Brown Algae

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  1. Dredfish

    Dredfish Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I know this question has probably been asked a million times, but will the brown algae die off after the tank cycles. I discovered I was running the lights too long and have reduce it to 2 hrs of moon, 6 hrs daylight and 2 hrs moon. I jsut upgraded the light to a T5. The tank has been setup for a little over a week. I have LR and a couple of fish. When I fist purchased the LR I pulled all of the sponges off and brushed it down with a toothbrush to help the curing processsnd notto polute the tank. I just hate the brown algae. Here are my current water coditions.

    24gal Nano
    Salinity - 1.025
    Temp -77 to 78
    Calcium - 400 (working on highering)
    KH - 11 (working on lowering)
    Phosphate - .25 (woking on lowering)
    PH - 8.0(working on highering)
    Ammonia -0
    Nitrite - 0
    Nitrate - 0
     
    Dredfish, Feb 16, 2009
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  2. jakeh24

    jakeh24 Pajama Cardinal

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    It wont die off but it will stop growing so fast
    you need to pull as much as you can out by hand then let the clean up crew do work :D
     
    jakeh24, Feb 16, 2009
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