I am anti chemicals and I HATE Chemiclean. I would always get mad when I read people suggesting such a chemical. “Why couldn’t you just cure it naturally?!” I would always snare.
But today I’m battling cyano and NOTHING is working. My nutrients are fine nitrates below 10ppm and phosphates below 0.10ppm. I actually struggled with zero nutrients!
I have an excellent filtration system - skimmers, 1 micron filter socks.
Super strong flow that slightly blows substrate.
…I know how to keep a reef tank. I think this problem came from when my nutrients hit 0 while in a fallow. When I started feeding again after months I got a HUGE burst of Dino’s. Now that Dino’s are done it’s cyano.
I personally don’t mind the cyano. Yes, it’s super ugly, but it’s smothering corals at this point.
So…I CAN’T believe I’m saying this….I’m planning on buying Chemiclean tomorrow.
EDIT: this thread is years old. I don’t have this tank anymore. I used chemiclean and it solved the problem in that old tank.
But today I’m battling cyano and NOTHING is working. My nutrients are fine nitrates below 10ppm and phosphates below 0.10ppm. I actually struggled with zero nutrients!
I have an excellent filtration system - skimmers, 1 micron filter socks.
Super strong flow that slightly blows substrate.
…I know how to keep a reef tank. I think this problem came from when my nutrients hit 0 while in a fallow. When I started feeding again after months I got a HUGE burst of Dino’s. Now that Dino’s are done it’s cyano.
I personally don’t mind the cyano. Yes, it’s super ugly, but it’s smothering corals at this point.
So…I CAN’T believe I’m saying this….I’m planning on buying Chemiclean tomorrow.
EDIT: this thread is years old. I don’t have this tank anymore. I used chemiclean and it solved the problem in that old tank.
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