Gross111 Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Does not appear to be slimmy, but appears to be growing on my base rock. Please help Link to comment
reefer21 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 doody: it's a bacteria that is classified in KINGDOM MONERA as "blue green algae" because of their superficial resemblance to eukaryotic green algae. This usually starts in new tanks. Gross111 does it look like this: you may use "phosguard" or some other similar product to get rid of it. It is caused by extra phosphate or silicate in the water. this is up close under a microscope: http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~cellbio/cyano.htm Link to comment
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