Red Sea Max 130D Issues

[Koleswrath]

Nano's are definitely a big challenge. I had a small outbreak of Cyano when I got my reef keeper and decided to try a wave pattern with my two Koralia 425's. This effectively cut my flow in half. As soon as I got both pumps running full time again the Cyano disappeared within a few days.

The two big contributing factors for Cyano growth is excess phosphate and lack of flow.

You might need to combine everything below to beat it:
-increase your flow for sure.
-water changes won't do much unless your changing significant quantities. eg. .012ppm phosphate in your water column - change 10% of your water = still about .010ppm phosphate in your water column. Instead, run GFO or Phosguard to get the phosphate out of the water.
-continue with manual removal. Cyanobacteria is actually a great phosphate remover for our tanks, just remove it to get the phosphate its incorporated into its cells out for good.
-Skimming is pretty important in removal of excess nutrients. Try to upgrade your skimmer if possible. In the meantime, keep it clean and run as wet as you can. Always good to get the organics out of the water before they break down to phosphate and nitrate.
-Basting live rock while using a filter pad will also get some of the detritus out of your tank. Change the filter pad every few days.

Hope this helps,
Greg