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dboy999
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well over the last week or two here this mossy looking greenish brownish alage had totally covered my sandbed ..gradually for the last week an a half i bin lessining the light time...now down to 7 hours started at ten still nothing..cycle has bin done for like about 2 weeks now ..today i totally got sick of it an started to siphon off some of it i guess like vacuming it, but it was sucking up too much sand so i stopped....an said screw it an took out the scrapper an totally stirred up the top 1/2 inch of sand but now i have glumps of mossy sand balls everywhere...anyone know what the problem is or what to do to fix this? all my levels are great, bought a silicate an phosphate test kits last week sil. is 0 phosphate is normal..dont know what to do ..iam now going to clean out my canister filter the foam part an replace carbon....what is causing this any opinions are greatly appreciated...75g,4in sandbed,440w vho's,skimmer,3 powerheads,if this helps