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Unread 09/27/2017, 08:17 PM   #134
Timfish
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Originally Posted by karimwassef View Post
No one eats it.
I don't have macroalgae, just turf (hair) in my scrubber and inaccessible parts in the DT
Where there is turf, there is no bacteria.
It's impossible to say if the DOC released by turf algae promotes the black mix of cyano and algae and other organisms but turf algae is releasing DOC that promotes heterotrophic bacteria. It may not be as much as what hair algae does but it is promoting bacteria.


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