FarmerTy Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'm sure most of you are thinking... duh... cyano JeeperTy. I have some cyano in the tank from me draining the tank to catch the fish, and it definitely looks similar but not the same. Diatoms? Nope, had it plenty with each new tank I started and this isn't it. Dinos? Nope again, had them twice (which I'd never wish on my worst enemy) and have a good eye for them. So what's left? Well, you tell me! Been wracking my brain trying to come up with an answer. So it looks like cyano and acts like cyano, but here's the kicker, it covers my sand when the lights are off... yes I said that correctly... when the lights are off, it starts growing from 10am-4:30pm. Then when the lights come on, it starts to recede and die away... and in about 4 hours into the lighting period... it's mostly gone. And the cyano right next to it by the clam... does the opposite. It's gone until the lights come on. Then it starts growing and gets thicker. When the lights go out, it starts to die off... typical of cyano. Three thoughts come to mind: 1) bacterial 2) a low-light loving cyano? There seems to be enough ambient light in the room that this could be a possibility and there's a million strains of cyano. 3) a different type of dinos? Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nvrEnuf Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I suppose we should assume you've vacumned the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 I don't ever vacuum my sand so I guess the answer would be no. I'm going to let it work it's way out of my system but just curious if anybody knew what the heck it was. My lights come on in an hour but the growth has been starting to grow again as usual from 10am - now and almost covering up most of the central sandbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'll take another picture at the end of the photo period tonight and show you guys how much it goes away once the lights are on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I don't know what it is. Weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 You're telling me! Either way, I don't plan to do anything about it... just let it run its course but thought I would throw it out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Those plate corals look like they are in danger!! I can place them in my tank!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 Danger... danger... JeeperTy! Another reefer trying to scam on your plates! [emoji6] 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Juuuust sayin!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 So strange! Here it is almost completely gone at 11pm last night. The cyano on the sand was still there but this stuff disappeared. Odd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Rockstarwiggle is right but I have bigger tanks so they'll have more room! My vote is a low light cyano and I would be vacuming it off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Ruh Roh Ty. Vacuuming sounds dangerously close to water change . I have no idea what it is but it seems like the season for cyano. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I thought I killed this stuff with the chemi clean but it's back. I thought it was cyano. I'm pretty sure this is what was on the frag plug of the ssc I bought. Maby we got it from the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Chemi clean didn't work on it in my tank tho and I vacuumed the sand before and after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Ty Check out chemoheterotrophs, the most abundant type of chemotrophic organisms and include most bacteria, fungi and protozoa.. Makes for interesting reading Andre Source: Boundless. “Chemoautotrophs and Chemoheterotrophs.” Boundless Microbiology. Boundless, 14 Nov. 2014. Retrieved 09 Feb. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/microbiology/textbooks/boundless-microbiology-textbook/microbial-metabolism-5/types-of-metabolism-41/chemoautotrophs-and-chemoheterotrophs-285-6153/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks Neon Reefer! Looks like an interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard L Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Have you tested your alkalinity lately? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 To the alk mobile! [emoji23] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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