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giapam
12/28/2008, 10:30 PM
good day to all experts,im new here and i have some questions. i have a refugeum with so many algae on it (others are color green and others are brown). is this ok? can algae help lower nitrate or any? does algae produce plankton? please respond. thank you so much :rollface:

Toddrtrex
12/28/2008, 10:36 PM
[welcome]

The algae can lower nitrates, but only if you "harvest" the algae. The nitrates will be locked up in the algae, but if it dies back they will be released back into the tank.

giapam
12/28/2008, 10:53 PM
@Toddrtrex thank you

any1 have any ideas?? thx

fisherman2
12/29/2008, 01:08 AM
no plankton but pods will grow in it, also you want to periodically pull some out to keep it from overrunning the fuge/tank