Hello everyone. Happy new year! I have been battling a cyano outbreak going on for 1 month and it is unrelenting. I posted previously and had all the big names help out and assist and it looks like it's just starting to break up a little bit. TLDR: I got nitrates up to 8 and have been dosing MB7 religiously now for 2 weeks, weekly water changes of 20%, and a new lighting schedule of mostly blues and lower white spectrum. However, I read a very detailed post by @SunnyX extreme-water-clarity-and-cyano-eradication-made-easy.916381 and how he keeps his tanks absolutely spotless using calcium carbonate mixed in with MB7. I want to give this a shot in my 215 gallon system, but I have a few questions:
1) How much do I add if the outbreak is pretty bad like mine is?
2) Will calcium carbonate lower or raise my calcium/alkalinity levels?
3) How often should I be dosing it?
The pictures starting on the left side of the tank are weekly snapshots of the progress of my tank (sorry for the dirty glass, maintenance day )
Thank you in advance for your help
1) How much do I add if the outbreak is pretty bad like mine is?
2) Will calcium carbonate lower or raise my calcium/alkalinity levels?
3) How often should I be dosing it?
The pictures starting on the left side of the tank are weekly snapshots of the progress of my tank (sorry for the dirty glass, maintenance day )
Thank you in advance for your help
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