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02/25/2011, 09:49 AM
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Weird skimmate
Mine started out light tea colored, now it's green, almost florescent.
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02/25/2011, 10:05 AM
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Did you taste it?
Just kidding. Can't help ya.
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02/25/2011, 10:11 AM
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green is sounding like an algae.
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02/25/2011, 11:40 AM
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Why would I get an algae bloom in a tank that's been up for at least 2yrs., fed the same.
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02/25/2011, 11:42 AM
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Are you dosing anything? Many moons ago I would dose "trace elements", which had a blue/green color to it -- my skimmate would be that color shortly after wards.
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02/25/2011, 01:34 PM
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Do you have a fuge with pods?
Are you feeding phytoplankton?
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02/25/2011, 03:14 PM
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No. No. and no.
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02/25/2011, 06:20 PM
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Pics of the system and skimmate would help.
Sounds like algae spores in the water column. Are you skimming wet? And do you have a fuge with macro algae? Could be from a die off of macro in the column. If you're skimming wet that's fine and the spores will be taken out at a faster rate.
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02/25/2011, 06:35 PM
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This happened to me when I started feeding forumla one more heavily (green in color). Changing the carbon 'fixed' it.
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02/25/2011, 11:30 PM
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I am skimming wet. I have no fuge, will have when the 29gal is ready for the move.
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