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Old 04-23-2014, 02:51 AM
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Default What type of algae is this?
This is in my sump. It is a bright green color


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Could be a type of cyano from the pictures. A bit hard to tell but given it's on the sandbed that's my guess.
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Cyanobacteria. Not algae, but acts like it.
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