Red Cyano Please help

Cyano seems to be flourishing despite heavy mist.

maybe ecause some inital melting of newly planted grasess, but I don't know if the idea that nutrients lead to cyano is real or just reefer bias

Tom, I have heavy mist, am conducting 50 % water changes every third day. That and what else will help me get the tank under control?

of course I've done as much manual removal as I can, but this is they Cyano from Hell.. it seems to LIKE the mist. and the tank looks like seltzer

since I hve mountain soft water, I have been using tap. Does that break some huge rule .. I know reefers think of it as the kiss of death, but what about for planted marine tanks?

one more thought, the sea grass I planted was a little rattled by the trip, and some of it has melted.. is the attack of cyano from the ammonia of decaying grass (which has been pruned out now).?

 

no uv, it's a nano with a skilter. .

trying the black out. and I've yanked all decaying grass (I hope).

any thoughts on tap water for a planted marine tank.. the reefers want 0 solids, but does that stand for planted tanks as well?

 

I'm blessed with good tap.. but should probably run it thru a little carbon. Thanks Tom. I also found some snails that didnt' make it and got them out of the tank. No detectable ammonia, but I'll assume some is there and being used by the red slime and go the FW route for a few days and do large water changes, less light., decent dosing.

found an aipastasia too growing nestled in my favorite new little macro -- a kind of calcerous ulva.. needless to say api and macro are both gone. Praying it started and ended there.

New adventures in Salt. hoping the rest of the manatee grass and shoal grass makes it.. the tank looks like a walk on the shore line and I love it -- when I beat back the cyano.

 

Is this a toss a blanket over tank --no room light -- full blackout, or just a keep the lights over the tank off? I actually never had to do this in a fw tank.

 

actually the cyano died with ambiant room light, but no light over the tank. What I had failed to pull out, just turned black... we'll see if it comes back tho. I also cranked up the Skilter as Tom suggested.