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Can’t get this under control, went on vacation and came back and it’s crazy looks like brown hair algae, not seeing any nitrates or Phosphate on test, did water changes.

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Agreed with manual removal, that would be a lot to try and get a clean up crew for.

Zero nitrates and phosphates are not good IMO either, though I think I'd want to get the algae fixed first.
 

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