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I have heavy red cyanobacteria and I was wondering what I can do to fix that? I finished a round of chemiclean and it didn't work I am doing a water change should I do another round of chemiclean tmr?

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Out of curioisty, what do the nitrates and phosphate levels look like (and what test kits are being used)?


You could add a jar of galaxy pods or other non-tigrio pods to help eat it. Other than that I would just manually siphon as much out and see how that helps over time.

Are there corals in the tank? If not, you can just turn the light intensity down.
 
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Out of curioisty, what do the nitrates and phosphate levels look like (and what test kits are being used)?


You could add a jar of galaxy pods or other non-tigrio pods to help eat it. Other than that I would just manually siphon as much out and see how that helps over time.

Are there corals in the tank? If not, you can just turn the light intensity down.
I have no idea what my nitrates and phos is I don't have a test kit yet I only use a hydrometer, I have a tiny coral and only keep the lights on for 7hrs I will probably just do another round of chemiclean and siphon what I can! ty for all your help!
 

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I have no idea what my nitrates and phos is I don't have a test kit yet I only use a hydrometer, I have a tiny coral and only keep the lights on for 7hrs I will probably just do another round of chemiclean and siphon what I can! ty for all your help!


You 100% need a quality nitrate and phosphate test. Avoid using chemiclean as its an antibiotic
 

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My advice is to focus on achieving good water quality, increase the flow in the tank if it is on the stagnant side and just give it time. If this is a new tank, then this is normal and just part of the ugly phase. I personally don't use any kind of treatments, chemicals or potions that are designed to get rid of algae or cyanobacteria.
 

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Also need help with what I think is Cyano. These are in a fish only (4 small ones) tank. Have been heating the rocks in the second pic at 88 degrees for about 4 hours with a stream of saltwater on it. Only some has been removed. The tank was treated with ChemiClean about a week ago, followed with a water change. Am not over feeding, Phosphate measured at about 0.1 ppm. Thanks
 

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