Algae ID

[Carmine J. Ventura JR]

Hello,

Can anyone help me ID this algae and give me suggestions on getting rid of
it ?
I do water changes with RO water every 2 weeks, clean my canister filter
monthly. Lighting on as recommended.
I have 260 watts of light in a 60 gal tank but all the light is not on all
the time . 130 watts on for 10 hrs ( 2 balbs ) 260 watts on for 6 hrs ( all
4 balbs). Plants growing great with very little algae growing on gravel and
glass, just some of the plants. Lately I have just been clipping the plants
with this algae on it.

Would appreciate any other suggestions.
Thanks !
Carmine

[SteveG]

Google "Black Hair Algae"

"Carmine J. Ventura JR" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone help me ID this algae and give me suggestions on getting rid of
> it ?
> I do water changes with RO water every 2 weeks, clean my canister filter
> monthly. Lighting on as recommended.
> I have 260 watts of light in a 60 gal tank but all the light is not on
> all the time . 130 watts on for 10 hrs ( 2 balbs ) 260 watts on for 6 hrs
> ( all 4 balbs). Plants growing great with very little algae growing on
> gravel and glass, just some of the plants. Lately I have just been
> clipping the plants with this algae on it.
>
> Would appreciate any other suggestions.
> Thanks !
> Carmine
>
>

[Limnophile]

"SteveG" > wrote in message
...
> Google "Black Hair Algae"
>

It's the same algae I had last spring, very hard to get rid of. Massive
water changes and antibiotics don't seem to help with this type. I finally
resorted to putting duckweed in the tank, which slowly killed of the algae
from lack of light/nutrients. It did take about 3 months though.

I wish you luck.

Limnophile