Readingexcalibur
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Crabs said:Sorry. I'm so use to arguing about this it's become 2nd nature.
+1 sometimes if feels like a lost cause. Lol
Crabs said:Sorry. I'm so use to arguing about this it's become 2nd nature.
Readingexcalibur said:+1 sometimes if feels like a lost cause. Lol
00youknowit00 said:How so?
Cause I don't think it is lol
Readingexcalibur said:I was talking about some times people just wish the aquarium worked their way. Unfortunately, this is simply not the case. An aquarium works 1 way and that is natures way.
Not a comment reflecting towards your thread, infact, I found it very informative. Just agreeing with crabs in a general sense.
00youknowit00 said:Okay, I was just wondering. But yes, it works like it wants despite how hard we try to make it now. I agree haha
Readingexcalibur said:Yeah, I personally have had some crazy issues with cyano. It wasn't until I changed my RODI distributer and purchased a 40$ phosban 150 reactor from bulk reef supply that I never saw the stuff again. If I ever (rarely) see bubbles under my sand bed, I simply use a small acrylic feeding stick and swish the sand. I am a firm believer that a single bubble under the sandbed is not only a byproduct of cyano trying to form, but also an air supply to start a grouping.
Readingexcalibur said:Before everyone jumps on my case for saying, I used chemiclean to eliminate it before adding the reactor and new water supplier. I think that any cyano in the system will build back up. I chose super eliminate!
bavass said:I think its a good way to do it! I used chemiclean to get rid of the algae. With no algae the gfo will absorb the phosphates and keep the algae from coming back! Worked for me!
bavass said:Chemiclean kills the algae does not fix the problem
bavass said:Chemiclean kills the algae does not fix the problem
Readingexcalibur said:Sometimes you need to use a cleaner to scrub the masses, then apply the solution to resolve the underlying problems.
It's like an infection. You cut yourself and don't keep it clean, it becomes infected. By adding a bandaid, it is not going to get better. You need to either add peroxide or find another cleansing route before you add the bandage. Using the chemiclean is just that, an application to scrub the infection before adding the bandaid for long term resolve.
Readingexcalibur said:I would say yes. I was seeing cyano at 3ppm, after choosing a better water distributer, I am not seeing 0.1 on my meter. I rely on my phosban reactor to take care of the .1. 0 phosphates ='s 0 cyano!
00youknowit00 said:Then ill stick with my distilled..
But shouldn't my GFO reactor take care of it anyway?
*edit*
When the cyano started I was using distilled anyway..
Readingexcalibur said:Distilled will still have impurities believe it or not. And a GFO reactor does not take care of everything, it is only an assist and a compliment to a good RODI system.
Readingexcalibur said:Of course. Nobody has ever set a limit on what causes the bacteria. 1ppm has done it, I am positive 6ppm is the issue. I think you will get it under control, just takes time and resources.
00youknowit00 said:Well I never used the 6ppm water