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Old 02-04-2008, 08:30 PM   #7 (permalink)
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JetEngineMech,
Is the skimmer doing its job? Are you getting a cup or more of dark greenish slime every week? If not, replace it.

I have no thoughts on the bio wheel. My adult daughter has them in her freshwater tank, but I don't know anyone who uses them in salt water. Like any filter, clean it regularly and keep the crud and detritus out of your water circulation.
Do light cycles make a difference? When it happened to me, the change in light was drastic -- from 15w to 96W, so that probably contributed to a cyano bloom.
However, IMHO, light quality is more to blame for hair algae blooms than for cyano blooms.

Root cause of all of this: Overfeeding? Probably.


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