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Is This Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria)?
I've been battling this stuff for a few weeks now. Tank = 6ft planted discus tank. Established 5yrs plus. LED lighting on 8hrs/day. CO2 and liquid ferts. Food = discus granules, flake, dry frozen blackworm and algae wafers - I'm pretty sure the food quantities are not the problem, they don't get fed a lot and the blackworm is fed 1cube/day. 50% water changes every week. Water source = rainwater tank. Moderate level of ambient light as tank is a room divider and located somewhat near sliding door openings. In addition to the main canister filter (Eheim Classic), I have a 'water treatment' filter (Eheim 2213) running Purigen, Phosguard and activated carbon - you can see the results in the phosphate test, virtually none.
I've run a treatment with Excital on the advice of my LFS. In addition I did a fairly invasive cull of affected plants so the tank now looks somewhat empty compare to 'normal'. Following treatment with Excitel, the algae growth returned after a week or so frustratingly I'm back to square one. I'm looking to do an Erythromycin treatment but don't want to run the gauntlet on killing the filter media without knowing what I've got is actually Cyanobacteria.
Is this definitely Cyanobacteria??