so im having issues with red cyno all over rocks and walls... and green hair also. Its been like this for months. keeps getting worse.
first of all...
i hav 29 gallon tank, 2 powerheads, 2 filters with media in one, and other has Flural phos,ammonia, and nitrate reducer. and i got a skimmer, that i cant get to skim..
tank has about 30-40 lbs of rock.
water chemisty
ph-8.4 ppm
ammonia-0 ppm
nitrate-80 ppm
nitrite- o ppm
like i said nitrates are high.... no matter how many water changes i do i cant get that lower, and less allegy.
i do 5 gallon water change every week, and iv talked to 2 different fish stores locally and one says once a month is fine... not to do so much... because he thinks cleaning it much often. other guy says every week 10% or biweekly 20%...
which i tryed both. i havent shut down lights for days, due to corals... not sure if it would effect anything.
my lights are t8 bulbs, with blue light. bought lights 8 months ago......
seen guy today at fish store, and he said to use Chemi-clean...witch is a cyno remover. ( powder form)...
which im kinda scared to use. but if it rmoves all allegy is would be awesome.
im really fusterated and im about to dtich my hobby with this becuse allegy and water chemistry.
im also running sand bed thats 2-3 inches, i vaccume is lightly when i do water change of 5 gallon every 2 weeks or so..
im kinda stuck, and not sure what to do... or even filter wise. if someone can help me out it would be amazing. id do anything. lol..
thanks in advance, and sorry for the run on story. just wanted to throw all out there.
first of all...
i hav 29 gallon tank, 2 powerheads, 2 filters with media in one, and other has Flural phos,ammonia, and nitrate reducer. and i got a skimmer, that i cant get to skim..
tank has about 30-40 lbs of rock.
water chemisty
ph-8.4 ppm
ammonia-0 ppm
nitrate-80 ppm
nitrite- o ppm
like i said nitrates are high.... no matter how many water changes i do i cant get that lower, and less allegy.
i do 5 gallon water change every week, and iv talked to 2 different fish stores locally and one says once a month is fine... not to do so much... because he thinks cleaning it much often. other guy says every week 10% or biweekly 20%...
which i tryed both. i havent shut down lights for days, due to corals... not sure if it would effect anything.
my lights are t8 bulbs, with blue light. bought lights 8 months ago......
seen guy today at fish store, and he said to use Chemi-clean...witch is a cyno remover. ( powder form)...
which im kinda scared to use. but if it rmoves all allegy is would be awesome.
im really fusterated and im about to dtich my hobby with this becuse allegy and water chemistry.
im also running sand bed thats 2-3 inches, i vaccume is lightly when i do water change of 5 gallon every 2 weeks or so..
im kinda stuck, and not sure what to do... or even filter wise. if someone can help me out it would be amazing. id do anything. lol..
thanks in advance, and sorry for the run on story. just wanted to throw all out there.