I know about the “ugly” stage of cycling but this is ridiculous.

[K.miller]

Im so glad i found this thread. My tank is about 3 months old and i have the same stuff growing. Maybe not quite as much as yours but its close. I assumed it was coming from po4 leaching out of the dry rock used. I started running GFO which maybe helped a little but not really. Looks like im going to be placing and order with BRS and starting to dose po4,no3 and hitting it with some reef flux

 

[glb]

Im so glad i found this thread. My tank is about 3 months old and i have the same stuff growing. Maybe not quite as much as yours but its close. I assumed it was coming from po4 leaching out of the dry rock used. I started running GFO which maybe helped a little but not really. Looks like im going to be placing and order with BRS and starting to dose po4,no3 and hitting it with some reef flux

I’m glad it helped! It does eventually get better.

 

[glb]

This pic isn’t the greatest but you can see that the cyano is disappearing. The rocks are almost completely clean thanks to a bunch of snails, and you can see that my new diamond goby is going to town on the sand. I’ve switched to daily 1/3g water changes (averages out to 5g every two weeks). I’m going to see if that keeps things steady. I never would have thought that 0 phosphates could cause such a problem!

 

[K.miller]

Maybe i missed it but did you add any DR tims one and only or anything like that along the way?

 

[glb]

Maybe i missed it but did you add any DR tims one and only or anything like that along the way?

I treated the tank with reef Flux and then dosed nitrates and phosphates daily until I started getting readable levels. I don’t think I had to add Dr. Tim’s. Removing the extra algae also helped. There was a crust of what looked like cyano on the sand. I noticed that the po4 finally showed up when testing about a week or two later.

 

[K.miller]

Ok thanks. Going to be ordering everything and will be starting this same regiment this week

 

[K.miller]

Did you dose the full dose of reef flux?

 

[Brew12]

This pic isn’t the greatest but you can see that the cyano is disappearing. The rocks are almost completely clean thanks to a bunch of snails, and you can see that my new diamond goby is going to town on the sand. I’ve switched to daily 1/3g water changes (averages out to 5g every two weeks). I’m going to see if that keeps things steady. I never would have thought that 0 phosphates could cause such a problem!

I'm glad things are turning around for you!

 

[glb]

I'm glad things are turning around for you!

Thanks! My diamond goby has totally remodeled the tank in two days so there’s sand everywhere, but that’s nothing compared to the teddy bear fur!

 

[Matt Carden]

Still no pics? Don't be shy, we all have to deal with the uglies.

 

[Brew12]

Still no pics? Don't be shy, we all have to deal with the uglies.

Thats not ugly, that is an opportunity for grazers!!!

 

[jd371]

Yay! My 20g anemone tank just turned the corner and the uglies are gone. Been cycling since January and finally after the last cleaning and WC the diatoms and cyano haven't returned and the tank looks great. Another month or two and I can start moving some nems from the main tank.

 

[Matt Carden]

Thats not ugly, that is an opportunity for grazers!!!

I only posted a pic of mine to make OP more comfortable posting his.
My grazers won't touch most of it. Mostly gone now through manual removal.

 

[glb]

I only posted a pic of mine to make OP more comfortable posting his.
My grazers won't touch most of it. Mostly gone now through manual removal.

I’m a chick btw

 

[Fourstars]

Drop a few hundred on CUC.

 

[Matt Carden]

I’m a chick btw

Oops☺

 

[glb]

Tank shots as promised.

 

[Matt Carden]

Looking good!

 

[K.miller]

Tank turn around looks great! Really hoping mine goes that well

 

[glb]

Thanks everyone!