Dino/Cyano problems

[JimParticipant]

Hi,

Just received my free sample today and thought I would post up my findings on here.

I have a 300litre sumped tank and over the last few months I have been battling with what I thought was Cyano. I dosed regularly with Zeobak and Coral snow with no effect so I switched to Cyanoclean and Coral snow, still no effect.

About a month ago after more research I came across on a thread about Dinoflagettes? so I decided to do a 3 day blackout. This worked to begin with, I could see all the red disapearing from the sand and the rocks and also the bubbles had all gone. However over the last few weeks I’ve gradually been getting a build up of what looks like green Cyano?

I’m going to start dosing tomorrow and will update this post as and when.

[NualgiAquariumKeymaster]

Awesome! look forward to hearing from you with updates in a week or two.

[JimParticipant]

Quick update.

I’ve just done my 3rd dose on Friday morning, dosing every 4 days as suggested 2.3ml.

Not seen any visible difference however the fish seem to be more active arounf the rock, grazing a lot more than usual.

[NualgiAquariumKeymaster]

Try 0.6ml per day at the beginning of the lighting cycle till things get going. Also make sure you are shaking the bottle before dosing.

[JimParticipant]

Thank you for your reply.

My tank is actually 270litres after displacement hence the 2.3ml per week dosage.

If I dose 0.6ml a day that equates to 4.2ml per week or have I got my maths wrong? Or do you mean 0.6ml per day for 4 days running and then a break for 3 days?

Jim

[NualgiAquariumKeymaster]

Lets start again…you have 270 liters of water which is 70 gallons. So standard weekly dosage is 2.3ml per week and you have been dosing that per 4 days. If you can dose daily, let’s switch to 0.4ml per day early in your lighting cycle. Lets touch base in 7-10 days.

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