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Old 01-19-2012, 03:25 PM   #295
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I was just planning on taking it out of the tank at night and turning on the air curtain.
While that will work, I'm pretty sure you'll find it to be a hassle after a while.

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No, it's definitely brown. Looks like little balls in some places, and it covers the substrate like dirt in others.
Hmmm...does it move around when you disturb it? It might just be organic waste/mulm. Otherwise, it could be brown diatoms I guess.

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Yes, but Seachem says the plants will use it in the CO2 reactions.
Yes, they will. It also helps with their absorption of iron, which is especially important for "red" plants.

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Will look into the Fizz Factory, though.
I would suggest just picking up the Fizz tabs themselves. All the kit is a diffusor (you already have one), air hose, and a "reaction chamber" which you could make with a medicine bottle.

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It's been 13 hours and no CO2 yet. There aren't any leaks, so maybe I killed the yeast when I put it in there.
That's probably what happened.
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