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Re: Substrate q: and brown stuff

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Substrate q: and brown stuff
From: Hoa Nguyen <nguyenh at nosc_mil>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 10:43:53 -0800
Cc: jessem <jessem at direct_ca>

>Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 01:03:07 -0800
>From: jessem <jessem at direct_ca>
>Subject: Substrate q: and brown stuff

>	Also, in my 10G tank, there is a thin brown crud covering some of the
>leaves. Any ideas as to what this stuff is and how I can get rid of it?
>Is it a form of cyanobacteria? Tank specs are:

>10g tank, been setup for 2 years
>lighting: 1 14W powerglo fluorescent tube

Sounds like either diatoms or some form of brown algae.  I'd suggest
doubling your light level to cure it.

Hoa


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