanks with artificial rock.

[@dadart2028]

All good bro everybody goes thru with Cyano too..at least you got it figured out. I would suggest to reseed the bacteria again maybe Macrobacter 7 or Dr Tim's. Keep the videos coming..GL happy reefing.

[@macans5010]

Where is Noodle ? We want more Noodle 😂😂

[@albiewong]

Great job! And awesome music..

[@LadyCatFelineTheSeventh]

It sounded like he was playing love songs to his fish tank

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

Wooooo 🎉 My favourite reef tank is the BLUE REEF TANK! 🥰👌👊🔥🐶 give noodle pat for me please! ❤🐶

[@settsreef4164]

Perfect vid as always. That treatment did a great job. The tank is looking great.

[@axeltorresortiz6555]

I really enjoy watching your videos

[@jamesorr1200]

Dr. Tim’s has a really good video called “Understanding Cyano and Dinos” that really helped me get a grip on my dinos over the past week. I glossed over what he says about cyano, but it might prove to be helpful. I’ve personally had good luck with chemi-clean, but another interview I listened to with the CEO of Brightwell Aquatics had a note that I wrote down and tucked away for reference: “Chemi-Clean is an anti-biotic and will kill some strains of good bacteria, too.” The suggestion was to keep up with good bacteria like MB Clean or Dr. Tim’s Waste Away.

[@tatooz52967]

Great video and thank you for this post.

[@shirtdirt1874]

I got cyano on my 125G tank a couple months into it and had to use Chemi-Clean. It's been over a year now and I don't see any of it returning. Down the line I'm planning to upgrade to a 500G tank, I hope I don't have to go through that again.

[@4SunnyinMiami2]

Cyano is one of the most frustrating problems. I purchased Chemiclean and was reluctant to use it in my aquarium. I did use it as a dip for a coral and it did work well. Glad to see it worked out for you! Will be waiting for your next video😁

[@KingAdeft]

I’ve personally had very few issues with Cyanobacteria. That’s not to say I’ve never had it. I’ve had cyano very bad. The cyano I’m this doesn’t even compare to the fortress of purple that I’ve had. However when I say I haven’t had it bad is because I’ve gotten rid of it easily. Anytime I’ve gotten cyano it was from lack of care and maintenance, especially in my 20 gallon, which is easy to get unbalanced. Anyway, after a couple consistent water changes, the problem was solved. I also got cyano on my 75 gallon. It honestly just went away on its own after a few months. I’ve heard that there might be a correlation between temperature and cyano. There is no real proof, but I’ve heard of people fixing this problem by increasing the temperature. It could have something to do with giving photosynthetic organisms like phytoplankton and algae an advantage over the Cyanobacteria, from what I’ve heard. This could totally not be true, but it sort of makes sense. Anyway, I’m glad it all cleared up.

[@JayCo0o]

oh nooo :D Dont give up!

[@BlueReefTank]

I won't 💪

[@ManiacalMangoes]

The tank is probably going through a secondary biome cycle. Makes sense since you mixed multiple tanks. My cyano went away on its own but it took a couple months.

[@ManiacalMangoes]

I’d expect it to come back a couple times before it goes away for good. Let us know how it unfolds!

[@the_cursed_image7579]

Keep up the good work mate👍🏻

[@Dariusdoesreefing]

Great video 👍🏽 !! The dreaded fight with cyano I know this too well. In my experience I found that Cyano lovessss phosphates like the smallest amount make then go crazy. I found this out when I started dosing Nitrates and Phosphates to boost colors in my corals. I 100% believe you half to manually remove it so that other beneficial bacteria can take hold of the surfaces before cyano does. That’s why most folks recommend upping the flow a bit to aid in that beneficial bacteria development.

[@paulsmith744]

I agree ,it's high phosphate that ignites cyano in my tank. Unless you get phosphates under control it will keep coming back .

[@FriendM2010]

High quality video. 🤘

[@kempzhong]

What's the NP level before you use the mediclean?

[@jacobblume7463]

For cyano bacteria I used a product called red x. It has worked multiple times and is completely reef safe. It cost about $30 in the U.S for a 250ml bottle. I would highly recommend it if you can get it.

[@BlueReefTank]

Luckily I don't have cyano anymore but thanks for the suggestion 😁

[@biaozhong5181]

Red x didn’t work for my tank

[@cdyanand]

I was fighting a cyano outbreak just recently. I tried reducing nitrates and phosphate. But what really did the trick surprisingly was cutting back on my spirulina flakes. I learned spirulina actually is cyanobacteria. Although the bacteria was dead in the flakes I have a feeling a lot of the micronutrients I was introducing into the system where fueling the cyano outbreak. After holding the spirulina for 2 weeks and replacing with generic tropical fish food, all Cyano is gone. Will probably just use spirulina sparingly in the future

[@fulkdebulk2494]

Hi , it's me ! From Geneva 😋 i've seen your video on phyto culture ,and i've made one ... good news for you , synechococcus phyto culture is magical on cyano ! 😁 you can try it ! I've made it on my tank when i had cyano and it work ! 😁 Have a good day ans sorry for my english

[@uygartanyeri]

😍😍😍

[@quadlawnmowerman]

Soluble erythromycin will kill it all off quick smart, but you need to find out what is out of balance for your Redfield ratio and correct that (probs too much phosphate). Funny thing is chemiclean (erythromycin and detergent) is technically illegal to sell over the shelf in Australia as it is an antibiotic which requires a script for sale of any quantity of antibiotic. Just so dodgy this company still does not label this product with the active ingredient being erythromycin.

[@tobi-8423]

In germany it is not longer avaivable after a chemical analysis by a reefing magazine proofed the existence of erythromycin in it.

[@quadlawnmowerman]

@@tobi-8423 Putting aside the effects on the cyno, it was clearly obvious when the company started calling out the fact they did not use a very specific phosphorylated, non-soluble form of erythromycin which no-one used to treat cyno or marine tanks with any ways (cause it be non-soluble)....

[@andrereyes4562]

Se me hizo muy agresivo el método pero muy eficaz

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

So glad it’s all fixed, does chemo clean kill all the bacteria? Like is the tank going to need to cycle again now? Looks like it doesn’t need to, but I’m curious 🥰 great video! Can’t wait to see what u do next my friend! 🥰👌🔥🐶

[@raycastillo3337]

No it wont kill all bacteria. When using Chemiclean, your skimmer will act foamy crazy, so you’ll need to take out the collection cup from your skimmer so that it wont over flow. This will be enough to oxygenate your tank. If you have a huge tank, you may need to add an air pump and stone bubbler for oxygen.

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

@@raycastillo3337 thanks Ray, do u know how it kills the bad bacteria but not the good bacteria? 🤔

[@quadlawnmowerman]

@@JakeDogg-RIP It is erythromycin, (antibiotic) it kills the gram-positive bacteria which cyno belongs too (most of the "good" bacteria we want are gram-negative). In most cases erythromycin is extremely effective against cynos which means it needs very low dose levels, much lower than what will kill many other types of gram-positive bacteria. The weak erythromycin is combined with a detergent...... sorry "enzyme", to make it easier to remove the dead bacteria through the skimmer in an attempt not to cause a sudden tip in nutes again from the dead bacteria.

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

@@quadlawnmowerman fantastic info! Thank you very much! 🥰👊👌🐶

[@quadlawnmowerman]

@@JakeDogg-RIP Probably should of mentioned you should NEVER put erythromycin down the drain, hard to do with saltwater I know...

[@trelopouloss]

Dont let your nutrients go 0 try 1 to 100 phosphates to nitrates ratio, and you should be ok.

[@BlueReefTank]

Aiming for that at the moment but man it's hard 😄

[@BigPapiBarns]

What’s your nitrate and phosphate levels? Gotta make sure to treat the underlying cause of the Cyano too! Love your tanks and videos, always so calming

[@BigPapiBarns]

@Dianoia Noesis that is beyond false. Cyano is caused by high phosphates and high nitrates and a lack of flow or insufficient filtration or protein skimming. Please use facts and not your “beliefs”

[@b1oh1]

@Dianoia Noesis I'm sorry to say this but you definitely need to read up on cyanobacteria more. It's caused by excess nutrients and lighting. If you eliminate a bacteria's food source, it will cease to grow in unmanageable amounts. Adding chemicals to your aquarium is the absolute last thing you should do. My dude has massive lights and windows. I guarantee this is a photoperiod problem. Dumping chemicals will cause the bacteria to begin to grow once said chemicals are out of the water column.

[@garrycole9187]

@Dianoia Noesis , what you are treating is the symptom and not the cause. There is a cause that created an imbalance somewhere in the system and you may rebalance it temporarily.

[@mrsupersym]

@Pacific Ocean hello, if you don't mind, I'd like you share the link of your source about how chemical imbalance causing cyano. Thanks though.

[@dingyah]

this is horrible advice. andrew's reply is the correct one.

[@DanMirkz]

This video just makes me jealous. My tank is driving me mad. Covered in browny looking algae,100x worse than this. Everything is dying and I've no idea what to do. Will be going to LFS in the next couple of days I think to get their advice. Chemiclean is doing stuff all for me, so it's probably not cyano. :(

[@BlueReefTank]

It could be dinos if chemiclean doesn't work 😐 Don't give up on it! You could try dosing some good bacteria

[@DanMirkz]

@@BlueReefTank thanks for taking the time to respond. It's very possible I might try that, thankyou!

[@DanMirkz]

@@BlueReefTank Looks like you were right. Found out earlier this week it's Dinos after getting a microscope. Pray for me LOL

[@Botzz28]

Im seeing so many more tanks in the hobby with with problem nowadays. I just broke down my latest tank because of non stop cyano and Dino outbreaks. I started with dry rock. Biggest mistake EVER. All my other tanks were started with live rock and were successful. Because of all this BS climate change live rock is not as easy or cheap to get as it used to be. So in turn most people are starting with dry rock now. I think this is the reason why we see and explosion of Dino and cyano problems in the hobby today. I broke down my tank and I started a new one with live rock straight from the ocean. Nothing is better than the real live bacteria from the ocean. It really does make a world of a difference. Anyone new coming into the hobby I will always push for live rock 100%. If I wasn’t experienced my last tank would’ve drove me out of the hobby.

[@nicholasbelletti1202]

Hey! What's your lighting schedule/intesity?

[@BlueReefTank]

You can check out the community page 😁

[@jackiekearney]

Che I clean 👍👍👍

[@awalliskandar3289]

Are you able to grow sps using two kessil 360X

[@steelcowboy2751]

Watch the fairly new BRS series on creating biome in a tank; it will help with determining that problem with nuisance algae and Bacteria. One of the main takeaways I’ve garnered from the series is the importance of using Caribsea ocean direct sand and pods

[@kyleshaw81503]

Love the red star fish! What do they call it? I’d like to get one.

[@Jel0XD]

Just means you rushed it. Turn the lights down

[@b1oh1]

I don't think it was rushed. The tank cycled for like 2 months didn't it? It's definitely a photo period issue.

[@Jel0XD]

@@b1oh1 he probably started the lights too soon, thats why the biome didnt have a chance to overtake so when cyano saw the chance, it took it. All reefs are different so maybe 2 months wasn'tenough based on the steps he took to get there.

[@kevivjack2408]

Pns pro bio, regular dosing can fix this and other benefits also

[@GwonkReefkeeping]

I am a strong believer in ChemiClean. It has always worked for me. I really like the way you shot this video. Great job.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@meinriff2704]

The best way is patience. Not chemical.

[@BlueReefTank]

I waited for months so patience is not the best way in this case unfortunately 😅

[@meinriff2704]

@@BlueReefTank Dinoflagellata often appear after treatment. They're worse.😉

[@BlueReefTank]

@@meinriff2704 So far it doesn't (knock wood)🤞 I am dosing a lot of good bacteria to prevent Dino

[@mrsupersym]

Hi... I'm intrigued seeing your skimmer has so much organic deposit inside the neck, even below the collection cup. Is this intentionally to be like that? Interesting.

[@BlueReefTank]

It depends on the water level and air intake. I set mine lower to it's not producing a wet skim 🙂

[@mishaco]

you should try cleaning your skimmer, it will solve a lot of your problems.

[@BlueReefTank]

I clean it every 2 days. Don't think cleaning it more often will do anything different

[@matthiaslengerer9515]

Get your nutritions right which will give the good bacteria enough strength to overcome cyano bacteria instead of using chemicals in the first place…

[@pencilpauli9442]

Great advice...if one has a time machine. One has to deal with the situation as it is, not how it should be.

[@matthiaslengerer9515]

@@pencilpauli9442 get nitrate and phosphate right for some weeks and this little bit of cyano is gone. If they are still not right they will come back anyway… and in addition you surely killed benefitial bacteria as well

[@pencilpauli9442]

@@matthiaslengerer9515 I'm going to try to do that when I finally get around to setting up my first tank. Wish me luck! lol

[@brian-te4xs]

Good thoughts and luck !

[@lorenzospina3174]

Chemiclean is a good product 😉.

[@Irctik]

Do you use a color filter on your lenses to record the tanks so they can look that clear and white or are your lights entirely white when recording?

[@BlueReefTank]

No filter at all. This is how I run the tank 😁

[@TheQuarkQuark]

i got rid of my cyano problem by dosing phyto the tank daily

[@jimmynotjamie3545]

i noticed that you are using carbon bags to ur tank . i m worried that it may lead hlle to fish , especially tangs like the scopas tang

[@BlueReefTank]

I heard about that but my scopas tang is fine so far. I use very minimal carbon in my big system and I followed the recommended amount only. 🙂

[@sunscj]

what kind of dog do oyu have? its cute

[@douglasachaiba7885]

His mistake was taking sand from the old tank to seed it. He seeded it alright with the good and bad stuff in a new unstable system. Add some light and nutrients. and here you go. I told him about this being a bad idea in the comments .... It's going to take a while to settle his biology and chemistry in this tank.... All could have been avoided with clean sand.

[@BlueReefTank]

It's all part of learning and documenting the journey to share with everyone 😁 I don't regret what I did and I learnt a lot from it but thank you for the heads up

[@johannesnossing5204]

you have to much nitrate and less phosphate in your tank; then the bacteria will come; there is not necessary to use antibiotics or something else, control your nitrate and phosphate and the tank will do his work to balance

[@BlueReefTank]

I wish it work that way 🙂 I had 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate at the time. It's fine now though but I still need to bring my nitrate up

[@brunofrascino6799]

never add the chemi clean from the top on the display again, next time put it in the sump by the pump.

[@BlueReefTank]

Care to share as to why? 🙂

[@valentingrossemy6426]

Sand need to cycle

[@b1oh1]

Do people at your LFS watch your videos? Cyanobacteria comes from excess light and nutrients. You need to pull the shades on your windows and possibly adjust your photo period. I would also suggest feeding more sparingly. Dumping chemicals in your tank is an absolute last resort. Once it's out of the water column, the bacteria will start to colonize again. Always find and eliminate the root cause.

[@BlueReefTank]

They don't watch my video unfortunately 😅 and yes I have tried everything but nothing worked. Hence why I have to go with the chemical route but hey it works! It's not so bad after all

[@letsgobrandon987]

It’s obvious. The main cause of the cyano outbreak is over feeding. This is especially an issue in new tanks. It isn’t “new tank syndrome” (that’s just something LFS make up to make their clients feel better). The skimmer neck and skimate looks like dark milk chocolate. That shouldn’t look like early on. Reef tanks need a solid 1-2 years before they are fully balanced and seasoned enough to handle excess nutrients. Cute vid though but having to use chemicals to kill algae is a bad sign and makes you look like an amateur reef keeper.

[@ClanClubClash]

Looks like Dinos not Cyano

[@BlueReefTank]

It's definitely cyano as the chemiclean works 🙂

[@guillermollamas7899]

whats up with horrible music?

[@BlueReefTank]

Sorry but you can try turning the volume down? 🙂

[@guillermollamas7899]

@@BlueReefTank i did. horrible music bro

[@VascoFL]

I would add no such music...

[@cocoaquatic]

I want to work with you, through what will I contact you?