Cyno in my sps tank.

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I keep getting cyno on one side of my tank nitrate is at a 1 ppm I dose 4 ml to 100 gal of water I moved a power head lastnight to change flow and it got thicker. I have 4 new ati t5 bulbs I'm going to change out but do I need to get another wave maker in the tank or what should I do I will post a picture in 10 mins
 
Right side of tank is thick left is barley any except for a few spots in the rock
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Nice looking tank. How long has it been like that? Did you notice the cyano after you started dosing nitrate? The nitrate to phosphate ratio has been linked to cyano. Have you tried manually removing it? It may just burn itself out or it is possible that dosing nitrate is feeding it.
 
Nice looking tank. How long has it been like that? Did you notice the cyano after you started dosing nitrate? The nitrate to phosphate ratio has been linked to cyano. Have you tried manually removing it? It may just burn itself out or it is possible that dosing nitrate is feeding it.
Thanks lot of hard work to get it to this point. Gotta love when your dad says you cant keep sps and you prove him wrong!! Ive been dosing for 2 months maybe more. But I'm going to do a full test in a hr or so and post results.
 
Also don't mind the frag racks and plus everywhere I cut about 250 polyps of zoas this week LA Lakers gob stoppers sunny d's captain America's blue hornets
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TOO MANY FRAGS, blocking flow you need to get rid of some. Its so strange low Phos and low Nitrate. Try siphoning the substrate on that side, I bet you find it has a large build up and Cyano just loves it. I am stating to think it is more of an Enzyme imbalance. First herd that from Chemipure I wonder if Chemiclean is nothing more then the Enzymes you put in Septic systems. I believe that is how it works when added to your Aquarium is it attacks any sludge, waste, food build up in and on the Substrate and on the rocks and all the nooks and crannies. I believe that is why many say there water after has never been so clear and would make sense why you need to make sure there is lots of O2 . Anyhow it would makes sense as your power head is moving the water to that side and as it does is driving the waste and food and stuff into the bed and lodging it under the rocks. Give it a quick siphon and see what comes out.
 
I wonder if Chemiclean is nothing more then the Enzymes
its not. chemiclean is erythromycin I believe. targets only some bacterias.
Anyhow it would makes sense as your power head is moving the water to that side and as it does is driving the waste and food and stuff into the bed and lodging it under the rocks. Give it a quick siphon and see what comes out.
yea just a build up of funk.
 
Definetly makes sense the build up got bad over last 2 days. When I fragged zoas and put in place it was descent befor but after all the plugs it got thick
 
youll have to talk to Mr Farley on that. He and most believe its a bacteria killer. Just a "cautious wording" in marketing.
 

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