I'm currently fighting some cyano and I need some tips how to fight this battle
My aquarium is quite young, about 4 months (but it's a continuation of my 3 year old 8 gallon nano)
Its is a 100 gallon tank it's stocked with:
2 Clown Fish (mature, 3 years old)
1 yellow tang (very small)
1 blue tang (very small)
1 Orchid dotyback
1 Starry blenny
6 Blue green damsels
2 cleaning shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
2 Sea urchins
8 adult snails and at least 2 dozen baby turbo snails
1 Bubble tip
A couple of mushrooms and zoa's
1 hammer coral
1 Leather (Sinularia Polydactyle)
I tried a few LPS corals but they died in the last few weeks
Technical:
RS Reefer 600 skimmer
Flow: RS Reefwave 45 and a jebao for a dead corner
18 watt UV
Tunze Chaeto reactor (on for 12 hours a day)
2 AI Hydra 32's
I did a ATI test last week and these are the condensed results:
So I see that my phosforus is a bit low compared to my nitrates so I want to restore that balance.
Done so far:
Should I:
My aquarium is quite young, about 4 months (but it's a continuation of my 3 year old 8 gallon nano)
Its is a 100 gallon tank it's stocked with:
2 Clown Fish (mature, 3 years old)
1 yellow tang (very small)
1 blue tang (very small)
1 Orchid dotyback
1 Starry blenny
6 Blue green damsels
2 cleaning shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
2 Sea urchins
8 adult snails and at least 2 dozen baby turbo snails
1 Bubble tip
A couple of mushrooms and zoa's
1 hammer coral
1 Leather (Sinularia Polydactyle)
I tried a few LPS corals but they died in the last few weeks
Technical:
RS Reefer 600 skimmer
Flow: RS Reefwave 45 and a jebao for a dead corner
18 watt UV
Tunze Chaeto reactor (on for 12 hours a day)
2 AI Hydra 32's
I did a ATI test last week and these are the condensed results:
Salinity: 1.025
Alkalinity: 9.25
Iodine: 21 ug/l (a bit low)
Nitrate: 8.34 mg/l
Phosphorus: 3.03 ug/l (a bit low)
Phosphate: 0.01 mg/l
So I see that my phosforus is a bit low compared to my nitrates so I want to restore that balance.
Done so far:
- Im starting to do more water changes now back to every week 15%
- Sucking of the cyano from the rocks
- I turned my acclimatisation mode on of my lights, to lower the output.
- I ordered a ULR phosphorus test
Should I:
- Turn down the cheato light a bit? But I'm afraid that my nitrates are going up too
- Add Po4
- Add more bacteria
- Change more water
- Set my skimmer more wet?