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bullstedman
Sat, 6th Nov 2010, 08:05 AM
Red slime looking stuff taking over, and also a lot of hair alge coming in also. my tank is a 75 with mostly softies and fish.nirate 10-phoshate 0-ph 7.8-ammonia 0-nitrate 0

Europhyllia
Sat, 6th Nov 2010, 08:33 AM
alkalinity and salinity?

(preferably dkh of 8.0 or higher and salinity between 32 and 36 ppt)

conversion calculators in case you measure it differently:

http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/SgPptConv.php?units=SG&ppt=35
http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/AlkConv.php?units=DKH&dkh=8

BSJF
Sat, 6th Nov 2010, 09:13 AM
increase your flow too

Jarob
Sat, 6th Nov 2010, 12:54 PM
increase your flow too


When I had that problem this took care of it for me quickly

bullstedman
Sun, 7th Nov 2010, 08:13 AM
thanks for the input folks salt is at 26 my usual is 25 thats not enough of a swing i dont think. I dont have alk. tester :whata rookie: I have good flow i doubled my flow recently could the change be an issue?