algae lesson please

So other than being unsightly and possibly overrunning your favored plants, there is really no downside to algae?
I physically removed 95% of the Blue Green colored algae and scrubbed the walls, basically a heavy grooming. I still have lots of different types of algae.

I know the brown algae is probably diatoms, my otos love it.

Wetman, I cant bring up the navigation panel on your website, I swear I tried to start there first.

thanks,
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Originally posted by thom336
yes, nitrate is prefferable to nitrite and ammonia - but it is in fact the nitrate that the algae feed on. over filtering will speed up the process of convertion, and hence more is being produced in a lesser space of time. this could lead to an algae bloom, which, once it takes a hold, is hard to get rid of. so that is where i am coming from on that topic.
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Algae consume NH3/NH4 also, and usually in a greater quantity.

Overfiltering might speed of the process, but no more is being converted. The only way you can add to your bioload is either with a living thing that dies in your tank (plants, fish) or by feeding.
 
Wetman,
I'm using IE 6.0.2 with java enabled. It stopped working just a few days ago, I'm still not sure what I did.
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"thom336, don't let the "filtration" in "Bio-filtration" confuse you"
i didnt meantion boifiltration.....:confused:
yea i agree slipknottin, which is one reason filtration is needed, but not over-filtration (tlkin bout the ammonia and algae). and the rest is what im gettin at trying to explain, so thanks for clearing that up.
 
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