DEL 707
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I have a 56l tank that over a year old now.
For the last couple of months I've been struggling with cyanobacteria. I've been pulling it out manually and also tried Tropic Marin Cyo-Control. Which has helped but not got right of it.
How ever in the last month of so, I've had a new brown fuzzy algae appear. Also the cyano seems to be growing faster.
It's hard to believe I cleaned that powerhead 2 weeks ago, the stuff seems to come back to fast.
I've been testing my nitrates and my phosphate for the last 2 weeks.
Nitrates have been between 10-20ppm and phosphates has been 0.04-0.08ppm.
I had a ICP test at the end of November, unfortunately I didn't get the advanced test by accident.
https://icp.reef-zlements.com/icp-eos-analysis/?barcode=124-sl-32234&tank_name=Nano Reef
For filtration, I have a mix of dry and live rock. I also have a filter running carbon and bio media.
What is this brown fuzzy algae? How do I deal with it?
Should I do another ICP test?
What's a good way of getting rid of the cyano on my sand? I've been using a pipette to try to such it up, but always ending up losing sand in the process.
I'm doing a water change and big clean tomorrow, is there something I can dip my equiptment in to kill this brown fuzz?
I'm hoping to upgrade to a bigger tank in a month or 2, I really want to get this under control.
For the last couple of months I've been struggling with cyanobacteria. I've been pulling it out manually and also tried Tropic Marin Cyo-Control. Which has helped but not got right of it.
How ever in the last month of so, I've had a new brown fuzzy algae appear. Also the cyano seems to be growing faster.
It's hard to believe I cleaned that powerhead 2 weeks ago, the stuff seems to come back to fast.
I've been testing my nitrates and my phosphate for the last 2 weeks.
Nitrates have been between 10-20ppm and phosphates has been 0.04-0.08ppm.
I had a ICP test at the end of November, unfortunately I didn't get the advanced test by accident.
https://icp.reef-zlements.com/icp-eos-analysis/?barcode=124-sl-32234&tank_name=Nano Reef
For filtration, I have a mix of dry and live rock. I also have a filter running carbon and bio media.
What is this brown fuzzy algae? How do I deal with it?
Should I do another ICP test?
What's a good way of getting rid of the cyano on my sand? I've been using a pipette to try to such it up, but always ending up losing sand in the process.
I'm doing a water change and big clean tomorrow, is there something I can dip my equiptment in to kill this brown fuzz?
I'm hoping to upgrade to a bigger tank in a month or 2, I really want to get this under control.
