Does this cyano look infected?! Cyano question lol

[JayFish4004]

I have red cyano that is not at crazy levels - currently just tries to proliferate between the glass and sand which looks ugly af but not terrible.

During my weekly water changes I use a baster to siphon out as much as I can, but it’s never enough and always comes right back to where it was.

It started when I let phosphates get out of whack which is now corrected. Nitrates are around 15ppm and phos is 0.03ish ppm.

Is there an end in sight or do I need to take a different approach than siphoning? Limiting nutrients any further is out of question - nutrients are gonna be where they gonna be from here :)

 

[Ron Reefman]

Consider either redirecting your flow, or adding more flow. Anything you can do to aim it at the area where you are getting cyano will help.

 

[reefiniteasy]

I’ve battled this off and on for the last several years. It’s been told to me that it’s reflection of the aquariums lights off the glass and down into the sand bed and the fact that there is no flow through the front of the sand against the glass. Always just comes and goes for me.

 

[JayFish4004]

I’ve battled this off and on for the last several years. It’s been told to me that it’s reflection of the aquariums lights off the glass and down into the sand bed and the fact that there is no flow through the front of the sand against the glass. Always just comes and goes for me.

Part of me almost wonders if I should let it go but I also just went through a minicrash so keeping experimentation to a minimum haha

 

[reefiniteasy]

Part of me almost wonders if I should let it go but I also just went through a minicrash so keeping experimentation to a minimum haha

Unless it’s creeping up onto the sand, don’t do a thing.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Cyano is way more about flow and nutrients than about light.