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Old 08-02-2007, 01:57 AM
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Are you sure your phos. test is working properly? The algae is feeding on something in your water... just a matter of figuring out what it is....

what are your other parameters?
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Old 08-02-2007, 02:02 AM
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As far as I know the tests are accurate. The algae grows lightly on the glass, which I usually scrape off once or twice a week, but aside from that it only grows on the sand.
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RO or tap?
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Old 08-02-2007, 03:08 AM
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Old 08-02-2007, 03:56 AM
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I was having a little cyano problem. I was using RO(store bought), and I switched to DI and now the cyano is slowly going away.
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I would make my lighting period about 5 hours a day.
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-so for once DI was better than RO? now im starting 2 have second thoughts about using 5-gallon RO water from the store...
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