Chemiclean for me as well, I use it about every 4 months on both tanks just as a maintenance measure. I avoid amino acids or foods such as Acropower......Sometimes I do a light reduction.
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I'm not sure this is a competitor, just a different version of the same thing. When you take apart a small DT to clean it you are essentially doing a nutrient reset to restore balance. When that isn't practical other methods of restoring that balance are required.The other main competitor to a direct control method is the balance of increasing nitrate or phosphate back to balanced levels vs nutrient restriction. nutrient balancing is gaining strength in 2018.
(lol)I've successfully eliminated it only one time - and that was with a three-day blackout. Water movement turned out to be a myth in my case - two x-50 Gyres running fwd/reverse in a 65, and the stuff was growing thick. Haven't had it crop up in the 220. (Watch - now it will!)
~Bruce
I'd comment, but I fear the slime!(lol)
Bruce,
We both just put the Voodoo on our reefs
Freddie
The other main competitor to a direct control method is the balance of increasing nitrate or phosphate back to balanced levels vs nutrient restriction. nutrient balancing is gaining strength in 2018.
The idea is that "good algae/bacteria" will outcompete the cyano and dino's as long as there is enough PO4 and NO3 for them to do so. If you run deficient on one or the other that opens the window to the ugly bacteria.I have seen this more and more lately. What does it mean to balance nitrate and phosphate, versus running low nutrients?
Back to the thread, I have a very small cyano outburst, and I’m trying to figure out the cause. And what, if anything, to do about it right now .
The idea is that "good algae/bacteria" will outcompete the cyano and dino's as long as there is enough PO4 and NO3 for them to do so. If you run deficient on one or the other that opens the window to the ugly bacteria.
This often works but definitely not always. There are so many strains of cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates that no single treatment would ever be effective on all of them. The best we can do, short of microscopic identification, is offer advice on what works for "typical" species of each.
There’s not a balance. It’s a limitation.I see. So what should the balance be? (Eg 10 ppm trates and 0.1 phosphate?) Are there any articles available?
The idea is that "good algae/bacteria" will outcompete the cyano and dino's as long as there is enough PO4 and NO3 for them to do so. If you run deficient on one or the other that opens the window to the ugly bacteria.
This often works but definitely not always. There are so many strains of cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates that no single treatment would ever be effective on all of them. The best we can do, short of microscopic identification, is offer advice on what works for "typical" species of each.
There’s not a balance. It’s a limitation.
If one has zero N and some P. It’s N limited. And vice versa.
This +1There’s not a balance. It’s a limitation.
If one has zero N and some P. It’s N limited. And vice versa.