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I have 40B with a 40B sump. 90% of the tank contains SPS. I have a few SPS that have good color and some are pale. 50% of the rocks came from my other tank 2 years old and the other 50% are live rocks purchased from KP Aquatic shipped in water purchased back in Jan. Sand is 2-3 inches deep. I have had good growth. I have an over sized skimmer that was supposed to be used on my 75 or 90 gallon tank but that has not happened yet. 5 fishes that get fed twice a day heavily.
My tank always reads 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates. There are no nuisance algae outbreaks. I will get a small amount of cyano the day after I dose Sodium Nitrate or live phyto. I can usually get the nitrate to 1 by dosing sodium nitrate. If I try to dose two days in one week there will be cyano on 20% of the rocks and on 30% of the sand. I usually see some improvement in color by day 4 after the second dose of sodium nitrate. I normally only dose once a week because of the cyano problem. Cyano will disappear if I don't dose Sodium Nitrate or phyto for 2 weeks. I haven't used Chemiclean because it will cause other problems with tank.
My question is how to I proceed?
My tank always reads 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates. There are no nuisance algae outbreaks. I will get a small amount of cyano the day after I dose Sodium Nitrate or live phyto. I can usually get the nitrate to 1 by dosing sodium nitrate. If I try to dose two days in one week there will be cyano on 20% of the rocks and on 30% of the sand. I usually see some improvement in color by day 4 after the second dose of sodium nitrate. I normally only dose once a week because of the cyano problem. Cyano will disappear if I don't dose Sodium Nitrate or phyto for 2 weeks. I haven't used Chemiclean because it will cause other problems with tank.
My question is how to I proceed?