SmoknthaREEFer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 So for the past two weeks ive been battling this stuff. I cut down the amount of food from everyday to everyother day. Its hard to measure the amount i feed just a small pinch of Rod's Food(I have 1 occy clown and 1 tailspot blenny and a small frag of GSP's and a fairly large Waving hand anthelias). I have a 10 Gallon setup with a koralia 240 nano. Not sure i can up the powerhead becuase my waving hand anthelias already have good movement any stronger id be afraid it would be too much. I have two T5 lights at 38 watts which i keep on for 8 hours a day. The stuff continues to grow still. My parameters are all good. Nitrates are 0 though id have to believe its becuase the cyanobacteria is using up all the nitrates so that might not be right. Im looking in to changing up my CUC to cerith snails and scarlet reef hermits(right now i just have turbos and blue leg hermits). Any thoughts? Link to comment
SmoknthaREEFer Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well just orderdred a quick crew from reefcleaners so hopefully those ceriths will get under my sand and take care of the red algae. Link to comment
randythefishdude Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 dont know what to tell ya but are u using a rodi unit or buying water that would help if ur not and some phospate media if thats part of it Link to comment
GTi Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well just orderdred a quick crew from reefcleaners so hopefully those ceriths will get under my sand and take care of the red algae. I had similar trouble. LFS suggested checking pH - mine has always been at the lower end (8.0). When I upped the pH to 8.3, most of the cyano went away. I had also added to my cuc which couldn't have hurt. Link to comment
louy99 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 High phosphates maybe? Link to comment
GTi Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 In my tank there were no nitrates and phosphates were very low. I was running purigen and gfo. I wasn't overfeeding and lighting wasn't on too long. I was starting to get fed up with it and either the cuc or pH change worked (so far). Link to comment
SmoknthaREEFer Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Yeah I have always gotten water from LFS and they use RO water. How do you up your PH if it is in fact low? Link to comment
GTi Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Yeah I have always gotten water from LFS and they use RO water. How do you up your PH if it is in fact low? I make my own RO/DI and add reef cyrstals. I think my house has too much co2 because the first step is to ensure your water has good gas exchange (surface agitation). If this doesn't help you can add supplements. I am out of town and don't recall what I used but I'm sure you could find something on the sponsors' websites. Some supplements can affect other parameters so best to do a full water test first to see where you are before buying. Link to comment
FeableEffort Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Are you currently dosing with anything? I was once using an expired additive that caused a huge outbreak in my tank. Link to comment
initial_reefer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I cannot seem to shake this stuff at all Link to comment
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