QBang
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Hi. First time post here. I have a 20gal JBJ Cube that is about 10 months old. Things are going great. I had some algae problems and did a 3 day blackout but this just came back. (I did lose a small fish during the blackout for some reason so there was a small ammo that is not showing in the Nitrate reading but other than that everything else is great.
Its actually Red-ish in color so I thought maybe Cyano and it doesn't look dark/brown like the dinos I had when I first started the tank. It is photosynthetic as it seems to go away at night. It comes back in the morning after the AI Prime comes on (not from any outside light cracking in from the window.) These pictures are right at the end of a ChemiClean treatment (LFS Suggested) and as you can see it didn't seem to affect this at all. I usually do my own testing but also attached are my numbers from my LFS last weekend. They had me start dosing this week because of the low Alk, calc and Mg. I have been doing my own RO/DI and weekly water changes for about 6 months.
What is this and/or what would anyone suggest as my next step. I'm concerned my LFS might be directing me in to many directions.
Its actually Red-ish in color so I thought maybe Cyano and it doesn't look dark/brown like the dinos I had when I first started the tank. It is photosynthetic as it seems to go away at night. It comes back in the morning after the AI Prime comes on (not from any outside light cracking in from the window.) These pictures are right at the end of a ChemiClean treatment (LFS Suggested) and as you can see it didn't seem to affect this at all. I usually do my own testing but also attached are my numbers from my LFS last weekend. They had me start dosing this week because of the low Alk, calc and Mg. I have been doing my own RO/DI and weekly water changes for about 6 months.
What is this and/or what would anyone suggest as my next step. I'm concerned my LFS might be directing me in to many directions.
