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chrischick · 04-13-2004, 05:52 AM

My tanks been running for about a month, i last week put in 75lbs of live rock in a 55 gallon..I have 4" dsb of caribsea aragonite, 2 tank raised clowns, and my live rock has this brown algae growing on it...just where the light is hitting it, the rock was in my friends tank for 3 months that i bought it off of...so its plenty cured. The brown is only showin up on the rocks wehre the light is hitting them...WHAT DO I DO?
I have three powerheads that are good for 300gph...so i should be good in the circulation field...help me guys.

04-13-2004, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
chrischick Astrea Snail Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Halifax, NS,Nova_Scotia Posts: 58 Karma: 1	Help, brown algae on my live rock My tanks been running for about a month, i last week put in 75lbs of live rock in a 55 gallon..I have 4" dsb of caribsea aragonite, 2 tank raised clowns, and my live rock has this brown algae growing on it...just where the light is hitting it, the rock was in my friends tank for 3 months that i bought it off of...so its plenty cured. The brown is only showin up on the rocks wehre the light is hitting them...WHAT DO I DO? I have three powerheads that are good for 300gph...so i should be good in the circulation field...help me guys. _________ 55 Gallon 4'x2'x2.5', Aqua Clear 500, 90lbs of Caribsea Aragonite, 75lbs of live rock, 2 Percula tank raised clowns. 2 Aquaglobe micro powerheads 320gph, 1 402 powerhead, 78 degrees..Coralife 260watt Pc with 2x10,000k and 2x actinics.