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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by dabandit

I was over on the bc aquaria web site,there was a guy asking how to get rid of algae/cyano. Two seperate people told him there wasnt enough Phosphate/nitrate in his water and thats where his problem is,their solution add more fish lol. What causes someone to offer an opinion on something they know nothing about I wonder? Poor guy was also doing tap water changes to try to get rid of it based on someones advice. Crazy,I dont think he believed me that the detrious was the cause of his problem not the solution.

Really? Which thread was this? I couldn't find it when I searched. The cyano threads I saw recommended the reefer needed to reduce nutrients like phosphates and were likely caused by over feeding & nutrient buildup? Please pm me the link so I can check it out.

Anthony

[Samw]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Really? Which thread was this? I couldn't find it when I searched. The cyano threads I saw recommended the reefer needed to reduce nutrients like phosphates and were likely caused by over feeding & nurtirent buildup? Please pm me the link so I can check it out.

Anthony

It was a thread about freshwater cyano; and i didn't see anyone recommending adding phosphate. Basically, I saw 2 posters mentioning that low nitrate is one possible cause of cyano. In addition, one of the 2 guys mentioned that frequent water changes (i assume with tap water) made it worse for him. Seems reasonable. BTW: both posters who suggested that low nitrates are a possible cause of cyano are also Canreefers.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yes, and dabandit, if you read the sw thread about cyano & algae, the advice there was pretty much correct, as in having to remove the excess nutrients (ie. using Phosban reactor to treat the symptom) & finding the source of those excess nutrients (to treat the cause).

http://www.bcaquaria.com/forum/showt...ighlight=cyano

Here's the thread I'm talking about.