Looking for some input/help; my tank is suffering a big GHA & Cyano issue

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by seabreeze

Oops... and I keep a clump of chaeto in my sump

Never been able to keep it alive
Would probably thrive right now

[seabreeze]

Coral snow is not a coral food... it's a biological facilitator. Helps with all the undesirable algaes.

I found it to help in killing of the HA... would go from dark green to a light color and much easier to pull off the rock.

[gregzz4]

Hmm, thanks

[seabreeze]

I had the cyano too. Used CyanoClean from KZ. Expensive but it works!

I also increased my flow... added 3 tunze powerheads on a multi-controller.

[seabreeze]

If you are feeding coral frenzy I would hold off. Might be fueling your problem

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by seabreeze

If you are feeding coral frenzy I would hold off. Might be fueling your problem

I haven't been using it since before summer

[BubblesUp]

I've been battling ha for a while now. It seems to be more of a brown than green algae. Glad I'm not the only one. When I used chemiclean in the past, I noticed the ha was also affected. Not alot but a bit. Today I'm doing a few days of chemiclean to affect the ha a bit followed by Kent Tech M according to instructions elsewhere to bring the magnesium up to, I think, 1600 or 1800 ppm. I called J&L yesterday to figure out which kit test to that level. Going on memory, increasing by 100 per day is recommended until the required level and kept there for 2 weeks. I'll try and update here after the process and hopefully I'll be free of the stuff.

[reefwars]

some more reading on microbacter

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2014/8/review


a discussion: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2090960


like i mentioned i dont doubt whats in it , but i also dont think its necessary