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[fishfanatic2]

After using anti-red for cyano in my tank, the problem seemed to be solved and i didnt witness any cyano for over almost a month. Now, out of the blue, it comes again strong. I know that i ahve to use RO water, but in the mean time since i cant get a unit right away, do you reccomend dosing again? it seemed to work, and in my lst post about this product, users siad they never had cyano again. Is there something i should be careful about, besides overdosing? TIA for any help/info

 

[klayko]

do you have a lot of flow in the tank? Where is the cyano growing?

 

[fishfanatic2]

srry it took so long to respond-i forgot all about this thread! The cyano is growing all on the sand. My flow is moderate, i should probably add another powerhead.

 

[Ben1]

If ou can't buy a R/O unit the grocery store usually sells 1 gallon jugs of it. You could also used distilled form the store as long as no minerals were added.

 

[ZooKeeper1]

I have been using distilled for a long time. 58 ¢ a gal at wal mart. Drastic results should follow the switch from tap.

 

[Anonymous]

I use drinking water; it has reconstituted minerals that are just calcium and chloride derivatives... No biggy on those, but distilled is the ultimate pure.

I used these trange sort of aspirin substitute for my red cyano... disapeared after a couple of days. Itll come back, though, especially after water changes!
Flow does nothing to stop it; in fact, they grow better where theres more direct flow!
I have no idea what causes them to grow, but I think nutrients that affect algae growth have a significant affect on them...
HTH!

 

[Ben_Wilson]

Try using Chemi-Clean. Its reef safe and works well.
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Ben

 

[WannaBeReefer]

you can keep adding chemicals to no end, as soon as you change your water your probably adding back cyno food. Did you test your tap for phosphate and silicate? bring a sample to the LFS and have them test it for you. I would have never won the battle, chemicals or not. way to much silicate and phosphate in my water.

 

[Anonymous]

Changing you source water will do the trick. Who knows what the long term effects of using chemicals will be. Especially if you keep using chemicals and do not address the root cause.