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Fishfinder07 
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 Topic: Crazy!!!!
Posted: February 22 2009 at 12:30am |
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Every couple of hours I have green algae on my glass its driving me crazy! it comes right off and almost seems powdery. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this also my sand has a light green film and the water seems kinda greenish. thanks
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Dion Richins
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 12:46am |
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Algea bloom. Turn up your skimmer. Did you do anything different? Lights, Water Change, Dose woth phyto?
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Fishfinder07
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 12:53am |
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No very minimal amout of phytoplex but it was already blooming before that, so turning up the skimmer should help? And probably a dumb question but how do you increase skimming with an ASM G1x skimmer?
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SharkByteShaz
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 1:10am |
Hey FF007 whats new? Finally got my Atl. Blue Tang. I've run polishers and a filter socks to help collect the bloom. Also clean the collection cup and raise the outlet tube ever so slightly to see an increase in skimmate production. The amount of skimmate will have more liquid in it but the micro bubbles wont have to lift the skimmate so far all by theirselves. Change the cup more frequently and keep an eye on salinity with the extra water laeving the system and topoffs to kep up.
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Fishfinder07
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 1:14am |
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Nice hows the atlantic tang doing so far? I have a filter sock on my setup, i'll try raising the outlet tube and post results tomorrow hopefully that helps. Thanks guys!
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 10:41am |
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I would stop feeding for a few days and feed less after that. Add some macroalgae, feather dusters and/or a clam.
A UV Sterilizer can completely clear the water in 2 days.
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SharkByteShaz
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 10:48am |
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Tang still a bit shy but the tang is eating although not while the lights are on outside of the tank. It acclimated well without as much as a fight with the other tangs. The other tangs came out and showed their scalpels and nothing, his was bigger, the rest is history. The Atl. is 1 1/2 inches longer in length and has more girth to the sternum. They act like they are old chums and are schooling together. I do know that I can't add another Atl. Blue to the mix, I saw what he did to the smaller one at the LFS. They had to move him and the other tangs to a different tank. Off I go, talk to you later
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