I have Cyanobacteria in my tank and it’s gotten to the point where it’s covered my coral. I try to go in daily to blow some of it off with a baby booger sucker and it’s all back within hours even after a water change. I also get a film of it on top of the water. Are there any other at home remedies before having to purchase a Cyanobacteria removal product? I only have 1 power head and I’ve positioned it a few different places all with the same results.
Cyanobacteria help!!
- Thread starter Caleigh Merrill
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For most problem algae, it's minimize nutrient import (without starving your fish; feed only what they eat in 15-60 seconds and remember that dried food is concentrated) while maximizing nutrient export. Test kits may be misleadingly low, as cyano needs fuel to grow.
I would pick something out of these articles (I personally love macroalgae, so I'd install a chaeto containing refugium with a $36w LED grow bulb lit for 12 hours at night and see what happens over the next 2 weeks):
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/nitrate-in-the-reef-aquarium.10/
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/phosphate-in-the-reef-aquarium.9/
Remember that chemical methods may work short term, but unless you fix the source of high nutrients, the cyano will most likely come back eventually.
Good luck!
I would pick something out of these articles (I personally love macroalgae, so I'd install a chaeto containing refugium with a $36w LED grow bulb lit for 12 hours at night and see what happens over the next 2 weeks):
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/nitrate-in-the-reef-aquarium.10/
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/phosphate-in-the-reef-aquarium.9/
Remember that chemical methods may work short term, but unless you fix the source of high nutrients, the cyano will most likely come back eventually.
Good luck!
