Cyano in my frag tank....

[Harry_Y]

I just setup a frag tank that is tied in with my main display
via a common sump, and the main display has tons of flow.

My frag tank however does not have near the flow.

I'm using two Maxi-Jet 600s because anything more
and the frags were getting blown all over.

But now I have Cyano in my frag tank.

What do others do about this?

Thank you

 

[colbrunn123]

How big is your frag tank.Do you have cleaners in thier.

 

[Harry_Y]

How big is your frag tank.Do you have cleaners in thier.

50 gallon stock tank

Just frags only in it

The Cyano is not that bad but it is on the plugs

 

[Reeferdood]

Lack of flow or crappy bulbs.... Leaning towards the flow though..

 

[Harry_Y]

Lack of flow or crappy bulbs.... Leaning towards the flow though..

Thats what I think, I may just have to live
with it or get heaver rocks for the frags

 

[Harry_Y]

Looks like I have it solved

I'm using heaver plugs, and Higher flow.

 

[shapermike]

your bio load increased and with the changes your tank is going through it's giving a source of fuel for the Cyano to grow. I just went through this with my 220 gal frag tank.

I used the MB7 micro bacter 7 from brightwell. I used Vodka for the carbon source it is cheaper. I watched it go away in like 2 to 7 days. just make sure that you turn off your skimmer off for 24 h or it will go crazy

 

[Harry_Y]

Actually I think it was just that I had too low of
flow since the frags were getting blown around.

I'll keep the Vodka in mind, if it comes back.

Thank you