algae

paintball

paintball

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i have had my 44 gal tank for about 3 months now when i bought the liverock it barely had algae and now its still the same. i also hove some brown algae in the glass i was going to get it off but is it good for the fish or no?
 
paulcoates

paulcoates

Member
diatoms? buy a cleaner crew (snails, etc)...1 cleaner per gallon will help the algae, but it shouldn't be harmful to the fish
 
farslayer

farslayer

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Could be a few reasons for a lack of coraline algae. First, make sure you have sufficient lighting and calcium levels. I've got 110W PC and 7100 blue actinic on my 46G, my calcium ranges between 420 and 480 (usually at 450) and I am loaded with purple and red corraline. Also, if you have diatoms, you can eliminate them by removing silicates from your water. I use phosguard in my emporer filter to keep my phosphates and silicates very low. Diatoms are tiny organisms whose structure is comprised of silicates: no silicates = no diatoms.
And definately get a clean up crew, they'll help you out by keeping the bad algae down and leaving the coraline alone.
 
J

jfdjason

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$10.00 bucks.....LOLOLOL With a tank your size a cleanup crew is going to run somewhere around $50 - $100.00. Remember this Saltwater stuff is spendy.....
 
thangbom

thangbom

Active Member
he he.. lucky me.. i get my clean up crew for free.. not if only i can keep them janitors alive... friggin tusk...
 
bigarn

bigarn

Active Member

Originally posted by paintball
and is blue alctic better for algae beacasue i like how it looks better.
If you're referring to coralline algae, actinics have nothing to do with spreading it more than the daylights. :D
 
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