Weird Cyano

[Aidanwolf]

Stringy cyano not sure what to do about it.

 

[Aidanwolf]

Here is a picture.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Red pigmented cyano same cure as the green algae on your rocks. You have excess nutrients, most likely phosphate.

Pick up the following a reliable phosphate test
Red sea, nyos, or salifert
Or a hana ulr phosphate checker(best of the 4 options)

A phosphate removal media. Gfo, rowphos etc

Make some saltwater.

Attach a toothbrush with tape to your siphon hose and clean Those rocks.
Add the media

if not using a reactor use phosguard in a media bag) rinse under running water. Replace every 3 days or so.

Repeat rock cleaning at least once a week.

Test your phosphates every time you replace the media or weekly with gfo. You want to be under .1ppm without any peaks over that. I like to shoot for a goal of .02-.07 ppm to stay on the safe side.

 

[Aidanwolf]

Red pigmented cyano same cure as the green algae on your rocks. You have excess nutrients, most likely phosphate.

Pick up the following a reliable phosphate test
Red sea, nyos, or salifert
Or a hana ulr phosphate checker(best of the 4 options)

A phosphate removal media. Gfo, rowphos etc

Make some saltwater.

Attach a toothbrush with tape to your siphon hose and clean Those rocks.
Add the media

if not using a reactor use phosguard in a media bag) rinse under running water. Replace every 3 days or so.

Repeat rock cleaning at least once a week.

Test your phosphates every time you replace the media or weekly with gfo. You want to be under .1ppm without any peaks over that. I like to shoot for a goal of .02-.07 ppm to stay on the safe side.

I will get the Salifert testing kit. I have the api phosphate test and it reads 0 but that could be inaccurate or the alage is just consuming it also making the test inaccurate.

 

[Gareth elliott]

For salifert i found the easiest reading done in sunlight or ~3000k bulb but this might just be me trying to read shades of blue.

 

[Aidanwolf]

For salifert i found the easiest reading done in sunlight or ~3000k bulb but this might just be me trying to read shades of blue.

So the cyano has taken off like crazy. I am running phosgaurd in my intank media basket and my phosphate testing kit reads 0. I am not sure what is going on.