silverwater
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Dec 29, 2013
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Ive had a cyanobacteria problem for a few months and blackouts work for like a week and then it develops again. How can i fix this?
This is what I don't get. Erythromycin is for gram positive bacteria in most links I can find (see below, although you have to scroll a bit ).
But I've seen a few threads now using this and ammonia hasn't lifted. Has anyone had troubles with ammonia and using erythromycin??
I believe nitrifying bacteria are meant to be gram positive however have seen one article that said they are actually gram negative but behave as gram positive - whatever that means.
I used peroxide so I wouldn't be bombing the system. Now I'm starting to wonder if erythromycin would have been fine.
http://www.algone.com/bacteria-and-antibiotics-in-the-aquarium
Nitrifying bacteria are gram negative, although a ammonia spike does sometimes occur due to the mass die-off of cyano.
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