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03-08-2006, 05:30 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Michigan
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algae in BB????? uh no!!
Ok, just about finished setting up my BB tank,after cooking rocks for 8 months and adding some New LR not much maybe 2 pieces. Its been running now for about 2-3 weeks. Its been running without a skimmer since I'm working the kinks out of the sump and such. I have a Dart on a CLM. Since setup I've been having brown algae on the glass and now I have little sprouts of what looks like green hair algae.
WHAT GIVES?
any advice?
Is it possible because I have so much new plumbing and a new acrylic tank that phosphate is leaching from the PVC and acrlyic and the cable ties (used to hold LR in place) and causing a phosphate spike?
I only have 3 fish in there so far pair of clarki and bi-color blenny
please help, I switched to get rid of algae not farm it out.
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03-08-2006, 05:44 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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No the tank or plumbing,sounds like new tank syndrome why did you cook the rock then add new rock to seed it with algae spores?
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03-08-2006, 06:12 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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The skimmer is the lifeblod of a BB tank, without it there is nothing to remove phospate. Every time you feed your fish, all that food stays in your system in one way or another fueling algae growth.
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03-08-2006, 07:13 PM
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Big C*ck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterbury, Ct
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Originally Posted by Casey
No the tank or plumbing,sounds like new tank syndrome why did you cook the rock then add new rock to seed it with algae spores?
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I agree. I had the same thing happen when I started my tank, there was brown wavy algae all over the place.
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03-08-2006, 07:18 PM
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The Ninja MOD
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Planet P.....Why Me?
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Skim! The fish poop is in there collecting and settling into your newly cooked rocks. Kinda making a good spot for an algae garden!
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03-08-2006, 07:18 PM
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Got Crabs?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Woodbury, MN
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PVC will leach phosphates at first and it will eventually stop.
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03-08-2006, 11:01 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Michigan
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yeah, I guess I screwed up, although the new rock was cooked just not for as long. I think its the fish food with a combo of leaching phosphate. My skimmer is hopefully going to be up and running by tomorrow. The pump I have is a gen x-55 and the riser will not seat right so it will not leak, I've tried the teflon tape, the cheap paste and tomorrow I get the expensive slow dry paste to end all.
hope this works
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03-09-2006, 11:17 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: waukesha, Wisconsin
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I think the skimmer will help a lot.
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03-09-2006, 02:36 PM
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Big C*ck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterbury, Ct
Posts: 172
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ez is it the "o" ring?
Mine leaked a lot from the quick-release until I used silicone grease to stop it.
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03-10-2006, 11:40 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Denham Springs, LA
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It sounds like a normal cycle to me,
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03-10-2006, 11:54 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Biloxi, MS
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Ditto on the normal cycle and ditto on the skimming as well.
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03-13-2006, 09:36 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Michigan
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Picked up a Sea Hare just to control the HA |
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