Lost Blue 9182

[Faustina Trafton]

CuriousI have a bad/recurring case of Cyano in one tank in particular (which may have also cross-contaminated to our two other tanks? Unsure there...looking for advice to end this completely in all. All that being said I also have a question that relates directly to this AQ Coop Blog: -green-alga

Simply the blog states: "To begin treatment, scrub off as much of the blue-green algae as possible and remove it with a siphon. After vacuuming the substrate and refilling the tank, add one full dose of Maracyn (which is 1 packet per 10 gallons of water), and let the aquarium sit for one week before doing another water change. The earlier you treat the outbreak, the easier it is to eradicate. If the blue-green algae is very thick and widespread, you may need to repeat the treatment several times to completely remove the colony."

So on the Maracyn packet, it states to dose for 5 days? Wondering did I read something wrong in the blog or on the Maracyn pack? Or is the direction different in the blog as it writing towards the purpose of killing the Cyano vs. curing fish?

And to provide some extra background info: I did do this about 1.5 years ago. When I did so, we went on vacation and my brother & nephew maintained the last day or so of the tank meds. Upon return we had lost 1 frog (2 survived). Unsure if that was due to the meds or otherwise. Also upon return the tank appeared to have No signs of Cyno? But maybe something was re-introduced, or other-wise.

A few more details about the tank. I chose the Maracyn route as I understood it is considered generally safe for the African Dwarf Frogs and and the Cyano was all over more or less. I had initially thought it was just algae and that I needed another snail. ?

Also the sand has plants: some low growing Valisneria (it never grows high, maybe due to the cyano?), a few/two? buce plants, and a sand substrate (horrible with the cyano!). It's a 20L with an Aquaclear 30 filter. There is also an Volcano with some air pumping through it.

No you didnt read the blog or packet wrong, but aquarium coops dosing is catered specifically to the cyanobacteria and the packet is for treating an ongoing outbreak of bacterial infections. I would do what aquarium coop recommends and then just keep a close eye on the ADFs throughout the process.

Also I wanna say about the val, in my experience when I've had val that grew short it was due to lack of nutrients, so it didnt have what it needed to grow nice and tall and healthy, so I'd recommend getting some root tabs and giving it to them so they have the neccessary nutrients to grow, which may help with the cyanobacteria as well

So regarding the sand and the cyano...and a few more detail questions...

I am a bit concerned. My kid loves the sand. Thinks it's Zen. (Not so much for Me!) I am worried that even if I clear off the extra Cyano as much as possible. I can't get it off the sand without the Maracyn help. But will it only help the top layer of sand? As in, if some cyano is mixed into the sand, am I doomed for more? Also do I need to do something with the filter? sometimes I have seen it hanging near/on the out flow. And/or do I need to change my sponge & and/or bio rings?

I can't get it off the sand without the Maracyn help. But will it only help the top layer of sand? As in, if some cyano is mixed into the sand, am I doomed for more? Also do I need to do something with the filter? sometimes I have seen it hanging near/on the out flow. And/or do I need to change my sponge & and/or bio rings?

Yes. I had read that back when I was first looking into it. Crazy. Photos below. The last time the tank was "better", was after I had fully dosed with Maracyn 5 days. I was going on vacation and worried. The tank was clear when we returned. ? But it all slowly crept back. I was hoping my plants would out compete, but that never happened. I had given some fertilizer at one point, but was worried that was helping the Cyano more and not the plants. I have the lights limited to 6 hours on a timer. The tank has lost a lot of sand as I have sucked it up - it gets combined with the cyano and comes off in clumps. ? These pics are after I cleaned it recently. Obviously I did not take out the larger items and scrub them yet, or try to scrape off the plants. But I did clear off some extra bad spots on the sand and the volcano.

I recently lost my job due to the company I worked for shutting down because of covid, so they wiped our laptops and then sent them back to us to keep. Unfortunately whoever wiped my laptop has done something as my laptop no longer works.

I can however use my laptop as normal, BUT only if I boot it when it is plugged into my second screen. As soon as I unplug the second screen however it instantly freezes and blue screens. Same if I try booting without the second screen connected.

This got me thinking it was something to do with the graphics driver, so I tried updating/reinstalling different versions of the Intel UHD Graphics 620 etc. But was still having the same issue with freezing. I then tried to rollback the driver to the Microsoft Basic Adapter, and this worked- when it is set to this display adapter it works as it should. Obviously the basic adapter lacks the ability to have multple screens which is an issue so ideally I want to get the intel driver working again.

Has anyone else had this issue? or knows if there is any fix here that allows me to get the intel driver working properly? Or maybe these issues are just a symptom of a larger/different issue that i'm missing?

I assume you reinstalled Windows when you got it from the company. You cannot get the computer to do anything without Windows. If you have not done that--Burn the files for windows 10 reinstallation to disk or thumb drive by using the Create Media Tool

Thanks Mary! I realized that I had only been trying to update the driver from the Dell site, when I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling I had downloaded it from the Intel site. Tried again but uninstalling, but this time downloaded the file again from the dell site. It took a few versions, but an older version of the driver worked and i'm no longer having the issue. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction- much appreciated!

I am experiencing the same exact issue that you referenced while using the latest Dell driver. I currently have to disable the Intel Display Audio in order to prevent the error. Can you specify the driver version that you installed that prevented the issue?

I agree with you Ultra77, Dell Intel Driver 27.20.100.9664, A11 is unstable. It causes system crashes when Windows 10 tells the Laptop LCD to turn off, and it never fully goes into Sleep mode and the system essentially freezes. The only way to recover is to hard boot the system.

Installing the previous version 27.20.100.9171, A19 fixes this issue.

The only thing is you must unpack the driver and install it manually as the dell installer package will tell you it is not compatible with your system. Which is completely untrue.

I have even opened a ticket with Dell and their senior technician insists that I need to revert the entire system back to the DELL OEM Image before they will acknowledge the problem. My response was "of course that will fix the issue since you are asking me to revert to a previous build when the video driver worked!" Thing is, once the system updates to the latest driver yet again the problem will return. They simply need to fix the driver.

I have a Latitude 7490. I did not find "Intel Display Audio", but I did find " Intel Audio Driver" that I disabled, and it actually helped... for about 10 min. Then it went back to the BSOD behavior.

Confirming that the situation is if I have Dell thunderbolt dock (hosting my ext monitor) plugged in, or HDMI monitor plugged directly in, then everything is OK. But if I try to use the Laptop by itself it crashes (clean boot, or undock). I noticed that it can sometimes stay up for a while, but when I launch chrome it will immediately hang.

I experienced EXACTLY the same thing in 2020 in the Aug/Sept timeframe (when this thread originated), and my IT department solved it by re-imaging. I do remember noticing that the driver had been updated before the issues showed.

I have this problem. I have tried a new hard drive, updating bios, many different drivers (installed in safe mode). None fixed it. The computer only works in safe mode. Weird thing is, if I install the intel graphics driver in safe mode, and device manager is showing it as installed, it works, but once I restart it it freezes.

My daughter is 5 yrs old. She is a very sweet little girl who normally is very much a people pleaser- she likes to do things that make you happy. However recently she has has issues in school- she told a little boy that her daddy was going to come to school and shoot him (which from my understanding was completely out of the blue as they were not even talking or playing near each other) and today a few weeks later she went up and punched the same boy in the nose.

According to her teacher she is fine with all the other kids and her "behavior in class has improved greatly over the last month or so (meaning following the rules, not talking, staying on task, etc...). My first thought was that there had to be something more to what happened the fist time because that is just not like my daughter to go up and threaten someone, she is a very sweet and loving little girl but now she has punched this kid in the nose for no reason and when I asked her about it she said "I didn't want too, I just did"

I am 14 weeks pregnant and now freaking out that one of two things is going on, neither of which is acceptable- either I'm doing something wrong as a parent- too strict, not strict enough, too much freedom for not enough, not enough "I love you"s or something or I am raising a bad egg and that I refuse to believe but I'm scared

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