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Could I use an old HOB filter for phosban media? If I removed the carbon from the bag and replace with phosban media, or should I run both carbon and phosban in the bag? How often should I use the phosban or carbon (if any)? Or could I put the phosban in yhe lower chamber of my HOB skimmer where the water enters the skimmer? I have a bad cyano prob just looking at ways to rid it other then just weekly wc. Thanks

 

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I have a massive algea outbreak both cyano and brown hair. I've been working on nitrates that's at 40ppm. I'm geting a phosphate test kit today but pretty sure I have a high amour with as much cyano I have now. Did a 25% wc Fri and the tank looks like crap all ready. I haven't fed anything since right before I did wc

 

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What are other ways?

 

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I do have a skimmer! And I also siphon my sand and turkey baste my rock during wc.

 

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5 months old. I went through the ugliest and when that passed it looked beautiful. Now I know my nitrates are from useing tap water when I first started but I have switched over to ro/di and ever since then my tank has looked like crap. Honestly I was doing a hell of alot better with just tap and realy thinking about going back to it.

 

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this is my tank setup a few months ago

 

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I have 2 blue damsels and 1 clown and a coral banded shrimp. 4 snails and 2 hermits. I feed every other day about 1/4 ts I was feeding once a day but backed off since the start of this crap. And now I haven't fed since a half hour before I did the wc Friday I'm sure my fish are realy hungry by now

 

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I tried puting one down low and behind the rock but it seemed like way to much flow so I just have them both aiming up to the surface. I was planing on removeing the rock and breaking it up into smaller pieces and then trying diffrent ways with the powerheads. I know its all a learning experience but like i said so far the tap water was better my tank was cleaner and my corals were happy. Right now my Duncan and mushrooms are closed up most the time. But I'm realy working on doing it all right.

 

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Oh and the two I have in the tank are 800gph each I also have another that's 850gph