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I have pink cyano!Raised nutrients and started doing phyto. Now I have a green cyano issue but I think it’s slowly going away as well.
I agree. A uv is doing many things other than killing stuff by damaging its reproductive dna. Its also destroying urea by photolysis, changing the state of minerals in the water. Its a tripple whammy to dinos. My tanks back to normal now where pods came back, and sponges too. I like my uv and think it's beneficial to my tank.I honestly beleive you cannot totally defeat them without UV regardless of the type of dino's you have.
I would 100% agree with you here. While I have never been a big proponent of UV, after buying a decent unit, and leaving it running after the dino's. I'm now a firm believer in UV running 24/7.I agree. A uv is doing many things other than killing stuff by damaging its reproductive dna. Its also destroying urea by photolysis, changing the state of minerals in the water. Its a tripple whammy to dinos. My tanks back to normal now where pods came back, and sponges too. I like my uv and think it's beneficial to my tank.
Yes pretty much the same experience for me excpet my sump is a cyano factory now lol. It wasnt before. It doesnt grow in the tank surprisingly though at all. Ive found it loves my red refugium led for some reason. I noticed it engulphs and covers the hair algae growing in there with it and consumes it as the hair algae starts to die from oxygen starvation i presume. Hair algae is cyano food?I would 100% agree with you here. While I have never been a big proponent of UV, after buying a decent unit, and leaving it running after the dino's. I'm now a firm believer in UV running 24/7.
I cannot 100% say for sure if it's the UV, but I no longer have a cyano issue(have cyano in my sandbed that I suck out weekly for a few years now), and my water just looks clearer.
Ive suspected this. And your right its lowish flow for sure. Ill increase the flow soon when my new panworld 200ps arrives (going to do a closed loop of sorts). Thanks for the tips.Had the same issue with my fuge. What I ened up doing is putting a small PH in with the chaeto. It kept it moving so cyano never got a chance to take hold. If you notice cyano likes low flow areas, with a PH in the sump, cyano never gets a chance to settle.
I don’t know the “science” behind it, but it does temporarily raise ORP, it makes your water sooo clear when dosing.. so I wonder if ozone would also kill it off based on this fact?Hydrogen peroxide dosing. 1ml per 10 gallons nightly until it’s gone.