Black Algae?

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  1. DarkHorseMBA

    DarkHorseMBA Flamingo Tongue

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    Thanks, for the advice. I'l set of for a change before I add some new live stock this weekend.
     
    DarkHorseMBA, Jan 5, 2011
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  2. ReefBruh

    ReefBruh Giant Squid

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    More water movement will help. If you have some power heads or something else. Worse case scenario you have phosphates you don't know about.
     
    ReefBruh, Jan 5, 2011
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  3. kstafford003

    kstafford003 Feather Star

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    Increase water flow in that area. Choke it out by lowering nitrates and phosphates. It doesn't look like its infesting your tank so I wouldn't do anything crazy like adding chemicals. I had the same stuff but mine was a little reddish. I simply aimed a powerhead at it and started rinsing my frozen food before feeding (I know I was supposed to but I didn't cause I'm lazy), and poof the algea went away.
     
    kstafford003, Jan 5, 2011
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  4. DarkHorseMBA

    DarkHorseMBA Flamingo Tongue

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    Rinse the frozen food, why?
    In tap water?
    I currently just mix it with tank water to defrost it.


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    DarkHorseMBA, Jan 6, 2011
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