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<... read... Bob Fenner> Brown Algae Growth 8/9/05 I have a 54 gallon corner tank (curved glass front). I cycled the tank with 50 lbs of live rock. It is a FOWLR system with 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 small green Chromis, 4 small eel gobies and 1 small maroon clown fish. The tank is 6 weeks old. I do a 3 gallon water change once a week. I use well water and instant ocean salt. My ph is 8.1, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, 2.0 phosphate and 380 calcium. I just added a Current USA Orbit power compact (65w dual 10000K/ 6500 K full spectrum with a 65w dual actinic fluorescent bulbs) to help coralline algae growth. I have run the lights 12 hrs a day for the past week. In the past 2 days brown algae has covered the glass (minimally) and rock (extensively). The rock had very little brown growth this morning and has doubled in less then 24 hrs. This brown growth is now beginning to coat the substrate. The substrate used is

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<... read... Bob Fenner> Brown Algae Growth 8/9/05 I have a 54 gallon corner tank (curved glass front). I cycled the tank with 50 lbs of live rock. It is a FOWLR system with 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 small green Chromis, 4 small eel gobies and 1 small maroon clown fish. The tank is 6 weeks old. I do a 3 gallon water change once a week. I use well water and instant ocean salt. My ph is 8.1, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, 2.0 phosphate and 380 calcium. I just added a Current USA Orbit power compact (65w dual 10000K/ 6500 K full spectrum with a 65w dual actinic fluorescent bulbs) to help coralline algae growth. I have run the lights 12 hrs a day for the past week. In the past 2 days brown algae has covered the glass (minimally) and rock (extensively). The rock had very little brown growth this morning and has doubled in less then 24 hrs. This brown growth is now beginning to coat the substrate. The substrate used is