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    Question about color of algae on my freshwater UAS

    Hi all,

    My scrubber has been running for 4 weeks now on my freshwater 10 gallon aquarium with good weekly harvests.

    However it seems that when the algae starts growing around profusely around mid-week, the color is very strange. It's as if it's a "glowing" fluorescent green color- VERY bright. I can't get a good picture because of the reflection from the lights, but I was wondering if anyone had any input as to if this is OK or not.

    A friend thought it was cyanobacteria because he seems to get a lot of that kind of growth in his freshwater tanks here in Montreal, Canada.

    Thoughts?

    Thanks!

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    It's Spyrogira, which is bright green.

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    Yep, that would be it! Thanks buddy!

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