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Old 12-07-2015, 04:48 PM   #1
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Black cotton fur balls in gravel

Hello everyone this my first post
I bought new tank about 3months cycyled it for about 6weeksits a fluval profile 850 263 lts
I do a water change every week but now black fur are turning up in my gravel and seems to be getting worse i tryed everything to get rid of it but nothing seems to be working help plz

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Could you take a picture?
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Sounds like Black Beard Algae (BBAS/BBB)
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