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:lol: I suffered from cyanobacteria some months ago. After much research the conclusion had to be to kill it off with Maracyn (bought mail order from US for about £6.00) After a week it was gone. It has never returned.!!! I also stopped using tap water ( I use filtered rainwater with a PH of 6.8...

:o Donkey. BGA tends to form a blanket across gravel, glass and generally anything in your tank. When you disturb it, normally it clumps together, then over a few hours starts to spread out again. If you have an algae on your plants and it doesnt just lift off, it is unlikely to be BGA. After 3...

:P You should be seeing some results after 2 days DONKEY. Remember to clean out the dead BGA as you go along. After 2 weeks I can report my tank is still spotless, the plants have never been healthier and the fish are all healthy too.

:D Just like to add that since dosing with Maracyn the tank is still clear of BGA, the plants are growing better than ever and the fish are all healthy. I have also added a phosphate stripper "Rowaphos" to the filter and do partial water changes to keep the nitrate level low. I do not believe...

:P For those wishing to obtain Maracyn to treat BGA, I got mine from a company called shophereandsave. WWW.ebaystores.com/shophereandsave. 24 tablets cost $8.99 + postage of $1.95 total $10.94. Ensure to order Maracyn and not Maracyn2 as that is a completely different spectrum antibiotic and...

:S Reducing phosphate level will help to reduce the effect of Cyano Bacteria as will increasing water flow. However the only way to kill it stone dead is to nuke it with a course of antibiotics. Try a course of Maracyn for 5 days and your tank will be as clear of blue green algae as it was on...

:D Thats great to hear, on the 4th day now and everything is as it should be. I am confident the outcome will be the same as you have experienced.

:D Having recently returned to the hobby after some years in the wilderness I was dismayed to find my new set up (tropiquarium 88) rapidly being invaded by what I know now to be Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria). I had no idea how to treat this and even less idea that it isnt an algae but in fact...