Cannot get rid of cyano!

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by dc4

Marko, try dosing vodka, ever since I started with vodka its has helped control the excess nutrients in my tank. I only do a water change when I clean out my sump and thats only once every 2-3 months though I do add 5g of ro a week due to evaporation but everything in my tank is doing great. I also overfeed my tank at least twice a day but my tests always come out zeros.

Thanks for the suggestion,I've actually started dosing microbacter7 to build up the bacteria, I think another week of than and then vodka

[Cal_stir]

Originally Posted by Nate

Ok Im wrong nuke it with the chemiclean!

You did 4 20 % water changes after you did the chemiclean to get your skimmer back in order Cal. Willing to bet that helped whatever parameter was out when you had it. Maybe prevented it from coming back? No?

Dude, your not reading the thread, I did daily 10% water changes for a month while I was battling the cyano, it didn't help, I did 4 20% water changes after the chemiclean to get my skimmer to not overflow.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by Cal_stir

Dude, your not reading the thread, I did daily 10% water changes for a month while I was battling the cyano, it didn't help, I did 4 20% water changes after the chemiclean to get my skimmer to not overflow.

I thought I was clear in my last post guess not...

You won with chemiclean yes...

But did 80 gallons of water changes to get your skimmer to calm down yes...

Do you think that the fact that the cyano did not come back, after removing the chemiclean was because maybe you adjusted your water chemistry with that big of a water change?

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Nate

I thought I was clear in my last post guess not...

You won with chemiclean yes...

But did 80 gallons of water changes to get your skimmer to calm down yes...

Do you think that the fact that the cyano did not come back, after removing the chemiclean was because maybe you adjusted your water chemistry with that big of a water change?

he did this before chemiclean "I did daily 10% water changes for a month while I was battling the cyano"

10 percent per day for 30 days is more than 20 percent per day for 4 days