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In article <1993Jan7.234236.18312@leland.Stanford.EDU> jamescho@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Cho) writes:
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>i'm having problems with a strange kind of algae in my reef setup:
>...
>and then performed a small water change (with warm water from the tap).
>after this i got a bloom of some strange looking algae.  ....

Okay now you either added makeup water from the tap or you mixed some
new salt water from tap water and did a water change right; you didn't
replace saltwater with fresh tap-water right?

I bet the tap-water is your problem.  Get a DI unit (or RO) and filter
your source water.  I had the same 'brown-yuck' problem you did till
I started treating source water.  

Also, you might not want to use water from your hot-water heater.
I've heard it can add stuff.  Use cold tap-water into some treatment
devise (RO or DI) and mix you SW change water in a bucket and let it
age for a day or two before changing.  This process will allow gases
to balence and allow the water to warm up.  Use a small aq heater
to get it to the proper tempureture if you have to.


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