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Re: algae issues - UPDATE
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Matthew Silvester
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Jan 23, 2004 05:16 PST
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Thanks for the input again folks.
As far as introducing macro's - plans are in action for a sump with
caulerpa.
I don't actually have any hair algae - it is just slimy stuff - and saying
that, it is not terrible..... I just want to nip it in the bud.
I think the lack of grazing animals is also contributing. I am gonna order a
dozen hermits, a dozen tirbo snails, and a dozen trochus snails later - that
should make a huge impact - I only have 5 snails at the moment.
I haven't got around to ordering those power heads, but I will over the
weekend.
Cheers guys,
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aves, Dan : BPC IT" <dan.-@barclays.co.uk>
To: <Internation-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: [IMA] algae issues - UPDATE
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| | Anybody have any idea what the extent of these
built in "reserves" could be?
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Well, when I started to add calc to my RO topup, I must have had a real
deficit of calcium. Within three or four days I noticed a big green hair
algae die off. It all went thin, grey & brittle. I presumed this was a
result of phosphate binding to calcium & coming out of solution so there
wasnt enough for algae to live off.
Up until then, I wasnt very good with calcium additions so it probably had
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a
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I'd say you should start seeing improvement in hair algae within a week or
two. Also, if my tank is anyting to go by, I'd say that hair algae is
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really
| | linked to phosphate, whereas the slime stuff &/or cyno bacteria is less so
IMO. Only increased water changes helped with this with me (I might be
wrong).
HTH
Dan
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