brown color live rock

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  1. turboclown

    turboclown Plankton

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    can anyone tell me why my liverock, and live sand is turning brown ? I have an 8 gallon biocube and it is about a week old.
     
    turboclown, Oct 20, 2008
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  2. reefman1132

    reefman1132 Skunk Shrimp

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    Could maybe be cyano algae. Your gonna need to post a pix.
     
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  3. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Its cycling... Normal.. We've all been through it....
     
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  4. reefman1132

    reefman1132 Skunk Shrimp

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    geez. i didn't even read the age of the tank. I agree.
     
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  5. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    I would say diatoms, not cyano. But yeah, hard to say without pics
     
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