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Had the Doctor Beaker head on this afternoon and went round the greenhouse with a razor blade scraping different Algae off the wet glass, shelves and found one piece growing on a pebble under a drip,
transfered them to jars with RO water + Marine salt to SG 1.012, then placed by the tank lights

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I don't know what they'll do but I'll report back

[QDanT]

Still a begginer to all this, so the Bacteria turn Ammonia into Nitrite then more Bacteria turn this into Nitrate and the Algae use this to grow.
So my Algae in RO water @ SG 1.012 with Marine salt have no food, apart from Light. I added x5 drops of Baby Bio to 250ml of RO water gave it a stir
then added x5 drops of the mix to each Algae jar

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Nitrogen 10.6%, Phosphorus 1.9%, Potassium 1.4%

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One of the jars has started making bubbles ? so added another x5 drops of Baby Bio + RO water mix

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That's interesting! Nice photos too.

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Oh No !

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LOL @ the slime... has it broken up?


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[QDanT]

After reading through Halocaridina's thread 'First aquarium' I've scrapped the Algae Farm as it looks like it's a problem without adding any unknown Algae to the tank which I'll let cycle, then think about adding some Chaetomorpha