What are the main contributing factors in a Cyno outbreak? Fix?

[angelfan]

Originally Posted by 'Ol Nobodaddy

Something die you can't see...or have not noticed?

Nothing died, that I can find

[angelfan]

Maybe I'll pick up a new bulb and give that a try. Thanks for the help

[marie]

Cyano is definitely phosphate driven, if your phosphates are higher then usual then a new bulb will just make it worse. Moving could have released the phosphates from your rock and sand.

Are you running any phosphate removers? If not, now would be a time to start. Increasing the flow where cyano seems to settle will help as well and of course doing that good old standby...lots of water changes

[angelfan]

Originally Posted by marie

Cyano is definitely phosphate driven, if your phosphates are higher then usual then a new bulb will just make it worse. Moving could have released the phosphates from your rock and sand.

Are you running any phosphate removers? If not now would be a time to start. Increasing the flow where cyano seems to settle will help as well and of course doing that good old standby...lots of water changes

Sounds good. I just started with some phosphate sponge but I was unsure if that was the problem. Thanks! I thought I remembered reading that phosphate supports cyanobacteria growth but I wasn't sure. I'll let u know how it goes

[mseepman]

Thanks for the info, I will change up my phosguard tomorrow.

[angelfan]

36hrs of phosphate sponge and instantly all cyano is gone, even a little that was there when I put it in. Together with an extra water change it worked wonders, thanks for the help

Greg

[banditpowdercoat]

Hmm, Is there anything else than Phos? I had a bad outbreak, right after I added more light??!!? 4 t5's over 2. Did a blackout, it disapeared, week later, coming back. Just got Salfert Phos kit, no reading??? Ir, is it not Cyano? Looks red and slimy like. Covering my sand. Not like it was, speckeled now, not a thick carpet like before