Hey everybody, so I work at my local chain aquarium store, and my fish system has a massive Cyanobacteria problem. Unfortunately, I have very limited access to chemicals, and the fish system. So ethromycin is not a reliable solution. The system is fully connected, the only tanks that are on a separate system are the goldfish. There’s a full UV sterilizer tube system within the sumps, so the problem isn’t mostly contained to the cichlid wall. However sometimes when cleaning, contaminated sponges end up in clean tanks when other associates go on autopilot mode.
My manager is going to attempt to convince his manager to allow us to take a green killing machine off the shelf, but would that work with Cyanobacteria, and would it work on Cyanobacteria that isn’t free floating?
Why would think a home aquarist model UV sterilizer (green machine) would work better than UV sterilization that’s already on system which is probably many magnitudes more powerful a UV light than the green machine?
The system’s UV sterilizers wouldn’t affect the water inside the tanks, only the water that passes through the sump, so only free floating Cyanobacteria & stuff that gets sucked up into the sump would be killed. Which is why it hasn’t spread to every tank, and hasn’t infected the actual sump, despite the sump receiving plenty of chunks of the Cyanobacteria dumped into it. No?
It’s a bacteria, there’s absolutely no chance at me being able to knock every individual bacteria into the filter intake. I have to think of something that isn’t chemically based, so I’m not wasting my time scrubbing & gravel vacuuming the same set of 30, 40gal tanks 2-3 times a week.
That stuff will absorb through your skin and it is extremely toxic. You if you kill it off in the tank it's going to release toxins into the water that can effect your fish. Don't handle the stuff without rubber gloves. Get rid of any plants covered in it. Toss the gravel and start over. The stuff is usually a sign there is something wrong with your cycle in your aquarium. Either you don't have enough biological filtration or you don't have enough fish to keep the cycle going.
And that is why chain stores suck and shouldn't be allowed to care for live animals. Not ur fault, ur trying to remedy the situation just my annoyance at chain stores obliterating mom/pap shops that could actually make decisions and take action when required.
Let it go and when everything is covered and employees get sick just let em know you did what you could within there established guide lines.
My gut reaction is that the light is too low, heating the water during these summer months.
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