Hey all, I've had a 29 gallon tank set up since July and have been letting everything cycle and all seemed well. Then came the cyano. Just a little bit here and there until I decided I wanted to do something about it, so I purchased some chemiclean and used it. It worked great, all the cyano got knocked out but a day or two after I checked on the tank to see what looked like an explosion of brown substance. Is this another form of cyano? Brown algae? Or just a normal cycling process? I did recently upgrade my lighting to a dual 39w t5. I will upload a picture when I get home
Bloom after chemiclean
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RDHDDRAGON
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We used chemiclean once. It was bad. It did kill the cyano, but it started my cycle all over again.
In the future i would recommend NOT using it. Just get you a smaller hose and suck the cyano out as you do smaller water changes.
In the future i would recommend NOT using it. Just get you a smaller hose and suck the cyano out as you do smaller water changes.
HighDefCorals
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One of the processes of setting a tank up is an algal cycle that occurs. Essentially what happens are certain nutrients appear in the water column which feed certain algaes, as the algae thrives it eats that nutrient and makes another nutrient, which another algea will use. The result is varying outbreaks of algae and cyanobacteria. In general if you can live with it for a while, and keep the tank under a good care regime, they will go away on their own.
If you stop the process by chemiclean or excessive syphoning, they cycle is halted and keeps producing odd growths of varying alageas and bacteria.
If you can, just brush any outbreaks from your corals for now and let the cycle go. So long as you have good water flow, a good skimmer and good oxyegnation, the situation usually resolves itself.
Regards,
Paul.
If you stop the process by chemiclean or excessive syphoning, they cycle is halted and keeps producing odd growths of varying alageas and bacteria.
If you can, just brush any outbreaks from your corals for now and let the cycle go. So long as you have good water flow, a good skimmer and good oxyegnation, the situation usually resolves itself.
Regards,
Paul.
