Almost Instadeath

[KenO]

I have two new 55 gallon drums but just haven't put it on the top of the priority list unfortunately

Time to reprioritize that list.

 

[9975]

Okay a little update....got all of my RO and ATO system in place with a definite 0 ppm water.

Here are current values that I just took an hour ago:

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 0 to 5 API test kit but it's very yellow on the chart
Alkalinity - 7.324 dkh
Salinity - 1.025
Phosphate - 0.02
Co2 - 10 ppm
PH - 7.8

So with all of that said i did notice that after the "crash", I started to get what I believe is cyano. Is there any kind of algae bloom that could've occurred in between the diatom and cyano stages that sucked oxygen out of the water? I didnt see any difference in the water visually when I got home from work that day and I cant say that my wife was paying attention to anything other than the fish.

I have some of the Microbacter Clean ordered to help with the cyano as it is out of control. Within two days of siphoning a bunch out, it's back in full force.

As always, any thoughts on this is appreciated.

This is after 3 to 4 days....very heavy

 

[DeniseAndy]

Uggh! I hate that stuff. I have battled it in the past. Getting nitrates up a bit, good flow, lots of little siphon water changes helps. Blow off rocks. Honestly, I resorted to red slime remover in my 210g. Had to do two dosings. Worked better.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Okay a little update....got all of my RO and ATO system in place with a definite 0 ppm water.

Here are current values that I just took an hour ago:

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 0 to 5 API test kit but it's very yellow on the chart
Alkalinity - 7.324 dkh
Salinity - 1.025
Phosphate - 0.02
Co2 - 10 ppm
PH - 7.8

So with all of that said i did notice that after the "crash", I started to get what I believe is cyano. Is there any kind of algae bloom that could've occurred in between the diatom and cyano stages that sucked oxygen out of the water? I didnt see any difference in the water visually when I got home from work that day and I cant say that my wife was paying attention to anything other than the fish.

I have some of the Microbacter Clean ordered to help with the cyano as it is out of control. Within two days of siphoning a bunch out, it's back in full force.

As always, any thoughts on this is appreciated.

This is after 3 to 4 days....very heavy

Cyano bacteria. Increase water flow towards, NOT at the gravel bed. Reduce white liht intensity a little and siphon up. If it persists, Chemi clean will get rid of this safely

 

[DeniseAndy]

That is the stuff I use. I called it red slime remover, but it is chemiclean to be precise. Thanks vetteguy!

 

[KenO]

Before you jump to using chemiclean. Read this article here on R2R and using H2O2 to treat cyano. I did it and it worked.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cyanobacteria-questions-answers-and-solution.253823/