Diatom Filter ??

meanmachine · 06/07/2007, 06:48 PM

Does anyone have experience with DIATOM FILTERS....My tank has been established for about 1 -1/2 years and i've been experiencing a nasty cyano bloom...will a Diatom Filter help ? Right now i have a Protein Skimmer and also have a canister filter running

jmack · 06/07/2007, 07:20 PM

I know there's no scientific evidence of this, but when I started testing and supplementing my alk the cyano went away. I still have nitrates, but haven't seen cyano in a year or more.

kevin2000 · 06/07/2007, 07:26 PM

A diatom filter won't have any direct impact on cyano ... cyano is caused by phosphates which won't be directly impacted by that filter.

Use the search feature using cyano and phosphate as your key words.

meanmachine · 06/07/2007, 08:06 PM

i have 0 phosphates and i use a RO DI filter

kevin2000 · 06/07/2007, 08:51 PM

If you have cyano then you have phosphates. Remember that test kits only regisiter whats in the water column and cyano sucks phosphates rapidly out of the water column making your phosphate test kit worthless.

06/07/2007, 06:48 PM	#1
meanmachine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Shore, NY Posts: 145	Diatom Filter ?? Does anyone have experience with DIATOM FILTERS....My tank has been established for about 1 -1/2 years and i've been experiencing a nasty cyano bloom...will a Diatom Filter help ? Right now i have a Protein Skimmer and also have a canister filter running

06/07/2007, 07:20 PM	#2
jmack Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NV Posts: 1,060	I know there's no scientific evidence of this, but when I started testing and supplementing my alk the cyano went away. I still have nitrates, but haven't seen cyano in a year or more.

06/07/2007, 07:26 PM	#3
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	A diatom filter won't have any direct impact on cyano ... cyano is caused by phosphates which won't be directly impacted by that filter. Use the search feature using cyano and phosphate as your key words.

06/07/2007, 08:06 PM	#4
meanmachine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Shore, NY Posts: 145	i have 0 phosphates and i use a RO DI filter

06/07/2007, 08:51 PM	#5
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	If you have cyano then you have phosphates. Remember that test kits only regisiter whats in the water column and cyano sucks phosphates rapidly out of the water column making your phosphate test kit worthless.