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Still fighting. Phosphates went down to 0.01 nitrates at 10.8. Fed frozen food for a couple of days to get phosphates up and the cyano seem to explode. Seems like a vicious cycle.
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Still fighting. Phosphates went down to 0.01 nitrates at 10.8. Fed frozen food for a couple of days and the cyano seem to explode. Seems like a vicious cycle.
I have a melanurus wrasse that is always on the hunt for food. I don't see any pods in the tank at night. He fights 5 tangs for nori. He probably needs to go so the tank can have pods again.Just a thought here and this is purely anecdotal evidence..
I recently started dosing live phytoplankton which in turn has bolstered my pod population as well as add some competition in the microbial battlefield (I'm assuming). I would say I've been dealing with a "medium" infestation (I speculate it is spirulina) which to my eyes has slowly improved. At the very least you'll just be feeding your inhabitants the good stuff!
Just a thought.
I tested what I thought was cyano, was actually spirulina. Only way to treat this is to use ChemicleanI feel your pain. I was battling cyano for months and months. Lots of water changes with no results. I'd started a treatment I found on here where you use a bag of chemi-clean and dose Hydrogen Peroxide after lights out and MB7 in the morning. I finally started seeing results after several weeks. One evening there was a power spike that tripped a GFCI outlet that my powerhead controller was plugged into. Didn't notice until late the next afternoon when I got home from work. I'm assuming there was a lack of oxygen because I lost 8 out of 9 fish and half a dozen corals. The sand had turned from the pink / purple to brown. Over the next 3 days I did 4 water changes. When this happened I had stopped the peroxide but continued the MB7 and I also dose phyto every day (added a bottle of pods after the water changes). After a week the sand was pink again but nowhere near the extent it had been. I added a new bag of chemi-clean the Saturday before last. As of today the sand is almost completely clear. There are a few small areas around the tank. Hopefully it clears completely. I also feed frozen cubes but never thought about it causing the issue.