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Old 08/09/2005, 06:54 AM
Oliver Nivbrant Oliver Nivbrant is offline
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Brown algae

Hi everyone!

My 50g, 180L reef has been set up for about 6 months and it has gone though all the usual types of algae blooms. At the moment I have a aprox 50L sump which I intend to make into a refugium. My nitrates are 5 and I am getting alot of brown algae on my sand and rock. I have trochus, deep sea water and turbo snails and a burned sausage cucumber but it dosn't go away. Is this a bloom or is something wrong???

your help is greatly appreciated!! thankyou
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Old 08/12/2005, 07:56 AM
Dr4g0nf1y Dr4g0nf1y is offline
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It's a diatom outbreak. This is normal for a tank's cycle. It will go away on its own.
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Old 08/12/2005, 10:08 AM
MCary MCary is offline
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Diatoms need silicates to build their cell wall. The best defense is an RO system to remove soluable silcates from your tap water.
 


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