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Unread 03/25/2016, 01:36 PM   #3435
Dfee
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Originally Posted by taricha View Post
My take is that you indeed had a dino bloom at one point, and they have since receded, to be replaced - on the glass at least - by diatoms and green film algae. I take it as signs that your tank has turned the corner on your pest. All good news.



But, I would expect any soon attempt to starve out the diatoms/green film would cause dinos to reassert themselves.

Well, I haven't had long brown snotty dinos in about a year. So if they are indeed diatoms, how have they not consumed all their food (silicates) and died out by now?


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