Cyano killer?

[Sherri]

In my 100....I had a continuous prob with red slime...I used Chemi Clean - would take care of the prob temporarily...would always come back...only a temp solution. I always felt it was partly due to poor circulation & too much LR where circulation couldn't get thru, so detritus would build up. With this new 180, I made real sure that I had a good circulation flow & LR spaced so flow is good thru the rocks...

[Thunderkat]

Nitrate 0.0 mg/L

Nitrite 0.0 mg/L

Free Ammonia (NH3) 0.08 mg/L

Total Ammonia (NH4+) 0.09 mg/L

I just put in some new live rock, that should be the reason for the ammonia.

[GaryP]

Calcium phosphate is not soluble in water. Its a solid. It should precipitate out somewhere in the system.

[NaCl_H2O]

My experience has been that circullation is the key to keeping cyano under control. Also, cut back on the amount you are feeding for a few days and see if that helps?

[Thunderkat]

Well, the only fish in my tank for a while has been my cleaner wrasse, it doesn't eat enough to cause massive cyano blooms. Friday I added an algae blenny and a phosphate sponge.

Sunday night before I went to bed I noticed much of the cyano has started to become clear and break apart. The only bright red patches are under the edges of rocks now.