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    Default red looking slime invading my little world.

    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

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    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/S...nits=SG&ppt=35
    http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/A...nits=DKH&dkh=8
    Last edited by Europhyllia; Sat, 6th Nov 2010 at 08:58 AM.
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    increase your flow too

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    Quote Originally Posted by BSJF View Post
    increase your flow too

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

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