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01/18/2008, 10:08 PM
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brown slime algae?
I just got rid of red slime algae in my tank and only dosed once in my 75 gallon with chemi-clean red slime remover. A goldish brownish algae has taken its place. It has completely dominated the rocks and sand in the tank. Do you think it could be cyano still and instead of it just being red its changed color?
- Has anyone ever heard of E-M tablets also known as Marison. Supposedly it is a cyano bacterial remover that only removes the cyano in the tank and no other bacteria or nutrients... Thanks a lot
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01/18/2008, 10:16 PM
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http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewIt...s~vendor~.html
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewIt...s~vendor~.html - You think these will work any good?
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01/18/2008, 10:52 PM
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does the this stuff collect lots of bubbles?
what kind of flow do you have it the tank.. sound more like dinoflagellate's then cyano |
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01/18/2008, 11:39 PM
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whats the level of phosphates and nitrates in your tank?
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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01/19/2008, 01:45 PM
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Does it look like this?
   
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01/19/2008, 03:09 PM
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same color as that but not as slimy- some pics for you...I really am about to go crazy... All this algae crap is driving me insane. I just spoke to someone at marinedepot and he recommends this-
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewIt...r~vendor~.html I dont know what my phosphates are because I dont have a phosphate tester but I'm just about ready to buy anything at this point...       Algae, algae, algae and more algae
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01/19/2008, 05:09 PM
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That link did not work
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01/19/2008, 05:28 PM
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oh...well it was a phosphate remover...I think Im gonna pick up a phosphate remover tomorrow at my LFS and do a 10% water change before that...
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01/19/2008, 05:31 PM
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ill keep you guys posted tomorrow afternoon with what i buy and when I use it...
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feed your fish less at one time rinse all frozen food with r/0 water make sure the flow in your tank is between 20-40 tank volume per hour direct a power head at low flow areas one a week take a turkey baster and baste the rock and lightly baste the substrate--it gets the phosphates etc back into the water column where they can be filtered off consider running a refugium with cheato algae--great for reducing phosphates and nitrates' make sure the flow through the sump matches the output of your skimmer--other wise unskimmed water is being returned to the tank
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