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  1. Fri, 5th Jun 2009, 11:51 AM #1
    Milly
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    Default Green Algae

    I purchased a used Oceanic 29BC a few months ago. At first it was running great! No problems whatsoever...Now..not so much that it's a problem but, I have a layer of green algae that grows against the glass. I've never had a biocube before, my other tank is a 100G which my dad and I will be updating to a 190G, but thats another thread...

    Is there anything besides cleaning it or is that just the way a BC runs?? Like i said..it's not really a problem, I clean it once a day which isn't completely horrible..haha. Any tips would be great yall!
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  2. Fri, 5th Jun 2009, 12:10 PM #2
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    are you running a protein skimmer with it?....that will help reduce algal growth...
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  3. Fri, 5th Jun 2009, 12:27 PM #3
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    Do you use carbon and GFO? That might help.
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  4. Fri, 5th Jun 2009, 12:28 PM #4
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    Not at the moment. I'm purchasing one on Monday though. Also have some micro bubbles that keep the water from looking clear...
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  5. Tue, 9th Jun 2009, 12:50 PM #5
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    Their could be multiple things wrong; if you are using tap water all the minerals will produce that, you could put a small uv sterilizer that would kill the algae, or buy a algae eating fish.
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  6. Tue, 9th Jun 2009, 09:47 PM #6
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    No, I have a RO water Converter...we only use that water
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