50g Cube flow and cyano...

[Confuse]

I have a 50g cube 24x24x20 with two MP10's on opposite sides of the tank. For the past few months I've had an outbreak of green cyano that I've attributed to flow. It resides mostly on the sides of the tank and not on the sand bed. My rockscape sits back and at the center of the tank with the two MP10's on opposite sides, creating a high flow area on top for SPS. My nitrates and phosphates both read zero and I'm a pretty light feeder.

Part of the problem is that the live rock I used was pieced together so there are a lot of open places where the cyano gets light and grows. Part of my solution to this cyano will be to hit the rock with a turkey baster weekly before water changes to prevent detritus from building on the rock, which I've been slacking on. This type of cyano is really difficult to syphon even with small tubing and doesn't come off as easily as the red cyano.

Thus far, my conclusion is detritus buildup feeding the cyano.

So my question for you guys is...what would be the best placement for my MP10's? Logic would dictate that I put both of them on the back wall, one on each side of the tank to hit the dead spots, but I'm afraid it won't be enough flow at the top if I set them low where the dead spots are.

Any suggestions?

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[Confuse]

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[Reefomeez]

I think ou should try them on the back. MP10s have pretty wide flow so I think it'll work well enough if you center each between the rock and side glass. And maybe increase the flow intensity. Good luck and keep tinkering until you get it the way you want it.

 

[Confuse]

Bump for more opinions?

 

[j5kidd]

Hey Confuse,
I think we may have the same tank and I'm dealing with red cyano. I've tried placing my two mp10's on the back side of the tank (the non starphire side) and the magnets just don't hold as well when compared to the other 3 sides. Are you experiencing this as well?

 

[Confuse]

I've placed mine in the back as well, but haven't had any issues with the magnet holding. It's not super strong, but mine still holds the wet side in place.