lespaul339
Reefer
So I've been battling Cyano for months. It's only on my sand bed. My tank has super high flow, phosphates and nitrates are testing at 0. My tank parameters are within range. I haven't tested in a couple weeks but even when all my levels were spot on I still had the problem. I use BRS two part. I use Salifert test kits, so I know I'm getting reliable results.I'm going to test my water over my lunch hour today and I will post actual testing results so we know exactly where my levels are at. But I know my water quality is great, I run carbon and GFO. I'm not over feeding. I just don't know what's causing it. I vacuum it completely off my sand bed and within a week it's back. It's not built up nutrients in my sand bed, I vacuum that completely with a gravel vacuum.
I just recently adjusted my lighting to run more of a blue setting than the white. It's a Reef Breeders Photon 48. Right now my lights max out on 70% blue, and 38% white. I thought maybe it was my lighting spectrum that was causing it. It's only been a few days since I adjusted so don't know how that will affect it yet. Not going to rush to try Red Slime Remover but at this point I don't know what else to try. I've done lights out for a few days. It comes back. Should I just be patient and ride this out like I did my GHA phase?
My tank is almost two years old from an upgrade on a 3 year old tank. I belive Cyano to just be another "cycle" our tanks go through. But I'm tired of dealing with the stuff. Has anyone ever heard of any bad experiences or negative side effects from using Red Slime Remover? I'm one of the people that doesn't like to put chemicals in my tank, but at this point I'm almost willing to give the stuff a try.
I just recently adjusted my lighting to run more of a blue setting than the white. It's a Reef Breeders Photon 48. Right now my lights max out on 70% blue, and 38% white. I thought maybe it was my lighting spectrum that was causing it. It's only been a few days since I adjusted so don't know how that will affect it yet. Not going to rush to try Red Slime Remover but at this point I don't know what else to try. I've done lights out for a few days. It comes back. Should I just be patient and ride this out like I did my GHA phase?
My tank is almost two years old from an upgrade on a 3 year old tank. I belive Cyano to just be another "cycle" our tanks go through. But I'm tired of dealing with the stuff. Has anyone ever heard of any bad experiences or negative side effects from using Red Slime Remover? I'm one of the people that doesn't like to put chemicals in my tank, but at this point I'm almost willing to give the stuff a try.