Hi, I have been dealing with a cyano issue for a while now. At first my lfs said that is was because of flow since I only had my rotating return pump and that was enough for 6 mo before the bloom started. I added the nano aquatop pump which if it is not pointed to the top, blows sand piles within the day before i restart it. While the cyano doesn’t stick to the pile of sand being blown around it will stick even half an inch over from the pile. the cyano is also getting really stringy now instead of laying flat over the sand but it’s still the same color and texture.
I am using AI prime hd for lights with utraviolet and violet at about 120-135 fluctuating and everything else is at 30 or lower.
I do seem to now have another algae growing thats short and hairy but my mexican turbo will eat that, and then maybe another that is attaching to my glass. I also have coraline but i think the cyano is winning over it since its mostly growing on glass or shells.
My lyon clove from the symposium has at least 4 new heads popped out with more spreading every time I look at it.
i have 2 clowns 4-5 different hermits, a Mexican turbo snail and a tiger conch that happily stays in my sand unless I accidentally dig him up.
My main reason for this post is that instead of getting better, the cyano seems to be coming back quicker and in ways that are harder to manage. The strings are harder to suck up, and it being mostly on the sand bed takes forever to get it up anyways. I had just cleaned my tank this morning and got up what I could and you can see how it looks just like 5 hours later.
My parameters:
Sal: 1.25
Calc: 70 (I am raising this as quickly as I can safely) (or my test is bad, but this is a theory I need to test for a few more days)
Alk:10.2
Phos: 0, but my ro water has 0.12 (is this a problem?)
Mag: 1450 (this was a surprise to me this morning as every other test has been at 1350, i will be replacing my filters because of this since it seems to come from my ro)
after about probably 3 days this is going to become thick long strings that cover everything else, is this even cyano anymore?
I just replaced my chemipure which was supposed to last for much longer than what I had it in for just incase
Any help or advice is wanted, thank you
(I wanted to add that I have recently gone through some financial changes and couldn’t afford to focus on more than water changes until a few weeks ago so I would’ve done more sooner but money didn’t allow it, I am now back to financially frugal but capable)
I am using AI prime hd for lights with utraviolet and violet at about 120-135 fluctuating and everything else is at 30 or lower.
I do seem to now have another algae growing thats short and hairy but my mexican turbo will eat that, and then maybe another that is attaching to my glass. I also have coraline but i think the cyano is winning over it since its mostly growing on glass or shells.
My lyon clove from the symposium has at least 4 new heads popped out with more spreading every time I look at it.
i have 2 clowns 4-5 different hermits, a Mexican turbo snail and a tiger conch that happily stays in my sand unless I accidentally dig him up.
My main reason for this post is that instead of getting better, the cyano seems to be coming back quicker and in ways that are harder to manage. The strings are harder to suck up, and it being mostly on the sand bed takes forever to get it up anyways. I had just cleaned my tank this morning and got up what I could and you can see how it looks just like 5 hours later.
My parameters:
Sal: 1.25
Calc: 70 (I am raising this as quickly as I can safely) (or my test is bad, but this is a theory I need to test for a few more days)
Alk:10.2
Phos: 0, but my ro water has 0.12 (is this a problem?)
Mag: 1450 (this was a surprise to me this morning as every other test has been at 1350, i will be replacing my filters because of this since it seems to come from my ro)
after about probably 3 days this is going to become thick long strings that cover everything else, is this even cyano anymore?
I just replaced my chemipure which was supposed to last for much longer than what I had it in for just incase
Any help or advice is wanted, thank you
(I wanted to add that I have recently gone through some financial changes and couldn’t afford to focus on more than water changes until a few weeks ago so I would’ve done more sooner but money didn’t allow it, I am now back to financially frugal but capable)
