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Bubbles
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conneticut
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hello everyone i hope everyone is haveing a good new year.

well i have this burgandy crusty alge growing on my sand

how do i get rid of it ? what is it? :birthday:
 

duke62

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red cyano.try to syphon out what you can get and check ur phos levels.do u have a phosban reactor.if not i would invest in 1 and do ur water changes.how long has ur tank been up and running.what size and whats ur bio load.like everyone said lets get a pic up.what are ur parameters also
ph
alk
nitrates
nitrites
ammonia
then these guys can really know whats going on..these guys are good here.they taught me alot.
 

wschang812

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Great neck
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how do you get rid of the cyano? im getting it on my rocks. i have a phosban reactor with chemipure elite inside, purigen, uv sterilizer, and phos-zorb in the sump. i used to use tap water until the last 3 water changes when i changed to RODI water. could it be that the tap water is still affecting the tank?
 

emmanuel

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astoria
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Oops didn't realize its on her sand
When I had gotten cyano I siphoned it of the sand and even made a little brush attachment for my hose to brush cyano and even green algae of my rocks when doing water changes . When it was at its worst a few years ago when I let my tank go I even syphoned everything but had a media bag on the other end of the hose and let it dump back into my sump kinda like a vacuum cleaner
 

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