battling with cyano

Kayak_Guy · 01/09/2009, 11:45 AM

I recently added a fuge in my sump, with a clip light using a "plant bulb" that i got from a hardware store....

I'm suspecting the bulb is the culprit in the equation.....

what bulb should i be using in the sump?

thanks!!

Kayak_Guy · 01/09/2009, 12:17 PM

hmm?

sanababit · 01/09/2009, 12:30 PM

Question, are you saying that you have cyano in the sump?, if so let it be, you want all nuissance algaes to grow in the sump and outcompete the ones you have in the main display for food, if you have cyano in the main display then thats another story, lights out for 3 days works wonders, let the sump do its work for a little while, lower the amount of food you throw in the tank, do a water change to lower phospates and nitrate, install a phosban reactor with phosban, if all else fails use chemiclean....good luck

sana

Kayak_Guy · 01/09/2009, 12:37 PM

thanks, I have it in both the display and the sump.

I'm using a phosban reactor with phosban and carbon.

sanababit · 01/09/2009, 12:43 PM

Oh ok, then just do what i said above and you will be set, if the tank is new just let it go thru the cycle, the best thing is that you have a fuge now and just let it do its work.....

Sana

Kayak_Guy · 01/09/2009, 12:47 PM

cool thx for the advice

01/09/2009, 11:45 AM	#1
Kayak_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 177	battling with cyano I recently added a fuge in my sump, with a clip light using a "plant bulb" that i got from a hardware store.... I'm suspecting the bulb is the culprit in the equation..... what bulb should i be using in the sump? thanks!!

01/09/2009, 12:30 PM	#3
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	Question, are you saying that you have cyano in the sump?, if so let it be, you want all nuissance algaes to grow in the sump and outcompete the ones you have in the main display for food, if you have cyano in the main display then thats another story, lights out for 3 days works wonders, let the sump do its work for a little while, lower the amount of food you throw in the tank, do a water change to lower phospates and nitrate, install a phosban reactor with phosban, if all else fails use chemiclean....good luck sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

01/09/2009, 12:43 PM	#5
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	Oh ok, then just do what i said above and you will be set, if the tank is new just let it go thru the cycle, the best thing is that you have a fuge now and just let it do its work..... Sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

01/09/2009, 12:17 PM	#2
Kayak_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 177	hmm?

01/09/2009, 12:37 PM	#4
Kayak_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 177	thanks, I have it in both the display and the sump. I'm using a phosban reactor with phosban and carbon.

01/09/2009, 12:47 PM	#6
Kayak_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 177	cool thx for the advice