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Posted	Problem i cant seem to solve
17-02-2007 00:43 by tomdoc	This is driving me up the wall .. everyoneis telling me diffrent things .. The problem i currently have is that in my marine tank my live rock is growing green alge and my glass is growing brown alge . i have been told it is my phosphates but i have checked and they are very near zero .. I do not have much water flow, only from my trigon 350 filter outlet which is 1000 g.ph and a 104 filter .. i can not seem to get to the bottom of this.. also this is currently a fish only setup . and my water temp at this time is 28 .. is to high ? is this the problem .. i do not have a skimmer as of yet as corals are not a option unitl i ahve sorted this problem out .. finally .. i saw this lovely green grass type weed in EDs nano what is it called and were can i get it ?
17-02-2007 00:44 by tomdoc	the pic i saw
17-02-2007 00:46 by wayne	that algae in their isnt problem algae , thats c.fastagatia or turtle algae , my temp is 24-26 , and you need some grazers in thier like snails and/or hermits , yellow tang would help , try turning ya rocks over
17-02-2007 00:52 by tomdoc	i have all of this i have over 20 snails and 10 crabs yellow tangs and regal.. i didnt mean this is the algea i have show above .. i wondered were i could get it from and its name as it looks really nice ?
17-02-2007 00:54 by wayne	well thats what i have got and me and ed get it from the same place , im selling it on ebay at the moment go on chat and ill give you the link
17-02-2007 00:59 by tomdoc	cheers wayne .. me n that chat thing dnt go lolol does this algae spred and what are its requirements
17-02-2007 01:00 by paul stevens	Wayne that pic is of ed's nano tank.
17-02-2007 01:03 by wayne	i know paul
17-02-2007 01:04 by tomdoc	all i can think of doing is adding more powerheads getting some phosphate remover and a decent skimmer .. would you agree
17-02-2007 01:06 by wayne	skimmer is a must espically if you have fish in thier , all the waste and all the food waste the skimmer would remove that
17-02-2007 01:14 by tomdoc	ok have been offered a red sea Prizm with upgrade kit for £20 at my local fish shop second hand wil this be on a trigon350
17-02-2007 06:18 by darren	Forget the red sea m8,get this http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/detail59_64342.php
17-02-2007 07:00 by jenny	i have that skimmer and it is better than my v800skimm would defnatley recomend it
17-02-2007 07:01 by jenny	aqua medic i meen not the red sea
17-02-2007 13:54 by Ed	You can get some from me tom.
17-02-2007 19:20 by tomdoc	i got the red sea skimmer as i got it for free in the end plugged in and working as we speak . Ed please relpy to my PM but i am unsure of how to see any pms ytou have sent me
17-02-2007 19:22 by paul stevens	Tom pm's sent form here go into your email that you used to join here if its not in your inbox check in your junk mail.
17-02-2007 21:20 by jonie	yep
18-02-2007 00:22 by craig	wayne whats is that green grass stuff you are slling lol is it safe with tangs or not cheers
19-02-2007 10:08 by Alan	What is your nitrate level and what is in the juwel filter. algae do not just feed on phosphate and nitrate they can also get their food from disolved organics I think they call it gilvin it causes a slight yellowing of the water to test for this get a white plate and half submerge it if you have an organics problem the submerged part will look yellow. One thing to be aware of the usual blue end lighting hides the yellowing of the water so do this with the blue lights out. One other thing is the lack of water turnover will cause detritus to deposit over everything you need a turnover rate of at least 20 x tank volume per hour. Also can you confirm you are using RO water if your not this is your problem one other thing even though your test kit is not picking up phosphate it doesn't mean it is not there a level of 0.02 ppm is enough to cause an algal bloom. How many test kits get this low?

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