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Unread 03/06/2018, 11:41 PM   #8
DesertReefT4r
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Syphon out and increase flow. Nutrients feed cyano but carbon dosing will decrease nutrients so do t do much to decreae3 no3 or po4 if its already low. Cyano likes lowish flow but can take a decent amount flow as well but it does not do well in high flow areas. Its a bacteria so carbon dosing will fuel it and it will consume nutrients as is the goal with carbon dosing. The trick is to find that balance between the cyano and the bactieria we want. Some have had success by removing it and increasing flow letting good bacteria take over and out competing the cyano, decreasing the dose of the carbon source or switching carbon sources. I had also had good results with Red Slime Remover but was not dosing carbon at the time.


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