cyano in fuge

[bighead]

I added a fuge to my sump about 2 months ago and I am getting cyano in the fuge only not in display tank the fuge has a 4 inch sandbed and holds about 5 gal water how do I get rid of it
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trates 5 ppm

[BillyJoeJimBob]

You could try using a turkey baster and suck it out. You running any macro in the fuge?

[bighead]

oh yea I keep cheato alge and run the lites opisite my tank lites

[papagimp]

It may be just the fuge maturing some. I had a similar incident when I originally added my fuge. Cyno in there, but not the display. It eventually went away on it's own.

[ricanboy57]

whats the problem with having the cyano in the fuge? If it's not in the display shouldn't it be ok?

[Spuds725]

I get it in mine too-- I just export it an the nutrients it takes up regularly-- it grows on some of the hair algae growing on the walls of my fuge--- usually near the water surface-- I pull some hair algae covered with cyano by hand one or two times per week