Algae Treatment

[Istrom]

Hey all, I just used ChemiClean a couple days ago and now I'm at the end of the treatment. There's still a TINY bit of cyano left and I didnt know if I should treat again to be sure, or if the treatment that I put in before will still take care of that little bit. What do you guys think?

 

[Sniperhank]

What have you done to lessen the nutrients in the water column that are feeding the cyano? Chemiclean is only a bandaid and without removing what feeds it and increasing flow will it go away.
I would not treat again with the chemiclean and do a large water change to cut your nitrates/phosphates down. The size would be determined by how high the nitrates are...if they are 40, do a 50% water change to remove 20, as an example. Follow that up with cutting back on feeding and see how things go from there.

 

[Istrom]

Already took care of the root causes (Uneaten food, low water movement, 20 year old fluorescent bulbs), this was just to kill off all the cyano.

 

[Sniperhank]

Is still do a large water change and increase flow to that area where the cyano is. Move a power head or point it another direction maybe.


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