Cyno

[WannaBeReefer]

Well, its here! my first problem and its my fault. I had some pesky macro growing in my main tank, finally I got sick of it and yanked it out. The next day I had cyno covering portions of my sand. I should have removed the macro slowly as to not upset the system. Live and learn.

For now, how can I get rid of this crap. I tried the no lights deal for about a week but its coming back. Parameters are all fine, I think it was just a sudden nutrient explosion that set it off. How can I beat this stuff before it gets out of hand?

 

[Anonymous]

It thrives off of nutrients, as you said. Doing things like using antibiotics and reducing the light cure the symptoms, not the root of the problem. Add some macroalgae in a refugium, skim, don't overfeed, run activated carbon, etc. to reduce nutrients in the water.

 

[WannaBeReefer]

Thats what I thought, I added a huge clump of grape to my fuge the other day, hopefully it helps. I'm going to add some carbon also.

Thanks for the suggestion