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Old 01-15-2005, 09:19 PM
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well, today is offically a crappy day!!! i have had an algae problem that i have been trying to correct and thought i had the problem beat , but when i woke up this morning it looked like someone painted my tank green ! i lost almost all my corals still have a few mushrooms but who knows if they will make it ... my fish seem ok for the time being, moved them to a hospital tank for a few days..... so all in told.... a good solid $200 bucks in corals and oh yeah my rbta cant foget about him... some days i really hate this hobby! .....
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Old 01-16-2005, 02:09 AM
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It went sexual, you think?
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Old 01-16-2005, 02:27 AM
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whoo if it went sexual that can be very bad indeed.
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Old 01-17-2005, 03:19 PM
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I hear ya on that one, I've been there myself. Sorry that it was so detrimental though.

Are you running a good skimmer and using RO/DI water?
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Old 01-17-2005, 04:48 PM
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You are talking about the RBTA going sexual right? How do you know when this has happened? Why would if cause and algae bloom?
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