should or shouldn't

[charlie h]

I was wondering if that if my tank has a realy bad case of cynobacteris and i can't find a good supply of water for water changes, should i stop doing them and let it burn it's self out. I no i will have to top up the evaperated water but there's nothing i can do about that untill i can afford a good ro unit. The water that i have been putting in has a nitrate 15ppm and phosphate .1ppm and my tank water is nitrate 0ppm and phosphate .05ppm. So either the tank is doing it's job and getting rid of the bad water or the cynobacteria is using it up before i'm getting a chance to test for it........

 

[Sk8r]

THat's going to be trouble, cumulative trouble. Save hard. And meanwhile get your water from the kiosk at Walmart.
Keep sunlight away from your tank.
Try turning out the lights 3 days, then coming up with actinics only, before 5th day full light: do this once a month.

 

[Playa-1]

Um, nah