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07-26-2006, 09:50 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
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 |  What is sticking to my glass?
Everyday I get home from work and I have to use the MAGFLOAT to clean the glass of my aquarium. I use to only have to use the cleaner probably once a week, but now if I don't clean the glass, then I can't see through clearly. At first I thought it was water quality, so I have completed two different 10% water changes and that doesn't seem to help. I then thought it was water flow, but even if I direct my Maxi-jets AT the glass, it will still get DIRTY. I checked my water parameters and everything is within range.
At first I thought it was ALGAE, but when I am MAGFLOATing it off, the "dirt" just floats off like a brown POWDER looking substance. Is it just literally "dirt" or is there something else that I can do to prevent this from accumulating on my glass?
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Started 03/2006
46 Gallon, Aqua C Remora w/ Maxi-Jet 1200, 2 Hydor Koralia #1, Penguin Bio-Wheel 200 Filter (w/ no Bio-Wheel), 65 lbs live rock, 60 lbs live sand, Coralife 36" Lunar Aqualight 2x96w with LEDs.
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Fish: 2 false perculas, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 diamond goby
Inverts: 10 hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails, 7 turbo snails, 1 electric blue crab, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp.
Corals: Colt Coral
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07-26-2006, 10:40 AM
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#2 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
I believe it is still algae, just brown algae. Perform the normal algae reducing measures, such as, Increase frequency of water changes, reduce feeding amounts, decrease photo period, Ensure all bulbs have not passed their life span.
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07-26-2006, 11:03 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Brown algae, cyano. It's algae. Re-check your params as phosphates will let pest algea thrive. Keep on the water changes, 1 or 2 water changes isn't gonna make it go away. 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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07-26-2006, 11:28 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
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thanks, fellas. Will keep performing the water changes. | |
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07-26-2006, 10:16 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2006
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How long do you keep your lights on? | |
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07-27-2006, 06:51 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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I went through a bloom of that stuff when I put my new lights in service. It'll run its course most likely. If your not using ro/di water, you're most likely feeding this stuff more nutrients (assuming there's phosphates in your city water) It went away in 3-4 weeks for me. | |
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07-27-2006, 08:33 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Lights are not on any longer than they should be.
Actinics: 9am-8:30pm
10K: 9:30am - 8pm. | |
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07-27-2006, 12:15 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Apopka, FL Age: 28
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Sounds like cyano bacteria...not an algae. You can try ChemiClean or Red Slime Remover.
Mike
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07-27-2006, 12:17 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Silicates will also let pest algae's thrive. Try running carbon or like mentioned below, ChemiClean to polish the water a bit. | |
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07-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by rickzter Silicates will also let pest algae's thrive. Try running carbon or like mentioned below, ChemiClean to polish the water a bit. | Chemi-Clean or Chemi-Pure? | |
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