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millerman

millerman

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all of a sudden i seem to have brown algea on my sand it then start to form bubbles and float on top of the sand and has holes that have opened in it. through these hole i can see the sand bed. any ideas on what this is and how to get rid of it

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millerman

millerman

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tank has been running since before or up to august 05 to present is this still considered a young tank. mistake on my part to use tap water because i went the cheap way
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misfit

misfit

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Check for phosphates, they are usually a big contributor to cyno. There usually is a lot of phosphatess in tap water
 
saltfan

saltfan

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Originally Posted by millerman
tank has been running since before or up to august 05 to present is this still considered a young tank. mistake on my part to use tap water because i went the cheap way
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Don't think so. I have been using the cheap way for over 3 years, and have never had any of the problems that I have seen on this sight. Do you have the correct algea attack pack in there? And enough of them? Are you using normal output lights? And are they old? This will always bloom your algea.
 
aredmon

aredmon

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I have the same stuff. Pain in the a** to get rid of. I have a queen conch that eats it and a goby that munches on it. But the stuff was spreading so fast that it didn't even matter. I got some stuff for my filter to remove the phosphates and we had a death in the family so we had to go out of state for 2 days. The lights were not on for this time and the stuff vanished. But when I turned my lights back on I could only run them for a few hours and then turn them off and slowly increase my lighting schedual. It is pretty much gone now though.
 
rusting

rusting

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You can also increase your water flow. Along with regular water changes of RO/DI water your tank will look better, and be healthier.
 
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