Carbon pellets in sump?

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Hi,
I've been having issues with low nutrients nitrate and phosphate. I also have a cyano outbreak on my hands as well.

I have had conflicted readings on carbon and cyano. I have carbon pellets bagged in my sump. Should I remove? I want the cyano gone.
 

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Hi,
I've been having issues with low nutrients nitrate and phosphate. I also have a cyano outbreak on my hands as well.

I have had conflicted readings on carbon and cyano. I have carbon pellets bagged in my sump. Should I remove? I want the cyano gone.
Remove the carbon and follow the directions on ChemiClean. Then try to resolve the issue with the low nutrients. Do you have GHA in the tank?
 
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Tank is roughly a year old, the rock and some coral +fish are older 1.5 years.

I do have some algae that's covered in cyano as well. I dosed chemiclean and scrubbed rock. Is the carbon causing something ?
 

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