Kent Poly-Ox Cyano Control Sucks!!

[aquaengine]

I thought I had a small problem with Cyanobacteria in my tank. I decided to use the Kent Poly-Ox, Cyanobacteria Control as I had seen friends use Chemi Clean with great success. But it was not the same. I bought Poly-Ox and used it that night as recommended, and by the a.m. I noticed a significant increase in the amount of cyno in the tank. I was alarmed but I decided to continue with the treatment as per the directions. I started treatment over a week ago and now the cyno is out of control. I literally had 3 to 4 dime sized splotches of cyno that have come and gone for several months. I was able to vacuum or blow the cyno off, and it would not reappear for a few days. Now however the cyno is everywhere. I am so pissed. I juse want to say Poly-Ox SUCKS. I’m going to get Chemi Clean this evening and give that a shot.

 

[beth]

Don't use any more chemicals. What lighting do you have and when is the last time that you changed out your lamps?
Do you have corals?
Take a look at the Archieves for the Thread there on cyano.

 

[scubadoo]

Your are treating the symptom but ignoring the disease. Causes of cyano are old lighting, poor water quality, nutrients, or poor water movement. Identify the cause(s) and imporve/eliminate and the symptom will go away.
Treaingt the symptom while ignoring the disease (cause) and the symptom will return .

 

[aquaengine]

Thanks for the input. I checked all my water parameters and I can’t find any thing wrong with water quality. All levels are 0ppm. My light is less than a year old. I would say I have a heavy bio load but I feel my filtration is in good shape. Like I said it really was not a problem when it was localized to a few small spots. Then I used the Poly-Ox. Im not sure what it did but it F’ed something up for sure. I add the Chemi Clean at lunch yesterday and by this a.m. there is a noticeable difference. I’m not realy complaining about the cyno problem I had, I just hate the fact that a product that is sold to help and in the end it just F’ed me. I could have lived with the small amount of cyno, but Poly-Ox looked cheep so I figured why not just wipe it out.
P.S. Heres a shot..Thanks for your input