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Like he said!Chemiclean will nuke Cyano and not cause harm to the tank inhabitants if used properly. The only big caution is you must increase to oxygen supply while in use. Granted, if there are underlying nutrient issues, it may come back in the future. Oh and your skimmer will go nuts while treating with this. I just popped the skimmer cup off and let it add O2 to the water.
Algae scrubber, Period.
I’ve used chemiclean and it doesn’t really do much good with that kind of outbreak unless you clean most of it lower your nutrients make sure your skimmer is working good and then use it. Maybe get a sand sifting goby you help with extra food left over in the sand.Chemiclean will nuke Cyano and not cause harm to the tank inhabitants if used properly. The only big caution is you must increase to oxygen supply while in use. Granted, if there are underlying nutrient issues, it may come back in the future. Oh and your skimmer will go nuts while treating with this. I just popped the skimmer cup off and let it add O2 to the water.
Cyano loves silicates. Do you have silicates in your source water? Do an ICP test.
Maintenance dose of what? What do you use?Some hobbyists use maintenance doses as do I.
Run a skimmer, remove what Cyano you can prior to treatment.
I would guess that hobbyist that had a bad out come either had too much die off, they did not manually remove what they could prior to treatment and insufficient oxygenation during treatment.
Infamy seems to create a problem, in my tank. It made it worse because it lowered nitrate and not phosphate. When it got out of balance, the problem doubled.I’m going to try Vibrant. I get it Saturday. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I don’t have excess nutrients, that much I knowA lot of people have said excess nutrients. I don’t believe this to be true, from recent experience. I lowered my nutrients altogether, in my tank, and it never went away (no3-2 amd po4-.09). Tried chemiclean, never went away and came back worse than ever. After a few months of fighting it, I read that it is not HIGH nutrients, but out of balance nutrients. I dosed nitrate to my system, to bring no3 up to 10 and it caused po4 to go down to .06 automatically. Cyano started to melt away and the tank has never looked better. It is a new tank (6 months) so it does peak its head, on the sand, every once in a while, but the major portion of it is completely gone. My rocks and glass are completely clean now and the sand, for the most part, is white again.
I’ve been dosing phosphate. Day 3 now. I’m starting to get a reading, maybe that’ll help the stuff is like glue on my Frags it will not come up for the toothbrush or anythingWhat worked for me was adding phosphate because I had none. Cyano only can back when the phosphate was zero. You could be getting a false reading.
Can always add a diamond goby after cleaning up the sand a bit I would get it like that from lack of flow but my sand was oolite so aiming powerheads on it wasn't in the question for meHey everybody, so I do clean my tank a lot but everytime I suck this Cyano up it seems to come back worse. Was hoping not to use a chemical in there and wasn't sure if a orange goby would even touch it. I have a Maxspect Gyre XF330 on at about 75% speed (1,750 gph) in a 75 gallon tank. I think I'm pushing enough flow but obviously I am no expert looking at my tank. Levels seem to be fine and I'm usually doing a 10 gallon water change every week or a 15 - 20 gallon if I go 2 weeks. Any help I would love and appreciate! Thanks
I did a few hours ago and can already see results.Increase flow. Reduce nutrients. Wait it out. I would not use chemiclean.