macro algae?
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peckhead
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Originally Posted by sign guy
could be alot of things. what kelvin is your bulb? What is the gph of the fuge and how dose the water flow through the fuge?
i have a powerhead blwoing water in my fuge. and i can see some movement in the fuge. but my fuge is a 2.5 g plastic tank that i drilled like 200 little holes in and i havea sand bed alot with the chaeto. the powerhead is like 3 " away from the fuge an dit blows water through the holes.
thanks for the reply. any help will be great!
could be alot of things. what kelvin is your bulb? What is the gph of the fuge and how dose the water flow through the fuge?
i have a powerhead blwoing water in my fuge. and i can see some movement in the fuge. but my fuge is a 2.5 g plastic tank that i drilled like 200 little holes in and i havea sand bed alot with the chaeto. the powerhead is like 3 " away from the fuge an dit blows water through the holes.
thanks for the reply. any help will be great!
weberian
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I just get less scum buildup around the cheato now that it's tumbling a little under a powerfilter outflow. It used to just float or sink in one position so that there was a definate top and a definate bottom to the clump. It was scummy on top and a nice green underneath. So far, after plucking all the red scum off, it's still green all over.
trainfever
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Are you sure its not a cyano build up?
mtennant
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Well I'm sorry to say but that would be the slime algae.. It might be the Red calcareouse algae. Or the blue algae... There is also Diatomaceous algae but I don't think thats it!.. I would try to suck it all up the best that you can and see if it comes back.. And maybe someone else can help you too.. :notsure:
mtennant
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The deep brown algae and the red calcareous algae are very important species for reef growth. On the natural reef thay are known as reef-building algae because as thay grow thay bind together loose portions of the reef, making it a much more stable structure. In a aquarium thay perform the same sort of service and in addition to this the algae will cover much of the aquarium with attractive, sometimes plate-shaped, growths. These growths do not in any way disrupt or disturb the development of the hard or soft corals.
Apart from being attractive, these algae perform an important service by removing nitrate from the water and in addition, when thay are present in large quantities, can provide an extra haven for fish and invertebrates. When these algae are present in the aquarium they are good indication of general stabilization of the environment!
Apart from being attractive, these algae perform an important service by removing nitrate from the water and in addition, when thay are present in large quantities, can provide an extra haven for fish and invertebrates. When these algae are present in the aquarium they are good indication of general stabilization of the environment!
