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Freshwater Care

Algae problems with very low nitrate and phosphate levels

Hello, this phenomenon is not that unlikely at all and occurs rather frequently, especially in case of floating algae. The reason is quite simple:the algae literally take up the...

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Freshwater Care

Available water is strongly polluted with iron

Hello, there is actually only the possibility of completely deionizing the water.Preferably with an ion exchange system rather than a reverse osmosis (R/O) unit, since iron tends to...

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Black algae in a goldfish aquarium

Hello, the pustules and threads are probably black spot and/or beard/brush algae, which biologically belong to the red algae. In this case it is advisable to lower the phosphate and...

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