Cyano & Lighting

[Slyguy00]

Ian, I don't think your lighting is your reason for cyano, I could be wrong but your moonlighting is such a small amount of light I have a hard time believing that little amount of light would be causing you issues. However if you are running your lights for 12 hours I would suggest dropping that down to 8-10. Have you tested your phosphates and nitrates? And how often do you change your water? If you can't seem to beat it, I suggest the 3 day black out. I did one not to long ago to beat dinos, and it worked like a hot damn. I will definitely be going that route again if I ever have algae issues. Just my 2 cents.

[gregzz4]

I run my T5s for only 10 hours, and not all 8 together
Total bulb time is only 17 hours
Moonlights 6 hours

Only cyano I get now is in my fuge with a CFL 6500K on for 3 hours overnight

[input80]

Thanks guys, I'm thinking I definitely need to adjust my lighting, I realized while typing that my light period may be a bit long overall.