I statrted to get a little of this in my tank and used the chemiclean treatment followed the instructions and it is clearing up but hear is my question: I turned my protien skimmer back on after doing a 20% water change and had to turn it back off. The cup is filling up with water in about 30 seconds. I treated the tank about 4 days ago. I know this is side effect of the treatnment but how long does it last? Thanks Bill
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it will make skimmer go crazy for few days .what type skimmer?
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you probaly gonna open return more for few days until settles back down.
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adjust where skim less
Don't take this the wrong way but if you don't know what caused your cyano in the first place (and are taking steps to correct it), you're wasting your time. It will come right back in a week or two. The chemical treatment is just a temporary fix.
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you may want to increase flow and check phosphate
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IMO I don't think one hk 3 is going to be enough flow I had 2 hk 4 on my 90 and 4 hk4 on 120 (need to break down and buy mp40's,lol)
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i put one on each side of 90
I still have cyano, and have for about a year now. I've learned to live/deal with it, I just siphon it all out when I do my weekly water change. But by the next week, it's all back. At one point I tried ChemiClean. Looking back, it was a pain in the butt to get out of the tank, made my skimmer go nuts for a week, and browned out my acros...but it did kill the cyano. For whatever reason, it all came back in a few weeks as if I had never used the chemical stuff. Total waste of my time, corals and $15.
I have a 90g mixed reef, and have tried all the common remedies (feeding, flow, fuge, phosban, etc). Nothing works.
- Small/Medium bioload (2 tangs, 5 small fish)
- Feed once per day (frozen cubes, thawed and rinsed before feeding, only feed as much as fish can eat)
- 2x250w 20k halides, 9hrs/day
- 2 Vortech MP40's (both at full power)
- Phosban reactor with high capacity GFO
- Refugium with chaeto
- EuroReef RS135 protein skimmer
- SG 1.026
- Alk 11dkh
- Calcium 440ppm
- Magnesium 1350ppm
- Nitrate 0
- Phosphate 0.03 (measured on a photometer)
- 10% weekly water changes
....and still have cyano.
Dustin
Same here - my system is healthy by all accounts, but I still have cyano. It seems it's just part of some reefs- natural or not.
Contrary to common advice, increased water flow will not get rid of it - the cyano grows in the presence of nitrates and phosphates. Increasing flow may cause it to move from one place to another, but won't eradicate it.
I typically plan for a 3 day lights-out period per month to wipe out the cyano. It's not worth pouring chemicals in the tank for something that will just come back. There are far worse algaes and pests to worry about.
Contrary to common advice, increased water flow will not get rid of it - the cyano grows in the presence of nitrates and phosphates. Increasing flow may cause it to move from one place to another, but won't eradicate it.
I typically plan for a 3 day lights-out period per month to wipe out the cyano. It's not worth pouring chemicals in the tank for something that will just come back. There are far worse algaes and pests to worry about.
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