I Can't Get Rid Of This Stuff
- Thread starter lebloom
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how many times did it take to get rid of it? my powerheads are aquaclear 50's. any bigger would blow my sand around. i know this stuff won't harm my inhabitants, its just making my tank really ugly right now. what could be my problem? i reduced feedings to twice a week, heck i make those guys eat off the back wall most of the time. i just done a water change and i had cyano on the filter sponge on my skimmer, the filter intake and the intake on one of my powerheads. i had less problems when i didn't do changes so often. i change 10 gals every week now. i asked my LFS and he acted like it was my problem and didn't even answer, what gives?
Ok what you need to do is just go and get chemi-clean and use it. Then clean all your filters and leave the skimmer OFF.
I haven't tried this chemi clean yet, but I'm beginning to figure out what is causing my cyano. It has to be my lighting. I left my lights off for some time and when I turned them back on the cyano was really pale. But just what do I need to do here? I don't want to leave them off all the time. I turned them on this morning and the cyano has brightened up in just 3 hrs. I like an idiot asked my LFS and he says its a "PHASE" my tanks going through?????? Why after 3 years does this "Phase" just start? I have no phosphates in water so what else. I feed only twice a week. I have been looking for this chemi clean on the net but apparently everyone else is also, its out of stock in most places. This is very agravating. I know this isn't hurting anything it just looks awful........
I tried leaving the lights off a day and the next day I turned them back on and it was gone. Within a few hours it came back. I used chemiclean like in early April and I have no signs of cyno in the tank.
Check to make sure your skimmer is working like it should. Check the pump on your skimmer. I had to get a new Mag3 on my AquaC Remora. My old one seemed to be running, but because it was over 4 years old it wasn't and I didn't realize it.
I started getting cyno and was doing everything you're doing now. It was ongoing for about 4 weeks. One day the pump quit completely. I bought a new pump and the cyno was gone the next day.
I started getting cyno and was doing everything you're doing now. It was ongoing for about 4 weeks. One day the pump quit completely. I bought a new pump and the cyno was gone the next day.
this pumps only about 6 mos old and its working, just cleaned it out the other day. I get a lot out of my skimmer since I added a mag 3 pump. This is what I don't understand, my skimmer seems to be working and I have water movement in all four corners. I only feed 2 times a week, usually frozen foods. Someone told me I needed to add a fish to add to the bioload. I am becoming more and more confused what to do at this point though. 
