On 26 Jul, 08:37, "ythread" wrote:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message

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Yea it's a pigment that won't change. There are all kinds of different
colored algaes. There are a lot of differences between true plants and
algae. By the way, you probably already know this, but kelp is an algae.
There is one type of red algae that will change color in high intense
lighting, like right under 400w mh light.

As for ammonia, macroalgaes prefer nitrate over amonia. I think land
plants prefer nitrate over ammonia, ammonia is used to fertilize, but it
gets converted by bacteria into nitrate. Water plants prefer ammonia over
nitrate, and green water prefer ammonia over nitrate.

I think I got confused over the ammonia dropping due to the algae. Somebody
though it was a sponge or something.



Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


jthread wrote on 7/26/2007 12:45 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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Don't count on it dropping ammonia levels.

thanks man

we'll check all levels. what do you think makes it red? the internet says
it's the pigment in the chlorophyll implying it cant be changed. when i
worked at a greenhouse it was ph levels. but not here. light more/less or
type of light maybe? it's a real pretty deep red. but there is a green
variety that looks just like it.

my wife got some live rock out of a old aquarium. with (real cool)
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The red crap comes from Waynee Sallee washing his hemorhoid festered
ass off in your fish tank when your not looking.