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08/05/2007, 10:21 AM
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"Adopting" cyano-covered polyps. Risky?
I have a new piece of live rock with some nice yellow polyps. The problem is that there is cyano around the polyps and on the rock itself. I have not put it in my display tank yet.
Is there a way for me to clean off the cyano and introduce the polyps into my tank without also introducing the cyano? Am I nuts to take this chance? I've never had cyano i my tank, so I don't have any experience with it. |
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#2
08/05/2007, 10:30 AM
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I could be completely wrong, but Im betting you dont have cyano in your tank not becuase it was never introduced, but because it wont grow well in your tank.
I "adopted" a rock with some zoa's on it that was completely covered in HA. Was a little nervous that adding it to my tank would result in a HA outbreak, but once I put it in, all the HA was gone and a few days and there was a nice looking zoa colony under it all 
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#3
08/05/2007, 10:32 AM
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If it truely is red cyano, IMO it is easy to get rid of. If it were me, I would acclimate it and brush off/rinse as much as you can before putting it in your display. If it were hair algae, that would be a different story...it seems to be harder to get rid of.
Just my $.02
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08/05/2007, 10:32 AM
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I would just blast it off with a turkey baster in a container and make sure you get it all off, if your parm are good on your tank you "should" be fine.
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#5
08/05/2007, 04:40 PM
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Cyano is pretty much ubiquitous in marine environments. Like TavisB said, it's already in your tank, it's just not blooming because conditions aren't right. There isn't any risk of creating a bloom by adding a rock that has some on it.
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08/05/2007, 04:59 PM
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Ditto. I've added cyano many times on small pieces of rocks/frags. But it disappears quickly.
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08/05/2007, 06:42 PM
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Yeah, another vote for "it will not hurt anything because your tank will not grow it"
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08/05/2007, 07:22 PM
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'Nother vote for blast it off with a turkey baster after acclimating and just make sure you stay on top of your water parameters. If the water quality's spot on, the cyano can't grow in excessive blooms (like the clumps we see visually), and you won't have any issues. You shouldn't be too worried about cyano, really. In truth, you should be more worried about flatworms, hitchhiking crabs, aiptasia, majano anemones, red bugs, etc.
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