Cyano Problem in Fuge

[LIREEF]

Hi All,

I've noticed that recently I've been getting a cyano problem. It's only in the fuge right now. Here are specs on my fuge setup:
20 Gallon tank
1 36W PC (coralife)
EV180 skimmer
one rio 1100 powerhead from display to fuge

I have one snail and one crab in there. I also have red algae on the walls. This stuff is killing my macro. What can I do to fix this. I also want to limit the amount of invert's that could eat the pods. I know chemi-clean works, but I don't like adding chemicals. Any suggestions? Thanks for your assistance.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The ways to reduce cyano, short of antibiotics and such, are to decrease nutritents, decrease organics (skimming, carbon, etc), and increase water motion.

[LIREEF]

Thanks. I am skimming and I have just recently added chemipure to the tank. I will add some more movement in the skimmer. Thanks for your quick reply and assistance.

[LIREEF]

sorry, I will add water movement to the fuge. and continue the skimming. It's a bad month for me. Thanks again.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You're welcome. I hope things start looking up. :)

[LIREEF]

After this month everything should hopefully be better. The fish tanks are at the buttom of the list now. My father went in for gamma knife today at nyu and I'm going in for stents in one week. Thanks again for the help. I think the power heads will do the trick. I just installed them a little while ago.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You're welcome and good luck with everything.