is this cyano?

Fish Fry · 06-27-2006, 11:13 PM

Is this cyano? It is spreading fast...

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Tim224DT · 06-27-2006, 11:16 PM

Yep!

More waterchanges to siphon it out, cut back on feeding, skim wet, increase your flow to that area, replace your bulbs if they are more than 8 months old, and ohh yeah dont give up i have seen worse trust me.

Tim

Fish Fry · 06-27-2006, 11:28 PM

thanks. I keep taking it out by hand, but it comes back in a day. This spot was white yesterday. I will keep trying...

leveldrummer · 06-27-2006, 11:32 PM

what causes the bubbles ontop of that stuff, i have a little in my tank. and it always has bubbles all over it.

Tim224DT · 06-27-2006, 11:35 PM

What causes it to grow is high nutrients and phosphates. So skim wet to remove more nutrients in the water and do water changes with good RO/DI water and get some kind of phosphate absorber. Cut back on feeding so you arnt adding extra waste into the tank to break down and cause problems like this. I feed my tank every other to every 3rd day.

Tim

Fish Fry · 06-27-2006, 11:41 PM

I have been doing what you suggested for about a week and I am wondering if anything is helping. I even added a phosphate reactor the other day. Frequent 10-20 % water changes. Use good R/O for top-off. I use catalina water as my usual saltwater. Cut back on feedings to every two days. I'll try anything

Tim224DT · 06-27-2006, 11:43 PM

It took me about 1-2 months to clear my tank up that was way worse than that. It takes some time just dont give up

Tim

Loverotties · 06-28-2006, 07:16 AM