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Old 13-10-2004, 03:57 PM
Ali Day
 
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"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
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Ali Day wrote:

Nick Wise wrote:
A blackout does no good if your tank's nutrients are still out of
balance. You need to get those in line, or the algae will never go
away. You have to treat the source.

I agree with this. I would've personally done some scrubbing on more

built
areas, done a major water change and then tried the blackout. Probably
for longer than 3 days, whilst not feeding the fish. They'll pick up
any loose particles.


Always worked for me.


On diatoms?


Yep on a 4 week old seeded tank, but whether it was the darkness that killed
it off, or the plants and filtration kicking in and using up the available
resources could be debated I suppose.

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