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Old 05-17-2010, 02:24 PM
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As I understand it Diatoms require a combination of excess nutrients and silica to thrive. Once they burn through the silica in your tank they will wane. Of course then if you still have a lot of waste in the system you will start to see cyanobacteria or algae.
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