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Old 06-17-2004, 01:13 AM
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tank had nickel sized patches of the stuff at four months and now it has all turned white and shrunk to pencil erasure sixe.Doesnt apper to have been eatin.How do i get this stuff to grow?


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25 # lr
2 1/2 inch lsb
1 domino damsel
1 peppermint
1 emerald crab
1 turbo snail
1 small anemone(i thinks its a condy)
tons of macroalgae(sawblade lookin stuff)

levels r good calcium at 420
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Old 06-17-2004, 03:18 AM
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Calcium.

When I dose Kalk I need to clear my glass every 2-3 days...if I leave it a month I can't see in the tank.
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Old 06-17-2004, 07:59 AM
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calcium and alkalinity.
also suitable lighting, most types of coralline are not high light compatable.
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i have noticed when i start getting an attack of cyano my corraline algae stops growing and starts to die off. Your tank is at the 5 mth mark and maybe due for a cyano outbreak. Just a thought
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Old 06-18-2004, 12:42 AM
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well i dont have a very spectacular setup as of yet.So i dont dose kalk and my lighting is 55 watt pc and 30 watt no.So how do i know if it is cyno.Any visible things or do i need some kind of test?Oh and what excactly is cynobacteria?Cause?Effects on water chem?The only real book i have is the conscientious marine aquarist and it dosnt cover it.
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cyano is a reddish/brownish slime that covers your sand and/or rocks...it could be cause from low flow, bad accimulation of new lights, excess nutrients
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calcium and alkalinity.
+ magnesium
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one other thing to help it if you have a good levels of appropriate nutriients, I sometimes scrape a peice of rock, or equipment that has coraline on it and it starts to seed else where



I am in the same boat as Jeff.. I have to clean my glass every 2-3 days otherwise I can not see in


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calcium and alkalinity.
+ magnesium
+ a little bit of pixie dust... nevermind.
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you can scrap the coraline algae off your rocks and that ll seed your tank. or you can also place a powerhead in front of the lr with coraline on it and just let the powerhead blow at the rock...that ll spread the seed for you
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