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Old 03-16-2008, 06:55 AM   #17 (permalink)
kathywithbirds
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Re: Dinoflagellates - The documented journey

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Originally Posted by Triggerjay View Post
Just found what you are talking about (Thanks Woodstock). What SAS did was make an algae scrubber... To purposly grow algae on the mat, then rinse the algae off when it gets populated.. This is a great way to remove nutrients. Same basic concept as a fuge, .. in a fuge, the macro algae grows, absorbing excess nutrients, and then when "harvested" the excess nutrients are removed along with the macro algae.. Not really releated to my problem..
But useful none the less! Thanks!

Jason
Oh! OK. Knew it was to remove nutrients but based on what Prow said I wondered if it was removing some of the nutrients keeping your dinos alive. Couldn't remember WHAT algae he was growing. Thanks, good info!
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