Brown Algae, Diatom Algae?

[kevin]

well, here goes nothing.. I just dosed chemiclean.. 1 scoop per 10 gallons.
70gallon tank + 40gallon sump.. sump isnt full the whole way. I dosed 6 scoops t be safe. Only read bad about over dosing.

I've got 2 airstones going. One is battery operated & it's loud lol. Feels like hurricane sandy all over again

 

[jgraz]

You could also use the skimmer as an aerator also. Just turn it up so that it overflows and just let it drain back. You will get far mor aeration through that then the air stones.

 

[kevin]

You could also use the skimmer as an aerator also. Just turn it up so that it overflows and just let it drain back. You will get far mor aeration through that then the air stones.

thanks for the idea!! I took the cup off and have it overflowing like crazy

 

[kevin]

how long does it take chemiclean to work. Lights are ramping.. currently in the blue stage and i still see a lot on my sand bed. dosed at 8pm last night

 

[kevin]

it's been a little over 36hrs since I did the treatment. I don't really see much of a difference. My sand bed is still covered. Maybe it is dino's?

 

[kevin]

up up and away! I have my lights off because I can't stand how nasty it is.

 

[iTzJu]

up up and away! I have my lights off because I can't stand how nasty it is.

does this mean that it's working? haha

 

[kevin]

does this mean that it's working? haha

lol, well it disappears when the lights are off. It comes back on shortly after the lights are turned back on.

 

[iTzJu]

try dosing MB7, that is what I will be doing the following week. MB7 will build up your tank's good bacteria to combat that cyano. keep siphoning what you can, siphoning into a filter sock so you don't have to do constant water changes. do another 3 day black out and try to siphon out all that dead cyano, do heavy water changes and see if that helps. cyano sucks bro, i am battling it myself.

 

[spotter]

Here is another option and its a little more costly but its very effective.....zerovit coral snow mixed with zeo-bak. Sunny has used this as well and it works. Here's the info from the product descrition

Coral Snow neutralizes undesirable acids and is a solution against e.g. slime algae and cyano bacteria. Therefore take Corals Snow and add 1 drop of ZEObak per 100L/25 gallons tank water each 2nd day.

 

[kevin]

Here is another option and its a little more costly but its very effective.....zerovit coral snow mixed with zeo-bak. Sunny has used this as well and it works. Here's the info from the product descrition

Coral Snow neutralizes undesirable acids and is a solution against e.g. slime algae and cyano bacteria. Therefore take Corals Snow and add 1 drop of ZEObak per 100L/25 gallons tank water each 2nd day.

oh.. this is awesome. I will look into this more! Thanks!

 

[spotter]

It worked great and I use it once a month on my water storage tank as well.

 

[kevin]

It worked great and I use it once a month on my water storage tank as well.

It amazes me how fast it comes back out as soon as the lights go on. I cut the hours real short today.. lights go back on and within 15mins it starts to spread like crazy again. I don't think it's cyano because of dosed the chemiclean. Really really aggravating !

 

[spotter]

I wouldnt rule out cyano just because chemiclean didnt work. Not all solutions work all of the time.

 

[kevin]

I wouldnt rule out cyano just because chemiclean didnt work. Not all solutions work all of the time.

I ordered the smaller bottle ecobak & coral snow from bulkreefsupply today. Got some alk, calcium, mg tests also coming.