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05-13-2006, 06:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 81
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free beer
now that i've got your attention, im having a little dispute with my tank. i have brown crap all over my sand and i can accualy see it get worse when i turn my lights on, they've been off for like 4 days now. im not sure what the brown stuff is but it looks like crap in the tank and is making me want to take a bat to it, but then feel remorseful. thanks to all.
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05-13-2006, 06:20 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cumming, GA
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How long has the tank been running? It sounds like a normal algae cycle. Do you have a clean up crew? I'll have a Hefeweitzen please. 
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05-13-2006, 08:33 PM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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do you know if it is diatom algae or cyano?
if it acts like matts of slime, than it is cyano. have you been siphoning your detritus during water changes.
how old is the tank? if the tank is new than it could go away in a few weeks, but you need to keep up the siphoning of detritus every water change.
you should start siphoning this stuff up as often as you can.
G~
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05-13-2006, 09:44 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Ya know teasing about beer is a bannable offense!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that have you attention a little mre info about your reef housecleaning habits
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05-13-2006, 10:15 PM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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get a turkey baster and blow it off the siphon it out. do you have any live rock in there?? dont worry after the cycle is coming to an end it will og away. are you using any fish to cycle it???
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05-14-2006, 12:08 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
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my tank is about a month old. no fish. 16lbs of LR. http://i66.photobucket.com thats my tank alright, with the lights off. im so tired of going through all this drama. i just want a brillant looking tank and i want lots of girlfriends. i've tried siphon ing the sand, but when i turn the lights off after i do so, they come right back out. i have no idea about diatoms, cyanos, or anything like that. if you want n e more pics, just ask, ill posr umm. just got a dig cam. FREE BEER
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05-14-2006, 12:11 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 81
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so i did that photobucket thing wrong, i dont quite no how to use it, if you familiar with it, give me a holla
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05-14-2006, 12:35 AM
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Duper Mod !

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Under each pic in photobucket there are 3 boxes right click and highlight the last one Img then copy you can then paste the image in your thread
like this pic of my cleaner shrimp. PM me if you need further clarification

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05-14-2006, 07:20 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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you all drive me nuts. :argh: why do you insist on using photobucket when TRT can host your images also. you can then link to the pics in the threads. that way later on if photobucket gets a hole in the bucket, the images will always be on TRT for future readers to see when you use the TRT photo gallery.
sounds like cyano. this is fairly common in the first 6 months of keeping a tank. one of the many cycles you will see during the maturing process of the tank. as long as you keep up the maintenance and run the skimmer wet it should go away in a few weeks. you do have a skimmer don't ya? do you have any cannister/wet/dry/HOB filters on the tank? if so get rid of them, they would be contributing to the nutrient levels for the cyano.
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05-14-2006, 09:31 AM
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kid impersonator
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: in the cheap seats
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OK, where's the beer?
BTW, Geoff
I use photobucket, just because it's easy for me to keep all my pics in 1 spot.
and now to my answer
increase the flow, it may seam like you have a bunch of flow right now, but you probably don't
then if that won't take care of it, or it's out of hand
"Chemi-Clean" is the miracle drug for cyano
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05-14-2006, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Coal Valley Illinois
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05-14-2006, 09:49 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 81
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still confused on the photobucket thing. caant quite get it to work. am i putting the pic itself on the tread or the url. oo and is it safe to turn my lights back on if that brown still is growing( once i master this photobucket thing, i'll show you exactly vhat im talking about. rounders is the best movie eva.
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05-15-2006, 12:38 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Woodbury MN
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in photobucket, under the picture you want you highlight and copy the Img line with [IMG](has the photobucket link to the pic)[/IMG]
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05-15-2006, 12:43 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 9,643
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You can email me the pics ta1985@gmail.com and i will post them if you like.
Tim
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05-15-2006, 05:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: HINESVILLE, GA
Posts: 152
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Sounds like diatoms. Should clear up on it's own in short time.
KG
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