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Just my luck - Cyano

erics210

erics210

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Mrx7899x said:
I've always had a spot of cyano bacteria in my tank in the corner by the rock work never really spread it was always there I would use chem clean and it would go away for a little bit and come back but since I stopped doing water changes it slowly went away and hasn't come back and it's been almost 5 months.
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Sounds like your water may have been the source of the issue. Were you using your own RO/DI water?, Tap water?, well water?, store bought water, etc?
The contaminates may have increased the desired beneficial components the cyano needed to thrive in that less circulated area. Think I read silicates from the water can lead to small outbreaks. So may not have been the water changes or your process, but rather the water source of the changes.

I believe water changes are good overall. They make sense. Remove waste, pre-introduce new elements, calcium, magnesium, etc into the water and just freshen up things.
 
Mrx7899x

Mrx7899x

erics210 said:
Sounds like your water may have been the source of the issue. Were you using your own RO/DI water?, Tap water?, well water?, store bought water, etc?
The contaminates may have increased the desired beneficial components the cyano needed to thrive in that less circulated area. Think I read silicates from the water can lead to small outbreaks. So may not have been the water changes or your process, but rather the water source of the changes.

I believe water changes are good overall. They make sense. Remove waste, pre-introduce new elements, calcium, magnesium, etc into the water and just freshen up things.
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I use RO/DI I put all new filter in didn't make a difference and I have 2 mp10s at full power so it wasn't flow. Since I stop doing water I have been running ATI Essentials and the results have been very good better colors, growth I'm really impressed with it.
 
MadReefer

MadReefer

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I always used tap water going on 3 years with minimal issues. I moved so tap water could be different but the TDS is lower at new place. I know everyone will jump on and say to get an RO/DI unit but I don't make many water changes. Just seems weird that my prior tank was all HOB skimmer and fuge no problems. Go with a sump and now problems but is till say lack of fuge and no Magnesium dosing is part of the issue. I would dose 5ml Mag weekly.
 
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