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06-02-2006, 01:41 PM
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I am fighting the same thing you are. My tank has only been up for 6 months though. Everything is brand new in mine. I contribute my problem to my crappy skimmer, but thats a whole diff. story. You might wanna try purchasing or even a DIY project and make a H.O.B fuge for your tank. Throw some mud, or sand, or whatever floats your boat in there along with your choice of macroalgae. Put a little light on top and watch the nutrient struggle begin. Although I have yet to do this I have done alot of research on it, and am getting a sump with fuge next month.
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06-02-2006, 01:49 PM
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Last night I also sucked the layer of cyano with a 1/2 plastic hose. The gravel cleaner thign that I had was to wide and wouldn't suck the cyano up only the finer sand. But the smaller dia. hose worked well. I figure if you keep sucking it out it may come back but will eventually use up all the nutrients in the tank, and slowly go away. Thats if your not putting excess nutrients in the tank ofcourse.
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06-02-2006, 01:57 PM
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Sometimes that stuff gets a foothold in your tank and it seems you battle it forever. A couple of things that I might try if you can is to turkey baste the bejeezus out of your rock - even every couple of days and see what your skimmer can pull out. I would also be tempted to do a 50% water change after basting. If you can pull out the rocks that are the worst and take a scrub brush to them in a bucket of change water. I would also cut back on lighting to say 5-6 hours/day on MH. I know I have cut mine back for the summer because of heat and also because of the amount of ambient light there is in the house. Also try cutting out one feeding a day if you can - not sure what critters you have so don't know if this is possible.
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