Cyano in refugium?

MarkoD · #1 04-15-2011, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Did this turf algae start before or after you noticed your fish having minor ich?

it started before. fish are starting to get better now.

light is 2 6500K CFL bulbs about a month old

i think this stuff might have come in with the cheato i got from big al's

BlueTang<3 · #2 04-15-2011, 03:35 AM

Can u cut back to one bulb? It may just be still new tank, you are still cycling give it a little while after some water changes it should starve out. Are you running pellets or lith rocks or anything?

MarkoD · #3 04-15-2011, 04:26 AM

pellets? lith rocks?

the tank is new but its not cycling. i had the rock cycled previously in my old tank

cathyg_99 · #4 04-15-2011, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

pellets? lith rocks?

the tank is new but its not cycling. i had the rock cycled previously in my old tank

even if you switch from one tank to another your tank can still go through a mini cycle

BlueTang<3 · #5 04-15-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

pellets? lith rocks?

the tank is new but its not cycling. i had the rock cycled previously in my old tank

I was just wondering if you were going for a ultra low nutrient system and starving the cheato. If there is not enough food for the cheato and it dies it will release everything it has absorbed. So i guess the next question is the cheato growing?

cathyg_99 · #6 04-15-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

I was just wondering if you were going for a ultra low nutrient system and starving the cheato. If there is not enough food for the cheato and it dies it will release everything it has absorbed. So i guess the next question is the cheato growing?

Sorry tojack the thread bit if the chaeto isnt groeing but everything else has doubled in two months is it still okay

MarkoD · #7 04-16-2011, 01:08 PM

Yeah the cheato has doubled in the last 3 weeks.