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So my tank is 11 months old. I noticed in recent weeks a little bit of Cyano growing with lights/receding at night. This week it seems to be a little worse. I know it is not dinos because I battled them in the beginning, know what they look like, know what they smell like , and also have a microscope to confirm.I know cyanobacteria is a very common thing that everyone will at least get a little taste of at some point. I am just trying to figure out what I should do. I had let water changes and a little maintenance slip away, life just got busy this year.
My nitrates are between 25-40 (Nyos) and phosphates are 0.5 (Hannah ULR). They have been high for some time with no real Cyano issues. The only thing I changed recently was add a refugium 2-3 weeks ago in attempt to help lower my nutrients. I was also just about to start carbon dosing and lanthanum dosing/or GFO as I simply do not have the time to do frequent large water changes on a 180g system.
What do you guys think I should do? Let it be while I work on lowering nutrients slowly? Are high nutrients even the cause (I see other posts about Cyano but with people having low nutrients)?
My nitrates are between 25-40 (Nyos) and phosphates are 0.5 (Hannah ULR). They have been high for some time with no real Cyano issues. The only thing I changed recently was add a refugium 2-3 weeks ago in attempt to help lower my nutrients. I was also just about to start carbon dosing and lanthanum dosing/or GFO as I simply do not have the time to do frequent large water changes on a 180g system.
What do you guys think I should do? Let it be while I work on lowering nutrients slowly? Are high nutrients even the cause (I see other posts about Cyano but with people having low nutrients)?