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Posted by Wayne Sallee on February 22, 2008, 10:13 pm
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Yep, that's cyanobacteria.
It does not look like you have it real bad. A little
lowering of nutrients will take care of that. Have
you tried using phosphate remover.
Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com
jthread wrote on 2/22/2008 3:05 PM:
>> large photos
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>> tanks are resting at nitrates 10ppm since i started clearing the skimmer
>> neck regularly skimmer neck clean
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>> :-)
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>> http://www.safaricabs.com/algae2.jpg
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>> http://www.safaricabs.com/algae1.jpg
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>> the pictures are of the red (slime?) that grows near the light source
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>> i've been cleaning it up reg. vacuuming works the best. if you kill it you
>> have dead slime.
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> second link is
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> http://www.safaricabs.com/algae.jpg
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> doesn't have a '1'.
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> tanks are resting at nitrates 10ppm since i started clearing the skimmer
> neck regularly skimmer neck clean
>
> :-)
>
> http://www.safaricabs.com/algae2.jpg
>
> http://www.safaricabs.com/algae1.jpg
>
> the pictures are of the red (slime?) that grows near the light source
>
> i've been cleaning it up reg. vacuuming works the best. if you kill it you
> have dead slime.
>
>