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Old 02-11-2006, 11:38 PM
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here are some pics of the algae

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Old 02-11-2006, 11:57 PM
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Well to me that looks like diatoms and that is pretty normal with a new tank. If your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings are at zero you could start adding snails and crabs (if you want - personally I hate crabs) and they should clean it up.
Have you been doing water changes? Because that can help as well.
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Old 02-12-2006, 12:26 AM
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All my nitrite, ammonia, levels are at 0. ph is at 8.4 and my lighting is on for 6hours, one auctonic, one full spectrum. so this algae is going to be growing until i get some algae eaters .
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give it some time. it will go away soon.
are those base rock you have in your tank? do you have any LR in there. it might help and speed up the process.
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Old 02-16-2006, 10:11 PM
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Is that Tufa rock?
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Old 02-16-2006, 10:50 PM
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the rock is tufa rock, i have the algae on my live rock to, but it wont show up in the picture as good. I have about 20lbs so far in fiji and 20 in tonga.
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