Brian Treadwell
Active Member
I no this is an old topic , but I need some help, first some history will try and keep it short.
2 years ago purchased a used 90 gallon with all inhabitants and rock , moved it and set it up , had algae outbreak and some of the rock already had cyano on them , Andre PSX help me with all Algae issues , started VSV glass box method. All algae disappeared except cyano.As things move along in January up graded to a 200 gallon tank broke down 90 all rock in tubes for three days with heat and power heads no lights. Got 200 going added aquascape with some of the old rock and some new dry and cured rock. I now have cyano again no other algae.
Forgot to mention I still add Biodigest weekly but have cut the VSV back to just dosing once a week.
Need Help
Tank - 200 gallon
Tropic marine substrate new not any of old
My creation sump , with Siporax , eshoppes axium 220 skimmer
Flow - return D.C. 12000 , ice cap 3K ,WP25, PP 8 , and 1 tunze 6155 , and UV sterilizer a bit under sized.
19 fish
LPS and SPS
Clean up crew , star fish , hermit crabs , snails pretty normal
Feed a little nori daily , and 2 and 1/2 frozen cubes of assorted foods that is broken into 2 feedings a day. Everything is growing well.
Parameters -
Alk. 7.5
Cal. 420
Temp. 79
No3 0
Po4 0
Mag. 1500 always
SG 1.026
Dose 2 part EVS with dosing pump daily
Lighting- 8x80 ATI fixture only running 6 bulbs
Blue+ times 3
Coral+ times 1
Purple+ times 1
Actinic times 1
Current marine Pro LED strip
Cannot rid tank of cyano seams to be only on rocks , but the Gobies keep sand bed pretty stirred up.
2 years ago purchased a used 90 gallon with all inhabitants and rock , moved it and set it up , had algae outbreak and some of the rock already had cyano on them , Andre PSX help me with all Algae issues , started VSV glass box method. All algae disappeared except cyano.As things move along in January up graded to a 200 gallon tank broke down 90 all rock in tubes for three days with heat and power heads no lights. Got 200 going added aquascape with some of the old rock and some new dry and cured rock. I now have cyano again no other algae.
Forgot to mention I still add Biodigest weekly but have cut the VSV back to just dosing once a week.
Need Help
Tank - 200 gallon
Tropic marine substrate new not any of old
My creation sump , with Siporax , eshoppes axium 220 skimmer
Flow - return D.C. 12000 , ice cap 3K ,WP25, PP 8 , and 1 tunze 6155 , and UV sterilizer a bit under sized.
19 fish
LPS and SPS
Clean up crew , star fish , hermit crabs , snails pretty normal
Feed a little nori daily , and 2 and 1/2 frozen cubes of assorted foods that is broken into 2 feedings a day. Everything is growing well.
Parameters -
Alk. 7.5
Cal. 420
Temp. 79
No3 0
Po4 0
Mag. 1500 always
SG 1.026
Dose 2 part EVS with dosing pump daily
Lighting- 8x80 ATI fixture only running 6 bulbs
Blue+ times 3
Coral+ times 1
Purple+ times 1
Actinic times 1
Current marine Pro LED strip
Cannot rid tank of cyano seams to be only on rocks , but the Gobies keep sand bed pretty stirred up.
