Subj : The Mystery Almost Solved
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Michael Grant
Date : Thu Jul 02 2009 07:04 pm

Hello Carol.

28 Jun 09 11:06, you wrote to me:

 >> After that I might try that idea with the japanese moss balls; look
 >> to me like a pretty good solution.

 CS> Might want to check your lighting situation as well?  You may have too
 CS> much 'plant growth' lighing going on. We get a bit too much too as the
 CS> tank is a bi t too close to the window.

It has increased since I added a new light. It is close to my patio door as 
well, but that can't be helped; there's nowhere else in the room that the tank 
fits well.

Trouble is, I sort of neglected it for a while and the nitrate situation got 
out of control. I did a fairly thorough cleaning a month or two ago, scraped 
off all the algae and vaccummed the substrate, but it quickly turned on me 
again. The substrate needs to be removed and completely cleaned to solve the 
problem. It's been a long time since I did a teardown on the big tank anyways, 
so it needs to be done.

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