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Unread 09/11/2017, 02:19 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by TangReefer View Post
Hi Mcgyvr,

Thanks for your reply. I'm guilty indeed of heavy feeding. I got a mix of 3 bags of sand for this tank and 1 was live...What would be the implication of that to the Cyano?

I would love to syphon it out but unfortunately it seems I get a lot of sand with that...any recommendations or just pay the price?

Thank you.


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Siphon it out.. Some of the sand will come out with it..
Then 3 days lights out..
Then siphon again..

Or red slime remover or chemiclean if you want to go the medicine (anti-bacterial) route... Just follow the directions exactly and don't over do it..

But yes.. likely overfeeding is the "real issue"..

I find that "live sand" usually causes more nuisance algae/diatom/cyano issues as there is a lot more "dead" than "live" in the sand..
I always recommend using dry sand..


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