Your best bet is to post this in the Chaosgroup forums since they make Phoenix FD.
However, I'm betting that the cylinder is the source object for the FX, so hiding it removes any source objects from the simulator leading to nothing happening. If you don't want to see your cylinder in render, uncheck "Visible to Render" in the object properties.
Best Regards,
Alfred (AJ) DeFlaminis
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