i have a new battle to take on

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i have a new battle to take on

Post by goalk33p3r » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:58 pm

i have a lot of algae growth now in my tank what do i need to do to control all of this algae thanks
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by bluwtr » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:11 pm

What types of algae is it? Micro or macro? Can you shoot us some pics?
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Post by goalk33p3r » Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:10 am

i would but my son broke our camera lol i will do some research and figure out what kind it is
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by Gerwin » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:19 am

color, texture ?
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by Gz28 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:19 am

If its hair or green algae, get something to eat it, do water change's to lower nutrients, cut back on how long you run the lights until you get it under control, and a uv steralizer helps too,but dont buy one just because of that they are pretty pricy :-) Running some carbon and phosphate absorbing resin stuff helps.
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by goalk33p3r » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:44 am

looks like i put it into check i got some crabs and they are doing the job thanks :thumbup:
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by Sandy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:42 am

What kind of crabs did you get?
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by Redfish » Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:08 pm

The crabs maybe doing a job on the stuff but I think I would still try and figure out what is causing the problem.
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Re: i have a new battle to take on

Post by goalk33p3r » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:10 pm

lil hermit crabs and the cause is because i am leaving my lights on way to much so i cut it back and it seems to be doing the job
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