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[BeanAnimal]

Keep the glass clean. The skimmer will help pull some of the stuff that you break free out. (both dissolved, and via mechanical lifting from the foam).

How much water are you changing and how often?

 

[Yesevil123]

Keep the glass clean. The skimmer will help pull some of the stuff that you break free out. (both dissolved, and via mechanical lifting from the foam).

How much water are you changing and how often?

I changed 20 gallons about a week ago. And added a few gallons before that, but didn't take any water out. I haven't been doing it too much because my parameters have been pretty much the same as the one I posted

 

[BeanAnimal]

10% once per week is rather common. Do your siphoning then. You can suck problem spots up in a turkey baster in between. Replace water as needed to maintain salinity.

Get some quality carbon. Maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 cup at a time, well rinsed in a reusable mesh bag. It will last a few weeks. Thats about it. Just keep moving along and keep us updated. Don't panic if things get worse in the short term. They are bound to, it just part of the progression. Resist the temptation to over manage and start pouring stuff in, no matter how many people tell you that is what you need to do.

 

[Yesevil123]

10% once per week is rather common. Do your siphoning then. You can suck problem spots up in a turkey baster in between. Replace water as needed to maintain salinity.

Get some quality carbon. Maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 cup at a time, well rinsed in a reusable mesh bag. It will last a few weeks. Thats about it. Just keep moving along and keep us updated. Don't panic if things get worse in the short term. They are bound to, it just part of the progression. Resist the temptation to over manage and start pouring stuff in, no matter how many people tell you that is what you need to do.

Okay! My internal filter has activated carbon in a pouch. Should I also do the mesh bag too?

 

[Yesevil123]

10% once per week is rather common. Do your siphoning then. You can suck problem spots up in a turkey baster in between. Replace water as needed to maintain salinity.

Get some quality carbon. Maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 cup at a time, well rinsed in a reusable mesh bag. It will last a few weeks. Thats about it. Just keep moving along and keep us updated. Don't panic if things get worse in the short term. They are bound to, it just part of the progression. Resist the temptation to over manage and start pouring stuff in, no matter how many people tell you that is what you need to do.

ALSO, how often should I be chaning my filter and carbon?

 

[BeanAnimal]

Okay! My internal filter has activated carbon in a pouch. Should I also do the mesh bag too?

Nope the pouch will be fine for now.

Hard to tell on the filter, but I would change or clean the filter pad maybe every 2 weeks, depending on how bad it looks.

 

[Yesevil123]

Nope the pouch will be fine for now.

Hard to tell on the filter, but I would change or clean the filter pad maybe every 2 weeks, depending on how bad it looks.

Should I just replace it with a new one? Its been in the tank from the start of the set up. I also use the marineland internal magma filter.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Maybe list model number of all of the equipment.

 

[Üter]

Wait it out. Don’t do chemicals. Add some more pods and CUC.

 

[DeMacReef24]

Hey guys so im having trouble with what I think is a cyano bacteria in my sand. It's purple, stringy in the current flow yet slimy. Goes away when I remove it physically, but comes back the next day. I really do not want to chemically treat my tank. My light timers are from 7:30am to 6:30pm it's only on the one side. I have a 55 gallon reef and fish tank. I use the octo classic 1000 skimmer and an internal marineland filter. Along with a jebao circulation pump.

Are you adding beneficial bacteria after your water changes?
BB will help cleanse the water and outcompete the cyano.

 

[bubbgee]

Instead of chemiclean, you can use calcium carbonate. I use this from time to time to clear out floating stuff or sludge at the bottom of the tank to be skimmed or cleaned out mechanically.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/extreme-water-clarity-and-cyano-eradication-made-easy.916381/
Other than that, you will need to wait it out as this is part of tank maturing process.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Instead of chemiclean, you can use calcium carbonate. I use this from time to time to clear out floating stuff or sludge at the bottom of the tank to be skimmed or cleaned out mechanically.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/extreme-water-clarity-and-cyano-eradication-made-easy.916381/
Other than that, you will need to wait it out as this is part of tank maturing process.

To me, this post sounds somewhat like you believe the manufacturer claims about Chemiclean, which IMO, are not how it works. That may not be what you think or mean, but I wouldn't want people to come away thinking Chemiclean removes sludge, as it claims, and that is how it works.

Chemiclean works within 48 hours oxidizing trapped organic sludge and promotes an ideal enzyme balance.

It is an antibiotic the kills cyanobacteria. It is not getting rid of cyano by "oxidizing trapped sludge" or altering an "enzyme balance", although I imagine folks at an LFS reading the label are readily convinced.

The use of particulate calcium carbonate is a way of reducing organics in the water.

 

[bubbgee]

To me, this post sounds somewhat like you believe the manufacturer claims about Chemiclean, which IMO, are not how it works. That may not be what you think or mean, but I wouldn't want people to come away thinking Chemiclean removes sludge, as it claims, and that is how it works.

Chemiclean works within 48 hours oxidizing trapped organic sludge and promotes an ideal enzyme balance.

It is an antibiotic the kills cyanobacteria. It is not getting rid of cyano by "oxidizing trapped sludge" or altering an "enzyme balance", although I imagine folks at an LFS reading the label are readily convinced.

The use of particulate calcium carbonate is a way of reducing organics in the water.

Agreed that chemiclean is an antibiotic. I just use the calcium carbonate as a flocculant which is what I was intending to assist with.

 

[Texas_Aquaman]

I had a cyano outbreak when my tank was 6 months old. I tweaked a few things (like reducing lights by 50%) but the main thing I did was to vacuum the sand every day to remove as much cyano as possible. It would grow back by the following day but it got progressively better every day, and after less than 3 weeks it was completely gone. I used a 1/4 inch (internal diameter) clear rubber tube taped to a stick to vacuum (via siphon) the sand. I discarded any sand that was sucked up with the cyano. Again, after less than 3 weeks the cyano was completely gone. My tank is now 1 year old and it looks GREAT.