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- From: jason@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Jason Rosenberg)
- Subject: Re: Algae on the hood...ick!
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 09:00:13 GMT
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- flick@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Anderson) writes:
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- >I have several tanks, and on all the tanks I have the same problem. Algae
- >will grow in a thick coating on the glass/plastic above the tank where the
- >light shines through. I have tried reducing the time the light is on, but
- >I also have plants and can't cut it too far back. It is a MAJOR hassle to
- >yank off the hood everytime I do a water change. Are there any answers to
- >my dilema???
-
- You may be able to stop this from happening if you make sure that the inside
- surface of your hood stays DRY. Algaes need water to live. I don't know
- much about your system, but the way I got rid of a similar problem in
- my marine tank was to switch from air-bubble driven filtration to power heads.
- The bubbles create a spray, which keeps the underside of the hood perenially
- moist, allowing algae to grow.
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