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yznhmr
03/08/2006, 03:29 PM
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fishman805
03/08/2006, 03:33 PM
Judging from the picture you posted, my guess would be diatoms.... But it's kinda fuzzy to my tired old eyes.... Is it truely brown in color?

Bob

trippyl
03/08/2006, 03:41 PM
diatoms or brown cyano. Just keep up with water changes and try to suction some of this stuff off. Over time, it can help to use a powerhead to blow detritus off the rocks, whcih will reduce this from happening.

I also notice that sometimes, a little bit of diatom forms before coralline, but I have no facts to back that up.

yznhmr
03/08/2006, 04:52 PM
I have started running purigen and phosban last week( both in fluidised reactors) and blow the stuff off weekly with a ph

know-it-all
03/08/2006, 05:16 PM
I had that stuff, and I treated it like cyano
here's the steps I took
1. I added a phosban reactor
2. I ran a carbon filter on output of my DI unit
3. I increased the flow in the tank

not in that order
who knows what solved it, but it did go away

fishman805
03/08/2006, 05:54 PM
You know with all the stuff you've got listed: tank and all, I'm a bit surprised to see diatoms showing up in the first place:confused: Although now that the coralation between cyano(s) has been established, then it makes sense... But it still looks like you'd not have problems like that .... Do you feed your tank heavily ??

Bob