Cannot get rid of cyano!

[Proteus]

Marko I did 150 gallon worth of changes. And fineally tied skimmer into Pail. It was filling for a bit then got speratic. It will calm down though.

[MarkoD]

So keep the skimmer running and overflowing?

[Proteus]

yeah you bet

its frustrating but not much else you can do

[Cal_stir]

can you dial it back till it calms down and then dial it up slowly, thats what i did.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by Mandosh

Have you tried doing a water change?

careful mandosh...you're walking on thin ice... thats not the problem

In all seriousness, carbon, and running your skimmer without a cup (if you can handle microbubbles) will help calm it down.

Also changing some of the water to physically remove the antibiotics will help but I dont want to go on record suggesting that

[MarkoD]

Ive changed over 150 gallons so far. Been running the skimmer since yesterday. No improvement

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Cal_stir

can you dial it back till it calms down and then dial it up slowly, thats what i did.

+1...

This is what I had to do after my last dose of chemi pure.
I replaced by volume 75% of tank water over 3 changes and the skimmer wouldnt settle down until then.

[MarkoD]

any idea why my rocks are turning form a nice purple to a poop brown?

[RedCoralEdmonton]

My guess would be diatoms, and that underlying problem that has yet to be figured out....

Steve

[MarkoD]

diatoms cause by silica?

how do i control it? i've changed over 150 gallons over the course of a few days and used RO/DI water