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10-20-2009, 07:48 PM

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algae/bacteria

im getting alot of algea that looks like brown fur/hair
what is it? what do i do about it?


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10-20-2009, 09:23 PM	#2
Bender 2 Student of the Reef Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Granger, IN Posts: 798	Would you happen to have a picture of the algae? __________________ Aaron

10-20-2009, 09:31 PM	#3
jenglish Son of Jor El Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 4,583 Reviews: 52	My first guess would be cyano, it can be brown and stringy or slimey. It is more like strands than hairs per se. Hair algae can also be brown though it is usually green. Lowering phosphates will likely be a solution to either. __________________ Jeremy http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f7...ef-119089.html Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.

10-20-2009, 10:09 PM	#4
Doug1 Ghost of reefers past Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;) Posts: 25,141 Images: 13	If you are having algae in abundance you have phosphate issues, from over feeding, overstocking, or live rock and or sandbed that has absorbed a lot of PO4 over time __________________ Cowboy is a verb, not a noun

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