Cyanobateria removal

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It might be an idea to test your tap water then, otherwise you could try adding some plants to the tank to try and suck some of the phosphates up...

You could use things like water lettuce which is a floating plant but should help a bit at least...


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Fat Homer said:
It might be an idea to test your tap water then, otherwise you could try adding some plants to the tank to try and suck some of the phosphates up...

You could use things like water lettuce which is a floating plant but should help a bit at least...


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I have some plants I can get more i have like 5 in the tank


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or you could even maybe try pythos growing above the tank with just the roots in the water...since basically speaking, you want something fast growing enough that it can help you remove the access nutrients from the water...
 
First thing I would do is get a test kit... if you don't know your perameters.. you can't diagnose whats causing the excess nutrients ect. May be as simple as more water changes needed. The first step in diagnosing any water issue is to test your perameters and go from there.
 
Many water companies add phosphate to control the leaching of lead from lead service lines into homes.
I just googled the Mt Laurel Water quality report, and didn't find anything other than chlorine and fluoride added to the cities ground water, by the supplier.
I had a cyanobacteria out break in one of my lines of tanks when I removed group of marginal plants to the pond this spring, my water company adds 2ppm phosphate for the above reason, and I believe the plants kept it in check until I removed them. And am trying an experiment with Rid-X to remove it.
First day before adding Rid-X

most recent pic from July 27th

1st pic of sump the plants had been in

7/14 pic

By the way, the lead content of my drinking water went from a concentration of 33ppb a number of years ago (above the MCL) to 8ppb well below the 15ppb MCL
 
Here is what I did when I had it.
1. Turn off the lights and leave off for 3-4 days.
2. Do large(50%) water changes everyday until it clears
3. wipe down the tank well and try to stir up the gravel where the worst cyano spots are
4. Don't feed for a couple days. Your fish are past the juvie stage and will be fine.

I've had to do this twice and it clears up the problem in 3-4 days maximum
 
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