Help me get rid of this!

[biecacka]

if you run filter socks, try putting it in the sock.
I think I am getting a little cyano too, my inline TDS meter is now reading 4 on my output. time to change the cartridges out on that. I did recently add bio-pellets to the tank too. But I had been dosing vodka/vinegar to the tank.

corey

 

[Ebbi Flow]

can we see how your powerheads are set up? did you check the tds? or was the unit purchased new?

Something ain't right here.

Typically in all Maintence adventures After Hours...At friends houses, etc.

I Turn Off Tank Flo, Have Water Ready say Good 20%, 30% being on safe side.

Really simple, Airline Vacuum Thick Layer Above Gravel.

Slow, wins! Then try and suck off as much as possible. Pinch the airline, get a Huge Net, slightly place near major rock..get airline going in net..Gently lift rock into net not spreading it.

***Then lift out and put into old tankwater bucket just vacuumed...(Can net off chunks before and throw away.)***

I would then double dose the bucket. Try and shake up good in bad and add to rock... Then swirl around.

Now remove your carbon, don't touch your prefilter unless caked too.

Throw out carbon, rinse sponge in treated bucket if caked.

Now go back with 3/8-1/2 hose wo vacuum suck just surface of affected areas.( Try and do in separate bucket)
20 minutes, Put rock back in tank letting drip off near Complete...

Refill tank with quality new saltwater, start up filters.
Then I just throw out the sand of was that bad and not too much...

***Key****
Now dose the tank by 2x initial dose, then dose few days in a row normal total volume dosages to tank size...

By doing this trick, never had reoccurances.

 

[Ebbi Flow]

And I was dosing ChemiClean, not the crappy red slime remover brand!

 

[ndz98]

So it seems like the chemi pure is helping. The cyano seems to have really cleared up and not seeing as much growth as before. But now that it has cleared up, I've realized there seems to be what I believe is GHA on the rocks. It's very little but I would like to get rid of it and make the rocks look cleaner. It's stuck on the rocks pretty well. Hard to scrub away. Any methods of getting rid of it?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

My go to is re-evaluate your CUC members.

 

[ndz98]

I just recently purchased a cuc. They are all snails though.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I like snails a lot more than anything else.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.258695/#post-3063945

 

[ndz98]

So I should just let them do there thing and the algae should clear up eventually?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I like to scrub it down and let them keep it down.

 

[ndz98]

do you use something like a toothbrush to scrub it down or something that is a little harder?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I use a tooth brush in fact yes. Ther are a few out there with longer handles. Gun brushes.