JaredSaffell
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Woke up and noticed this pink on my sand and a little on the rocks and some greenish brown on the sand and rocks also.
Is this cyanobacteria?
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bEGINNING OF CYANO - YES
Siphon it up, reduce your white lighting as its very bright, reduce amount of food fed and monitor your phosphate levels and increase wATER flow towards the sand bed without blowing the sand around.
If it gets out of hand at some point, ChemiClean works well to eradicate it.
Siphon it up, reduce your white lighting as its very bright, reduce amount of food fed and monitor your phosphate levels and increase wATER flow towards the sand bed without blowing the sand around.
If it gets out of hand at some point, ChemiClean works well to eradicate it.
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JaredSaffell
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Chemiclean should work with water changes to get rid o
Thank you I will pick some up
bEGINNING OF CYANO - YES
Siphon it up, reduce your white lighting as its very bright, reduce amount of food fed and monitor your phosphate levels.
If it gets out of hand at some point, ChemiClean works well to eradicate it.
Thank you I will pick some up
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Sure looks like it. Part of those new tank ugly
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What are you dosing to the aquarium?Woke up and noticed this pink on my sand and a little on the rocks and some greenish brown on the sand and rocks also.
Dom
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It certainly looks like Cyano. In my experience, microscope examination is the only reliable way to know for sure.
If it gets thicker and can be rolled up like a mat for removal, that can be a good indication that it is.
Please be careful with Chemiclean. I understand that it depletes oxygen levels and can create other problems.
Read the instructions carefully and have replacement water available for a water change upon completion of treatment.
If it gets thicker and can be rolled up like a mat for removal, that can be a good indication that it is.
Please be careful with Chemiclean. I understand that it depletes oxygen levels and can create other problems.
Read the instructions carefully and have replacement water available for a water change upon completion of treatment.
