Cyano help

[Triggerman]

Hi Cathy
Infauna are different species of worms,copepods,amphipods etc.
Our sandbeds are quite short of these populations.Yes they will actually eat the debris and fish waste,not to mention stir up the whole sandbed.
I have some dead spots that are turning black.Hopefully the infauna kits will take care of those trouble areas.
Pain in the a## ,we must maintain our dsb's or they just won't work properly.I have a fish only system and there were other options available.
Alot of people are pulling their dsb's and trying other avenues.
Don't get me wrong dsb's will work if they are properly maintained.My sandbed is not as healthy as it should be ,thus the cyano outbreak.
At least I've never had an outbreak of hair algae.That's probably next.

 

[cathy]

thanks, Triggerman. I came home today, expecting another carpet of cyanobacteria to disrupt and clean, when to my pleasant surprise, very little had regrown. This is what happened during the last cycle... with diligent removal, the growth tapered off eventually. But the idea of adding infauna as a natural control is still very appealing to me. Did you order this through your LFS, or on the internet.