Please take a look at this article:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/
Even PETG does leach substances, we do not know how corals do react.
To rule it out I would recommend you to remove / replace the basket.
Have you observed that the cyanos do increase while you do more water changes ?
You have some kind of sand in the tank, can you tell us which kind of material / product it is exactly ?
I would also like to know if you have the cynao issues since the beginning or if this has started over the time ?
G.Alexander
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/
Even PETG does leach substances, we do not know how corals do react.
Stresses increased the release of chemicals having EA. Leaching of chemicals with EA was increased by common stresses. For example, one unstressed sample of an HDPE resin (P5 in Table 3) that had no detectable EA (i.e., RME2 < 15%) in two saline extracts and two EtOH extracts released chemicals with EA equivalent to 47% RME2 when extracted using EtOH after the resin was stressed with UV light. Similarly, two samples of low-density PE resins (LDPE resins 1 and 2) and PETG resins (PETG baby bottle and PETG resin 1) that had no detectable EA before stressing subsequently exhibited EA when stressed, especially by UV (Table 3). Samples (n > 10) of products made from PETG resins advertised as BPA free all released detectable EA when stressed, especially by UV light. Similarly, 25% of unstressed samples of PET and 50% of unstressed PS products surveyed did not have detectable EA in assays of EtOH and/or saline extracts (Table 1). However, when stressed and assayed using both saline and EtOH extracts, all PET (n > 10) and PS (n > 10) products released chemicals having detectable EA in at least one extracting solvent (Table 3).
Have you observed that the cyanos do increase while you do more water changes ?
You have some kind of sand in the tank, can you tell us which kind of material / product it is exactly ?
I would also like to know if you have the cynao issues since the beginning or if this has started over the time ?
G.Alexander
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