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Cyanobacteria in the brackish shrimp tank

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#1 ·
I have a colony of "blue green algae" in my new opae ula tank. Wondering if there is a safe way to remove it before it takes over.

I only feed powdered bluegreen algae (a coincidence?) to this tank and do so maybe twice a week.

I have adult and a few larva opae ula in this tank along with some MTS and a couple pipipi snails.

I've read that erythromycin is safe for fish and the beneficial bacteria, just curious if it is with everything else.

Thanks!
 
#53 ·
Yup. It's moved onto some of the live rock as well. Is why I want to get rid of it
 
#57 ·
Hi Ken,

For the time being I'm trying a more natural route, adding a bacteria supplement hoping it'll out compete the cyanobacteria. I'm still being a bit of an over protective dad to my kids, I'm afraid, and would rather not subject them to antibiotics unless nothing else works.
 
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