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01/09/2008, 04:35 PM
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when to start seeing algae
i setup my 55gallon with RO/DI water and some rock that wasn't really teaming with life.......at what point do most people start to see hair algae or what not? first week, second week.....
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01/09/2008, 04:38 PM
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Its been one week for our tank and we are starting to see little patches of algea
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01/09/2008, 04:59 PM
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I had good lighting on my fuge from day 1 and it expoded with Algea within about 2 weeks. I did not see any algea in my DT for the first month and the tank was done with the cycle...(Actually I induced a second cycle by adding flake food....(No fish were in the tank)...no algea at all in the DT...I am sure it was there, just not in a very noticable form yet.
I did a significant upgrade on my DT lighting...basically from a single cheap freshwater light to T5s and my DT has "bloomed" (so to speak)...I added a "small" clean up crew and the rest will play out normally (hopefully) In short...lighting will make a difference during the cycle...... I am not sure that there is any benefit to this...It is just the way it worked out since I did not have the DT lights during the cycle....My DT will just need to play a little catch up to the faster growth. |
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01/09/2008, 05:12 PM
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Mine was about two weeks. I also added NovaExtreme Pro after 1 week and the following week it exploded.
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#5
01/09/2008, 05:30 PM
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GOING ON 1 YEAR WITH NO ALGEA, KNOCK ON WOOD
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