I'm guessing this is cyano, but I've never had it this bad before. My tank was spotless in January and February, but my nitrates and phosphates were high, so I dosed NoPox on a daily basis. The tank is about 11 months old.
Since then, I've increased lighting intensity a little bit my moving my halides lower. I also started feeding a bit more. Sometimes I'll turkey baste it all off and the next day it's 100% back.
I have more than adequate flow...the cyano is also accumulating in very high flow areas.
In December, my nitrates were 50 and phosphates were .36.
In February, my nitrates were 16 and phosphates were .17.
In March, my nitrates were .75 and phosphates were .06.
Can I attribute the cyano to the quick reduction in levels?
I use the Reef Moonshiners method, so I'd rather not do a large water change if I don't absolutely need to. I run a reef octopus skimmer, I turned off passive gfo and carbon, I have a fuge with Fiji mud, but no cheato. No UV. Lighting is 2x 400 watt Radium halides with 4x 54w T5s.
Any help is much appreciated.