Hi all,
I have been battling a very bad Cyano outbreak since I upgraded my lights, I have really tried a lot of things and just want to make sure that I get all my bases covered. I upgraded from 2 x T8s to 6 x T5's (2 x Giesemann 15000K, 2 x Giesemann Pure Actinic, 2 x ATI 8000K) all done over a period of about 3 weeks. It is starting to cover my stars, my hammer, my goniopora and now my zoos and I do not want to lose anything!
So far I have:
1) Pointed my powerheads at the worst areas directly, it seems to enjoy this and waves in the breeze at me, other than that no change
2) Done 2 x 25% water changes in a week
3) Put a Carbon reactor (DIY) in the sump and change it every 3 days
4) Put airstones in the sump
5) Siphoned the Cyano out at every waterchange
6) Started skimming very wet
My readings are good, all done with Tropic Marin test kits:
NO2 = 0ppm
NO3 = 0ppm
NH3 = 0ppm
PO4 = 0ppm (done with Tropic Marin and Salifert)
Ca = 402ppm
Mg = 1200ppm
Temp = 26
Salinity = 1.024
Ph = 8.5
Alk = 7
As far as I can see above, and the fact that algae does not live long I do not have an issue with my readings, and they have been stable for 6 months. Only ones I am worried about are Alk and Ph
Tank is 1200x450x450 and I have 3 x SEIO m820's in the tank (3200l/hour) and a Astro 3000 return rated at 1900l/hour (with a 1m head), so flow is not my pain
I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt, and only use RO from my Waterboy Evolution, TDS=0ppm according to test pen.
Having said all of that, it does seem to be that the Cyano is starting to mat and go a little brown, and stringing all over the place (which I think means I may be winning), but it is so bad that I do not really see that I am winning - does anyone have anything else that I can try?
I have been looking at an algae scrubber from some of the other threads, will this help?
Thanks!
Marc
I have been battling a very bad Cyano outbreak since I upgraded my lights, I have really tried a lot of things and just want to make sure that I get all my bases covered. I upgraded from 2 x T8s to 6 x T5's (2 x Giesemann 15000K, 2 x Giesemann Pure Actinic, 2 x ATI 8000K) all done over a period of about 3 weeks. It is starting to cover my stars, my hammer, my goniopora and now my zoos and I do not want to lose anything!
So far I have:
1) Pointed my powerheads at the worst areas directly, it seems to enjoy this and waves in the breeze at me, other than that no change
2) Done 2 x 25% water changes in a week
3) Put a Carbon reactor (DIY) in the sump and change it every 3 days
4) Put airstones in the sump
5) Siphoned the Cyano out at every waterchange
6) Started skimming very wet
My readings are good, all done with Tropic Marin test kits:
NO2 = 0ppm
NO3 = 0ppm
NH3 = 0ppm
PO4 = 0ppm (done with Tropic Marin and Salifert)
Ca = 402ppm
Mg = 1200ppm
Temp = 26
Salinity = 1.024
Ph = 8.5
Alk = 7
As far as I can see above, and the fact that algae does not live long I do not have an issue with my readings, and they have been stable for 6 months. Only ones I am worried about are Alk and Ph
Tank is 1200x450x450 and I have 3 x SEIO m820's in the tank (3200l/hour) and a Astro 3000 return rated at 1900l/hour (with a 1m head), so flow is not my pain
I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt, and only use RO from my Waterboy Evolution, TDS=0ppm according to test pen.
Having said all of that, it does seem to be that the Cyano is starting to mat and go a little brown, and stringing all over the place (which I think means I may be winning), but it is so bad that I do not really see that I am winning - does anyone have anything else that I can try?
I have been looking at an algae scrubber from some of the other threads, will this help?
Thanks!
Marc