Gha

Discussion in 'Algae' started by vinny147, Jun 8, 2010.

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  1. vinny147

    vinny147 Bristle Worm

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    Here is a pic of the brown stuff that keeps comin back and turns into GHA
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  3. vinny147

    vinny147 Bristle Worm

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    The stuff is alrezdy growing back after i moved all the sand around.
     
  4. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    That doesn't look like GHA to me. Looks more like diatoms.
     
  5. reefer916

    reefer916 Plankton

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    Looks like diatoms and it's normal in new tanks. Just siphon it out when you do water changes. You could also add a powerhead to prevent it from growing on your sandbed. Another culprit is excess nutrients, which is normal for newly cycled tanks. There are usually 3 main things that cause it..

    1) Excess nutrients
    2) Low flow areas
    3) Change in the light spectrum due to old bulbs.
     
  6. vinny147

    vinny147 Bristle Worm

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    Well that is the stuff that grows in GHA in my case. I will re-angle my powerhead to hopefully stop it.
    I have a phosguard to lower my phosphates.
    I will fix the bulbs.
    The algae did stop for awhile and nows it coming back. Is this normal? I think it might contribute to why I woke up and my emerald crab was dead this morning.
     
  7. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    We need to know what the Params of your water are in order to help you out...
    Nitrites?
    Ammonia?
    Nitrates?
    PH?
    Phosphates?
    Salinity?
    How old is the tank?
    Temp?
     
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  9. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Unless it's an early case of dinoflagellates, it's not something that would kill your emerald crab directly.

    What would kill your emerald crab is a high level of nitrates - one of the things algae requires in large quantity in order to grow....