last war on my cyano and hair algae

i cant get rid of my cyano or hair algae no matter what i do. so now i am recruiting my 14 mangroves from the ten gallon to help me. i will also be purchasing a new bulb for my MH to see if that would help. wish me luck and i will keep you posted. if this doesnt help i might just give up. i cant keep looking at my tank with all this crap in it.

 

Don't give up the fight just yet. I felt the same way after battling it for over a month and a half. Then I managed to get rid of it. Unfortunately the cyano is back now but no gha.

 

How old is the MH bulb?

Good luck Gexx!!

 

My cyano took about 2 months to go away (with a lot of hard work on my part) - and now it's been gone for over 4 months!!! It takes a lot of patience, you can do it!!

 

thats the problem, i have no idea how old it is. i got the fixture almost a year ago and it was used then. the guy didnt tell me how old it was. could the bulb be the problem for both the cyano and the GHA?

 

Oh yes!!! When bulbs age they loose there spectrum, I think they thow off more of the red/blueish spectrum that algae thrive off of as they age. But the cyano is not algae, it's a bacteria so I'm not sure about that one.

 

the cyano is the one that is killing me. its all over the sand, i just took out about a half pound of cyano right now. and almost as much GHA. i need that bulb. hopefully i can get it sometime this week/weekend.