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January 1st, 2009
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| Should i be concern
Should i be concerned about the green algae growing on my live rock into 2 days worth of cycling the tank | 
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January 1st, 2009
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| No. All SW tanks go through an algae cycle. Just need to keep up with regular maintenance and wait it out. | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| how do i clean it off of my live rock | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| With a unused tooth brush or something of the like. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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Originally Posted by morganrules  how do i clean it off of my live rock | It will go away with time. Patience. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| Turbo snails work too !  After the tank finishes cycling. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| Patience patience and more patience......In 2 days you got algae,2 weeks you'll be surprised what pops up,when it's fully cycled watch out. It will continue to surprise you for the next 6 months or more. I love LR.......Like travie said, patience. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| i do not like algae its like a thing that you see and your like twitching with your eye and i saw it and i was like OMG it needs to be gone IT NEEDS TO BE GONE lol | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| keep lights of this helps keeping down algaes | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by morganrules i do not like algae its like a thing that you see and your like twitching with your eye and i saw it and i was like OMG it needs to be gone IT NEEDS TO BE GONE lol | Well your going to keep seeing it for awhile. Keep your skimmer running, keep up with weekly water changes, and don't overfeed. There is nothing wrong with algae. You are shooting to have a form of algae covering your rock; coraline algae. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| well this is like green algae i think its green hair algae. what does coralline look like. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| It is usually a pink or a purple, but can be a green. It won't be in the form of hair algae though. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| im not saying it is coralline algae im saying the algae i have looks like hair and is green | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| Yeap ... Sounds like gha (green hair algae). All tanks go through this stage, next will be cyano ! 
Last edited by agsansoo; January 2nd, 2009 at 07:51 PM.
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January 2nd, 2009
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Originally Posted by agsansoo Yeap ... Sounds like gha (green hair algae). All tanks go this stage, next will be cyano ! | The cyano explosion is always the most fun algae bloom. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| what does the cyano look like cuz im seeing some brown stuff on me sand and i hate this so MUCH | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| That would be cyano. It goes away after 2-3 weeks. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| its not pretty looking lol | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I thought brown was diatoms and red was cyano? I'm probably mistaken.
Again patience... | |
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January 3rd, 2009
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| travie, you are correct. Cyano bacteria is red and slimy. | |
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January 3rd, 2009
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| so i have diatoms on my sand is that correct agnasoo | |
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January 3rd, 2009
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| If it is brown, it is most likely diatoms. You can stir up the sand a little to remove the look on your sand. | |
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January 3rd, 2009
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| thats what ive been doing. when my tank cycles can i put crabs there and a starfish to clean up my sand on the bottom | |
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