Hey y’all I have a decent layer of cyano in the sand bed and I do have 3 nassarius snails but it seems like they fail to stir the sand. Would a sand sifting starfish help with this?
Any thoughts ?
Thank you
Any thoughts ?
Thank you
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Appreciate the help!I’m sure it would contribute to moving some sand, but over all that won’t solve the problem. Take a good look at your parameters find out the issue and correct that.
Post your parameters and maybe explain your tank routines then you can work on the real issue of the cyano.
What about phosphate?Appreciate the help!
salinity level is 1.025
Ph Ranges from approximately 8.0-8.2
nitrate has been dropping,
Originally after water changes it would be about 10-20 ppm
Now nitrate is reading at .05 ppm
Finally I do a weekly 5 gallon water change in my 29 gallon tank. Every week I siphon 1/4 of the sand and clean the tank on Saturdays
How often are you manually removing the cyano from the sand, and how quickly does it come back? Is it in specific spots or everywhere?I have a lot of Cyano on my sand bed. It's been there for months. I have chemiclean but I'm not in a hurry to use it. I'm hoping I can get rid of it naturally first. But it's not working. Recently my nitrates dropped from 10ppm to 3ppm. My phosphates are always at 0.03 . I started to get dynoflaglates. I've gotten passed the dinos for the most part with UV and h202 and microbacter 7 but the Cyano remains. Nitrates are back up to 10ppm phosphates are at 0.05 I've been dosing nitrates and phosphates to the system. I've also turned down the lights cleaned the skimmer replaced the RO membrane and RO filters and I still can't get rid of the Cyano. I'm very tempted to just use that chemiclean. Anyone have any ideas? Something I haven't thought of. I also run my tank on the cold side. At 77 degrees F
I kinda gave up manually removing it. It comes back in a couple hours everywhereHow often are you manually removing the cyano from the sand, and how quickly does it come back? Is it in specific spots or everywhere?
Are you sure it's actually cyano?I kinda gave up manually removing it. It comes back in a couple hours everywhere
I'm pretty sure. I'll send a photoAre you sure it's actually cyano?
I have bubble hair algaeAre you sure it's actually cyano?
????I have bubble hair algae
Could be dinosI'm pretty sure. I'll send a photo
Look at the photo in this article.I'm pretty sure. I'll send a photo
Appreciate the help!
salinity level is 1.025
Ph Ranges from approximately 8.0-8.2
nitrate has been dropping,
Originally after water changes it would be about 10-20 ppm
Now nitrate is reading at .05 ppm
Finally I do a weekly 5 gallon water change in my 29 gallon tank. Every week I siphon 1/4 of the sand and clean the tank on Saturdays
Huh? Do you mean dinoflagellates?0 nitrate and elevated phosphate makes a perfect environment for cyano
Huh? Do you mean dinoflagellates?
LoserThat might have been the most convoluted hijack thread ever?