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kw0829
11/21/2009, 04:37 PM
any suggestions on fixing
Arkayology
11/21/2009, 04:48 PM
How old is your tank.
Korrine
11/21/2009, 05:12 PM
If it looks like this, it's diatoms,

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200/kj23502/sw%20tank/100_5463.jpg

Provided your ammonia is 0 and nitrite is almost 0 you can get some snails to eat it up for you. It will pass w/time also.
Korrine
11/21/2009, 05:14 PM
If it looks like this, it's cyanobacteria

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200/kj23502/sw%20tank/111.jpg

Siphon it off and try to figure out where the extra nutrients are coming from. Ex, overfeeding, not using R/O water, neglecting water changes or w/e.
tom atchison
11/21/2009, 05:43 PM
hey korrine good examples
DC_40gallon
11/21/2009, 06:02 PM
Siphon it. I can't get that chit to exit my tank and it's 5 months old. Rodi water always too. Brand new t5s weak bioload.

I finally gave up and siphoning it off with each water change. It's slowly going away. I also do a 25% water change weekly on my tank too.